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Top 200 Draft Prospects list: A new No. 1
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Normally by now, the Draft class would be taking some definite shape, about three weeks shy of the event. But this year, the combination of an additional month to wait for the July start date of the Draft and a lack of history on players from last year or over the summer has given the Draft more uncertainty than usual.
That’s reflected in our new Draft Top 200 prospects list, where we have a new No. 1 overall prospect, and it’s certainly true at the very top of the Draft. As it stands, seven-plus weeks before they make the first pick in the first round, the Pittsburgh Pirates appear to have seven players in the mix. Some might be more serious candidates than others, though it’s still a touch early to truly handicap them. Instead, let’s put them into different buckets: Two college pitchers, two college hitters, two high school hitters and one high school pitcher.
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Scouts can sense when a Draft might be special, and they had that inkling about the 2011 crop early on. They viewed it as the best class since 2005, which sent 26 of its 30 first-rounders to the big leagues and featured stars such as Ryan Braun, Andrew McCutchen and Troy Tulowitzki.
Looking back 10 years later, scouts were correct about the 2011 group. The first 29 players selected and 30 of 33 first-rounders have played in the Majors, including Gerrit Cole, Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rendon and George Springer. The two biggest gems didn t even go in the first round fifth-rounder Mookie Betts and supplemental first-rounder Trevor Story and by the time all is said and done, 2011 could rank among the five best Draft years ever.