Earning Their Stripes: Way-Too-Early 2020 Draft Prep with BA's Carlos Collazo

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesUnofficially launching Fish Stripes’ 2020 MLB Draft coverage, Ian Smith and Ely Sussman are joined by Baseball America national writer Carlos Collazo (1:40). They discuss Marlins draft history, particularly the star-studded 2019 class (featuring JJ Bleday and Kameron Misner), plus all of the plausible candidates for the Fish to consider with their first-round pick next June. Ever wonder what a draft analyst does during these cold-weather months with limited game action? Collazo walks us through it.

In his way-too-early mock of 2020’s top 10 draft picks, Collazo paired Georgia RHP Emerson Hancock with the Marlins:

The Marlins moved away from targeting high…