FIVE FOR SIX
The currency of any high school draft class is in toolsy hitters who play up the middle.
Beyond that, what really excites scouting departments is shortstops. And when you add premium offensive tools to a player who looks like a surefire shortstop in professional baseball—now you’re talking about a profile that is sure to fly off the board on draft day.
“The supply of really good defenders at a premium position who can also provide huge offensive impact—it’s just exceptionally rare,” one scouting director said. “That’s why these guys, the Bobby Witts and the CJ Abramses of the world, don’t get out of the top six or seven picks (in the
