We are just starting to dip into our draft coverage, but publications are starting to come out with their mock drafts. Georgia slugger Charlie Condon seems to be the consensus #1 pick right now with Florida’s Jac Caglianone not far behind. The Royals will have the #6 pick in the draft, thanks to missing out in the lottery, but they may have some intriguing options in what looks like a college-heavy top of the draft.
In the latest mock draft from Baseball America, they project Arkansas left-handed pitcher Hagen Smith to the Royals, writing that “in terms of strikeout rate and batting average against, no pitcher in the country has been as dominant as Hagen Smith this spring.