Quick Mock Draft Comparison: Baseball America and Seedlings to Stars
By Wally Fish
Jim Callis published his first 2012 MLB Mock Draft today so I thought it would be a fun exercise to compare Baseball America’s with the most recent S2S version. Naturally things have changed greatly since Robbie published our first mock on February 27th but Scott dropped his just 8 days ago so the latter version exists in a similar window of time. Of course if you are familiar our site’s second mock draft you know that it includes the selections that Robbie made in the first version.
Some advance notice before proceeding … if you are looking for analysis or insight from yours truly on these picks, you’re going to be disappointed. Really all I am doing in this post is putting the picks side-by-side to see how they stack up.
1. Houston Astros
Baseball America: RHP Mark Appel
S2S – Scott: RHP Mark Appel
2. Minnesota Twins
Baseball America: OF Byron Buxton
S2S – Scott: RHP Kyle Zimmer
3. Seattle Mariners
Baseball America: C Mike Zunino
S2S – Scott: C Mike Zunino
4. Baltimore Orioles
Baseball America: RHP Kyle Zimmer
S2S – Scott: OF Byron Buxton
5. Kansas City Royals
Baseball America: RHP Kevin Gausman
S2S – Scott: RHP Lucas Giolito
6. Chicago Cubs
Baseball America: OF Albert Almora
S2S – Scott: LHP Matt Smoral
7. San Diego Padres
Baseball America: SS Carlos Correa
S2S – Scott: RHP Kevin Gausman
8. Pittsburgh Pirates
Baseball America: SS Deven Marrero
S2S – Scott: SS Carlos Correa
9. Miami Marlins
Baseball America: RHP Marcus Stroman
S2S – Scott: 3B Richie Shaffer
10. Colorado Rockies
Baseball America: OF David Dahl
S2S – Scott: SS Deven Marrero
11. Oakland Athletics
Baseball America: LHP Max Fried
S2S – Scott: LHP Max Fried
12. New York Mets
Baseball America: SS Gavin Cecchini
S2S – Scott: RHP Zach Elfin
13. Chicago White Sox
Baseball America: OF Courtney Hawkins
S2S – Scott: OF Albert Almora
14. Cincinnati Reds
Baseball America: RHP Michael Wacha
S2S – Scott: 3B Stephen Piscotty
15. Cleveland Indians
Baseball America: LHP Andrew Heaney
S2S – Scott: LHP Andrew Heaney
16. Washington Nationals
Baseball America: RHP Chris Stratton
S2S – Scott: LHP Brian Johnson
17. Toronto Blue Jays
Baseball America: RHP Lance McCullers Jr.
S2S – Scott: SS Gavin Cecchini
18. Los Angels Dodgers
Baseball America: 3B Corey Seager
S2S – Scott: RHP Walter Weickel
19. St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball America: 3B Richie Shaffer
S2S – Scott: OF Courtney Hawkins
20. San Francisco Giants
Baseball America: RHP Nick Travieso
S2S – Scott: 1B/3B Joey Gallo
21. Atlanta Braves
Baseball America: OF Victor Roache
S2S – Scott: RHP Michael Wacha
22. Toronto Blue Jays
Baseball America: OF D.J. Davis
S2S – Scott: SS Nolan Fontana
23. St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball America: 3B Stephen Piscotty
S2S – Scott: C Stryker Trahan
24. Boston Red Sox
Baseball America: LHP Matt Smoral
S2S – Scott: SS Addison Russell
25. Tampa Bay Rays
Baseball America: RHP Ty Hensley
S2S – Scott: C/SS Wyatt Mathisen
26. Arizona Diamondbacks
Baseball America: OF Tyler Naquin
S2S – Scott: LHP Hunter Virant
27. Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball America: SS Addison Russell
S2S – Scott: 3B Patrick Wisdom
28. Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball America: 1B/3B Joey Gallo
S2S – Scott: RHP Marcus Stroman
29. Texas Rangers
Baseball America: RHP J.O. Berrios
S2S – Scott: LHP Alex Wood
30. New York Yankees
Baseball America: C Stryker Trahan
S2S – Scott: RHP Chris Stratton
31. Boston Red Sox
Baseball America: SS Nolan Fontana
S2S – Scott: RHP Ty Buttrey
The two mocks match up in four places with Appel to the Astros (#1), Zunino to the Mariners (#3), Fried to the Athletics (#11) and Heaney to the Indians (#15). If the Twins wind up with Buxton 2nd overall as Baseball America is projecting and the Royals gamble on Giolito as Scott predicts, it would go a long way toward making the current season more bearable for yours truly.
If you can’t get enough mock draft information, Robbie will be dropping our 3rd mock draft in the coming weeks. I am also planning some draft related content but my upcoming articles will shift the focus from the present/future to drafts of the past.