It’s not often that the first overall pick in the MLB draft is a foregone conclusion. Righthander Casey Mize eventually emerged as a slam dunk No. 1 pick last spring, but there was some doubt about the selection as late as the morning of the draft. Mize also wasn’t the top overall pick heading into the spring — fellow SEC righthander Brady Singer was originally the Tigers’ projected pick. Still, Mize dominated most draft prospect lists that spring in a way we had not seen since Gerrit Cole was an easy top overall selection for the Pittsburgh Pirates way back in 2010.
2019 MLB draft profile: C Adley Rutschman is probably going first overall but let’s talk about him anyway
