As part of our preseason All-America team balloting, we asked MLB scouting departments to grade the quality of the 2023 draft class on the 20-80 scouting scale, where 50 is average.
Much can and will change from now until the actual draft in July—a full spring amateur season will start and finish in that time—but this is how 15 scouting departments graded the 2023 draft class entering the season.
Overall Talent
This is our most generic and vague category that attempts to capture all of the various demographics of the draft. The industry was split fairly evenly, with eight