The best talent projected for the Draft

If you like batting, the 2022 Amateur Draft group is for you.

MLB Pipeline’s list of the 100 best prospects heading to the Amateur Draft is out now. While a lot may happen until the July Draft date, it looks like the group will be loaded with position players, especially at the top. There are 61 batters (39 pitchers). The previous record was 54 position players.

Eight of the first nine prospects are hitters. The top three are in high school, followed by five college kids. Here, the top 10:

1. Druw Jones, OF, Wesleyan HS (Ga.)
2. Termarr Johnson, 2B, Mays HS (Ga.)
3. Elijah Green, OF, IMG Academy (Fla.)
4. Jacob Berry, 3B, Louisiana State
5. Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly
6. Jace Jung, 2B, Texas Tech
7. Brock Jones, OF, Stanford
8. Chase DeLauter, OF, James Madison
9. Dylan Lesko, RHP, Buford HS (Ga.)
10. Gavin Cross, OF, Virginia Tech

“I wouldn’t sum it up any other way,” Orioles scouting director Brad Ciolek said of the quality of hitting that will be available. “It is an exciting group of players. There are many interesting options from high school, starting with Elijah, Termarr, and Druw. There are also other college students with a proven track record. It’s exciting to consider the options. “

Ciolek and the Orioles had the first pick in 2019, when they selected Adley Rutschman; the best prospect in baseball today. Baltimore has picked a college hitter for the past three years. It remains to be seen if he will do it for the fourth time in a row, although it seems certain at this point that they will go for a position player, given that Dylan Lesko is the first pitcher on the list and a high school mountaineer has never been chosen in the field. first place.

“In terms of the quality of the players at the top of the list, it’s good to see the same thing that I’ve seen in the last few months,” Ciolek noted. “There will be many options to choose from.”

College: 57
Secondary: 43

Universities with the most prospects of the Draft:

Louisiana State: 8
Vanderbilt: 8

Players committed to universities

Florida: 4
Arkansas: 3
AMG Academy: 3
Oklahoma State: 3
Oregon: 3
Tennessee: 3

LZ: 13
Ambidextrous launcher: 1
OF: 19
SS: 16
C: 10
3B: 9
2B: 6

Players are rated between 20 and 80 on a scouting scale to analyze their tools or pitching. They are projections, a reflection of what the industry thinks will be a future player. Here, the best.

Batting: 70 – Termarr Johnson
Can: 65 – Jacob Berry
Speed: 70 – Druw Jones, Elijah Green, Gavin Turley, Justin Crawford, Bishop Gorman
Arm: 70 – Logan Tanner, Nolan McLean, Nazier Mule, Adonys Guzmán
Defending: 70 – Jones

Straight: 70 – Brock Porter, Reggie Crawford, Nazier Mule
Curve: 65 – Peyton Pallette
Slider: 70 – Connor Prielipp, Landon Sims, Kumar Rocker
Change: 65 – Dylan Lesko, Carson Whisenhunt
Control: 55 – Lesko, Prielipp, Brandon Barriera, Parker Messick, Carson Palmquist, Michael Kennedy, Jonathan Cannon, Justin Campbell