“Good is not good when better is expected.” -Vin Scully
These are the words scouting directors need live by when approaching every draft. You don’t take the floor, you reach for the sky.
You always draft the best player available. Stars win championships. You don’t draft players in the first round for safety, you draft a guy in the first round for their ceiling.
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania outfielder Benny Montgomery might quietly have the highest ceiling of any one player in the 2021 MLB Draft. But he’s got work to do.
Top-of-the-class, uber-projectable outfielders that fall in the draft are not uncommon.