Kiley McDaniel from ESPN posted a combo article of his updated draft rankings, as well as a mock draft covering the early picks. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first overall draft pick this year, with the draft taking place just over two months from now. The Pirates have the highest draft bonus pool this year.
McDaniel ranks LSU outfielder Dylan Crews as both the top prospect in this draft, and the top pick in his mock draft for the Pirates.
Crews went 2-for-5 with a single and a double in a 10-0 win over Southeastern on Tuesday. That gave him a .486/.633/.851 slash line through 44 games this year, with 13 doubles, 13 homers, 49 walks and ten HBP.
He’s been the top rated player and the pick for the Pirates in almost every single rankings/mock since the start of this year. McDaniel ranks him as the only player in the draft class with 60 Future Value. Paul Skenes, Wyatt Langford and Walker Jenkins are the only players with 55 Future Value, ranking 2-4 on the prospect list.
The top seven spots are seven of the eight players we have been covering here all year. Jacob Wilson didn’t make that top seven, but he’s still top ten in both the mock and rankings.
