Draft Trends Under Randy Flores

Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesThe 2023 MLB draft begins tonight and I’m more excited the draft this year than I have been in years past for a couple of reasons. The first is that I’ve watched a lot more college baseball this year than I have in the past, which I don’t know if you can relate to. But the second is because the St. Louis Cardinals aren’t playing great so it’s a lot more fun right now to look at prospects. That, I’m sure, you can relate to at least a little bit.

So with the draft approaching and mock drafts dropping like crazy, I thought it would be fun and helpful to look at prior draft trends under Randy Flores, who ran his first draft in 2016, to see if we can glean…