The Oakland A's selected Greg Deichmann with the No. 43 overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. The 22-year-old is an outfielder from Louisiana State University.
With this pick, the A’s have potentially taken outfielders with their top three selections, depending on where Kevin Merrell ends up playing. Unlike Beck and Merrell, though, Deichmann is destined for a corner spot rather than holding hope of playing CF. He was ranked as high as No. 63 by MLB Pipeline, so like with Merrell the A’s reached down a bit for the guy they liked.
Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 55 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 45 | Overall: 50
Deichmann led Louisiana prepsters in homers for three straight years and offered some of the best power among high school middle infielders in the 2014 Draft, but a so-so senior season and signability issues left him unselected and headed to Louisiana State.