Judging by the latest ADP data, I have a good chance of getting Kemp, Rios, McCann or Martin in the third round. I don’t have a great chance of getting Pedroia or Morneau and there’s basically no chance I’ll get Ichiro or Prince Fielder, who are typically going in the third round. I wasn’t sure whether to rank the two catchers so high, but catchers who perform make your life easier, and catching talent doesn’t come out of nowhere. You’ll have to pay a price for Chris Iannetta or Matt Wieters, and there are no guarantees with them.
So here are my rankings, 25-36 overall:
25. Matt Kemp, OF
26. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
27. Nick Markakis, OF
28. Alex Rios, OF
29. Carl Crawford, OF
30. Jason Bay, OF
31. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
32. Justin Morneau, 1B
33. CC Sabathia, SP
34. Tim Lincecum, SP
35. Brian McCann, C
36. Russell Martin, C
Personally, I am very hesitant to draft a catcher too early in the draft… There are a lot of good catcher options that won’t go till a lot later in the draft like saltalamachia and Napoli…. even posada will go late in most drafts.
Sure McCann and Martin represent the top tier, but Soto is gonna put up very similar numbers and bats in a better lineup. So if I can get Soto in the 4th or 5th round and get Webb, Halladay or Santana in the 3rd round I think my team will be better for it overall.