2021 Draft Class Mlb

There is some consensus over who the top players in the class of 2021 appear to be based on past performance or what they did in the abbreviated 2020 season.

2021 draft class mlb. As it stands he s a pretty good bet to go in the first two rounds of the 2021 mlb draft but his ceiling is that of the 3rd best arm in the 2021 class. 1 kumar rocker rhp vanderbilt 2 jordan lawlar ss jesuit prep texas 3 matt mclain ss ucla 4 adrian del castillo c miami 5 jaden hill rhp lsu. Here s the top 10.

As someone who follows mlb prospects with just about all of my spare time i came into this article thinking the 2021 class is better 2020 but how much better could they really be. The 2021 draft will be at least 20 rounds after this year s draft was only five rounds due to the covid 19 pandemic. Leiter ranked 27 th on the our final 2019 draft rankings and has quickly planted a flag as a target for first overall selection in the 2021 class jockeying for position with rotation mate kumar rocker as the draft s top collegiate arm.

It s been a challenging year in scouting circles as talent evaluators grapple with the inability to access high level talent. Those obstacles didn t stop them from preparing as best they could for 2021 and it didn t stop us from releasing our new draft top 100 prospects list. With our newly minted draft top 100 list out we ve been spending a lot of time talking and thinking about the 2021 draft class.

As a true freshman this spring leiter made just four appearances three of them starts but they were. Firstly if you haven t checked out our top 300 board for the 2021 mlb draft it s a fantastic place to gather full scouting reports on most of the biggest names for next year s draft. It s somewhat top heavy with a big four at the top before the elite level talent thins out quickly.

If i had the first pick i d want it in 2020 s draft but if i had literally any other pick i d want it in the 2021 draft. We did a breakdown of the top 100 we did a way too early mock of the top 10 picks and we focused on the 21 draft for the entirety of our most recent pipeline podcast we even answered a ton of questions from you on twitter. The 2021 draft features plenty of college and prep talent.

But it s deep in another sense because there are dozens of starter quality players available. The correct answer is a lot. The 2021 draft cycle will be different than any before it.