I WAS STANDING behind home plate on Feb. 24 at Buford High School in Georgia watching right-hander Dylan Lesko, the best prep pitching prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft, arguably the best prep pitching prospect in years. A scouting director of a team picking in the middle of the first round took his position next to me and asked, "What are the chances this guy gets to us?"
At this point, I had him securely in the top 10 picks, with a chance he goes in the top five. "Unlikely," I said, then paused. "But, I mean, he's a prep righty, you never know.