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Really early to be talking about next year’s draft, but news just broke it will be happening in Atlanta. If they allow probable first rounders to attend, there’s definitely a good possibility for Hurter to stay in the ATL that weekend. There’s no news yet on exactly how many rounds the draft will be. I would imagine with MiLB’s upcoming contraction, it will probably be somewhere between 10-20 rounds. Here’s some guys I expect to be taken next year
- Hurter - potential top 2 rounder. Will be 2 years since he’s seen game action, but if he picks up on his pace from 2019, he’ll easily go in the 1st.
- Waddell - was surprised he didn’t go this year. Got off to a slow start, and with limited rounds and limited scouting that was probably detrimental to his stock. He’s an above average pro infielder (albeit not a pro SS), and of he does enough at the plate next year he could go in the top 5 rounds
- Roedig - the dude is electric. I can only see him getting better with another year under DBo. If he can find the zone a little more often he could also be in the top 5. He projects more as a reliever in pro ball, so walks won’t be that big of an issue, but his 1.50 WHIP from this spring would be. If he misses a few more barrels, and finds the zone more often he’ll go in the 4-5 range. If his numbers are more similar to this year, that puts him in the 5-7 range
- Archer - he’s not a prototypical draft prospect as a college reliever. He’s not a flamethrower, and he doesn’t have explosive breaking stuff, but does a really good job of keeping hitters off balance. A low 90s guy with a really solid changeup will play at the next level, especially if he’s following an electric starter out of the pen. Could also see him being an “opener” type if he can get his walk numbers back down to where they were as a sophomore. Depending on what kind of year he has, and how much better his stuff gets over the offseason, Arch probably goes in the 10-15 range
- Bartnicki - A bit of a wildcard here. He’s kind of been all over the place, and hasn’t really found a consistent groove since he’s been at Tech. This year he was a lot closer to consistent than in 2019 as a freshman, and hopefully he will continue to build on that in the spring. A lefty with an odd arm slot, who can touch 98 is easily identifiable on draft boards. But where he falls is in his inability to repeat that across multiple games. As a freshman his fastball would range anywhere from 85-96 on any given day, and that’s really unacceptable in pro ball. Because of his inconsistency, he definitely projects as a reliever in pro ball, but he could start for Tech in the spring. Going to be important for him to be consistent in whatever role he’s given. If he finds it, he will go top 10, if he struggles, he’ll be another in the 10-15 range
- Hall - the last guy on my board currently. He didn’t have a great year last year in the limited time we got. His strikeouts were way up, and his average way down from his first 2 years. He hasn’t been a huge power threat, so in order to make it to a good spot on a draft board, he has to get those numbers back to his first 2 years pace. A solid outfielder with a strong arm, I could see him being an Adam Eaton type player. He won’t do anything at an elite level, but can do almost everything at an average to above-average level. That is, if he can get back to hitting again. I’d say as of now he’d go in the 12-20 range, but that can also go up if he finds a power stroke, or becomes Michael Guldberg and starts creating hits.
