Updated: 9:49 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021 By Russ Reed Tuesday marked the end of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, and more than a dozen players with Massachusetts ties were selected over the course of the three-day event.Boston College outfielder Sal Frelick and Wake Forest University right-handed pitcher Ryan Cusick were drafted in the first round on Sunday.Frelick, a three-sport star at Lexington High School, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 15th overall pick. Cusick, a Sudbury native who starred at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, was picked by the Atlanta Braves with the 24th overall selection.Two of Frelick s Boston College teammates were chosen on Day 2 of the draft on Monday. Cody Morissette, a shortstop from Exeter, New Hampshire, went to the Miami Marlins at No. 52 in the second round while Emmet Sheehan, a right-handed pitcher from Darien, Connecticut, was picked by the Los Angeles Dodgers at No. 192 in the sixth round.Josh Baez, of the Dexter South
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Results for Rd 1 are in - Who likely tops the charts for Comp A Round Pick By Hunt Baker on Jul 11, 2021, 10:53pm EDT 2
Miami gets the first pick in the Competitive Balance Round A round followed by the Tigers. There are two pitchers that stand out and several position players that would be most appealing.
Ranked 9th by some entering the draft SP Ty Madden, a collegiate 22 year old pitcher, hasn t yet been selected. He is rated the lone 55 prospect still on the board.
Another prep pitching prospect, a left-hander, Anthony Solometo, ranked at 17, remains a possibility. He seems less likely to me to be the Tigers pick.
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The 2021 MLB draft picture is coming into focus now, with all the top prospects playing for multiple weeks and plenty of time for pop-up types to be seen multiple times by each team. After this group of the top 100 players plus seven who just missed, things really open up and there s a seemingly endless number of players you could squint at and see sneaking into the fourth round if things break right.
Texas high school shortstop Jordan Lawlar and Vanderbilt ace Jack Leiter started to separate themselves as a clear top tier in this group. Beyond them, a pretty consensus second tier has formed, with the majority of teams calling it an overall top eight with the players listed below in a similar order, but there s obviously some room for disagreement toward the tail end of Tier 2 and the top of Tier 3.