2021 MLB Mock Draft: Rumors continue to swirl around Jack Leiter, Marcelo Mayer, Kumar Rocker, and the rest of the top tier of players in the 2021 MLB Draft, and Jonathan Mayo’s latest mock draft has a different look at the top.
While Mayo has Marcelo Mayer going to the Pittsburgh Pirates at #1 — and that is the most common projection for the Pirates right now, though everything is still in flux — he has the Rangers going with North Carolina high school shortstop Kahlil Watson with the second pick. Watson has recently moved up on boards, and while the consensus still seems to have Mayer and Jordan Lawlar as being ranked higher than Watson, the gap seems to have closed in recent weeks.