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That’s why I feel so strongly about it.
I couldn't hate this pick more. There is zero chance a name like Sawyer Strosnider becomes a star bigleaguer. I could only get behind this if he agrees to a name change upon drafting, to something like Hank Strongman, Magnus ver Fellerson, or Zap McGwire. Edit: same goes for that guy named 'Fluky'.The Draft is just over a week away! Find out if the landscape has changed with our latest mock
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19. Guardians: Sawyer Strosnider, OF, Texas Christian (No. 22)
We continue to hear only hitters here, and there’d be interest in Condon or Grindlinger from the high school side, and a number of those aforementioned college bats as well. The Guardians would seriously consider adding Strosnider’s left-handed power to the mix
Strosnider is a mix of LaViolette and Curley, so I have real angst they like him. Hope he's off the board. If we take him and leave Flukey like in this mock, I'll be very disappointed
Pipeline has final Top 250 out, btw. They aren't good evaluaters, but they have a good beat who teams like, so their ranking, especially top 100 is essential info
I could see Bo as part of a deal where he ends up as a NYY.. thereby allowing the NYY's to sort of stick it to Josh.... Yankees & that zoo in the RF bleachers have a LOOOOOONNNNGGGGGG memory...Arms like Bumila, Sims or Putnam are just too raw and projection for my taste. No more raw mid/up 90s HS arms with little else, please. Draft pitchers, not throwers.
If you want an high octane HS arm, Kaiden McCarthy is my guy
Or how about another Canadian arm LHP Sean Duncan with Will Hynes looking good.
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2026 MLB Draft - Top 313 Prospects | Just Baseball
With the 2026 MLB Draft fast approaching, here is our ranking of the top 250 draft prospects on the board for teams this July.
Flukey and Advincula would be a wet dream scenario but both will likely be long gone by picks 19 and 59.
I'd be ok gambling on Brick at 95, but not a fan of his profile, tbh. Too much projection here too in a deep college C class. Id tap into that pool and leave the HS C altogether.
Comeau is a HS bat I like and can't get away from. Also was very impressed with Combine showing of cINFs Jack Beck and Michael Autrey (easy 70 power) and quick hitterish look of MIF CJ Weinstein.
Have no real opinion on Landon Thome. His profile reads ok and it would be fun to have him in the system, but no real feel for him.
Although it's usually a demographic I advocated to stay away from, I am intrigued by this year's HS 1B class. Santarelli, Adams, Bland in particular. Overall, 1B class is very strong. I've been high on Caden Ferraro as mid round darling, but it looks like that cat is out of the bag after he wowed at combine and he'll go top 100 like Levu.
AJ Evasco is my new mid round high upside hope, but there are many more that offer value later (K. Lewis, Ballinger, Paulsen, K. Schmitt)
Ideally, day one starts and ends with college arms Flukey and Marohn (or DeCaro or E. Norby) with 2 HS upside plays in rounds 2 and 3
I suspect CLE will be all over the young but raw HS profiles like Grindlinger, Maniscalco, T. Ebel.
Adding another comp B pick in that 70 range would be huge to bolster this draft class. Kwan or Bo for one of those...
Would make sense for the Guardians but why would you sign if you were the player going on day 3 when you can go to college for free to rehab, possibly earn some NIL in the process, and rehab your elbow the next 3 seasons to put yourself in a better draft position?
What's the NIL landscape for baseball players? I'd have to imagine a lot less than basketball/football.
