Quick Mock Draft Comparison: Baseball America and Seedlings to Stars

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.

Mark Appel pitches against the Kansas State Wildcats on June 3rd, 2011 (Credit: Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE)

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.