Jason Groome is hands-down the most attractive piece in the 2016 MLB Draft.
Groome is 17 years old. He has a frame that scouts drool over, standing at 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds. He’s a lefty, and everyone knows that there isn’t a Major League Baseball team that doesn’t fall in love with with a hulking, imposing lefty on the mound. He has an arsenal consisting of three pitches that most scouts and baseball heads will tell you are already plus offerings.
Just to reiterate… he is only 17.
Remember back in 2013 when the Kansas City Royals surprised a lot of people and selected Hunter Dozier eighth overall in the MLB Draft? While people didn’t question that he had first round talent, they did question if he went a tad bit too early. He definitely didn’t help clarify any questions after two poor seasons in Double-A.
Now, however, he is seemingly rewarding the Royals for staying loyal.
Continuing onward with potential top-ten MLB Draft picks’ profiles, it’s time to take a look at the first pitcher that could go off the board. Before taking a look at high schooler Jason Groome, let’s take a look at what the best college arm has to offer.
Exciting news in the prospect world broke today as the Philadelphia Phillies promoted to J.P. Crawford to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. It now moves Crawford one more step closer to his big league debut, however there is no reason to expect it will be any time in the immediate future.
This past Wednesday, we took a look at potential top pick, Mercer outfielder Kyle Lewis. Next up in our continuing draft prep profiles is Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel.
This past week, I have been lucky to be in Denver, Colorado covering the NCAA DII Festival. It is six championships stuffed into six exciting days of sports in the Mile High City. Simply put, it has been a pretty amazing experience.
Monday saw the first “Almost Mock Draft” from Today’s Knuckleball, dissecting some of the options each team inside the top-ten has at their disposal. Unlike 2015, when seemingly the whole world knew Dansby Swanson was going first, this season sees two or three players that could be on the Philadelphia Phillies’ wish list at 1-1.
June 9 is right around the corner, which means time is running out for teams to figure out who their first-round selection will be in the 2016 MLB Draft. This season’s crop has an interesting selection of youngsters. Whereas many regarded Dansby Swanson as the easy selection for the Arizona Diamondbacks with the first pick in 2015 (the other members of the Big Three in Alex Bregman and Brendan Rogers were nearly no-brainers at two and three) the Philadelphia Phillies may not have it so easy.
It’s pretty easy to agree on who the top ten or twelve guys to be selected this year will be; however, it’s still unclear how they will land. That doesn’t mean that it’s too early to look at the options of each of the teams inside the top-ten picks have.
Tyler Glasnow and Jameson Taillon are getting a lot of hype for the Pittsburgh Pirates and rightfully so. They are seemingly both on the brink of their much awaited big league debuts. The Pirates are deep, however, and they have another enticing prospect pitching the lights out in the South Atlantic League.
Brandon Nimmo came to the New York Mets as their future center fielder that would provide a spark atop their lineup. That was six years ago. A lot has changed for the Mets, both in their farm system and their outfield. Where does Nimmo fit into their future plans?
Perhaps the better question is, does he?
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