Tomorrow is the big day - it’s the 2020 MLB Draft, which will be significantly different from previous drafts. However, the first round will be more or less business as usual (except for the fact that the Houston Astros won’t have a pick due to the punishments stemming from their 2017 sign stealing scandal). Here are my predictions (AKA Mock Draft) for the first round including the Competitive Balance A Picks starting at #30 :
Detroit Tigers - 1B Spencer Torkelson (Arizona State)
Baltimore Orioles - 2B Austin Martin (Vanderbilt)
Miami Marlins - LHP Asa Lacy (Texas A&M)
Kansas City Royals - CF Zac Veen (Spruce Creek HS - Florida)
Toronto Blue Jays - RHP Emerson Hancock (Georgia)
Seattle Mariners - RHP Max Meyer (Minnesota)
PIttsburgh Pirates - 2B Nick Gonzales (New Mexico State)
San Diego Padres - OF Robert Hassell (Independence HS - Tennessee)
Colorado Rockies - LHP Reid Detmers (Louisville)
Los Angeles Angels - OF Heston Kjerstad (Arkansas)
Chicago White Sox - RHP Mick Abel (Jesuit HS - Oregon)
Cincinnati Reds - OF Austin Hendrick (W. Allegheny HS - Pennsylvania)
San Francisco Giants - LHP Garrett Crochet (Tennessee)
Texas Rangers - C Patrick Bailey (North Carolina State)
Philadelphia Phillies - RHP Cade Cavalli (Oklahoma)
Chicago Cubs - OF Pete Crow-Armstrong (Harvard-Westlake HS - California)
Boston Red Sox - C Tyler Soderstrom (Turlock HS - California)
Arizona Diamondbacks - SS Ed Howard (Mt. Caramel HS - Illinois)
New York Mets - OF Garrett Mitchell (UCLA)
Milwaukee Brewers - RHP Tanner Burns (Auburn)
St. Louis Cardinals - RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (South Carolina)
Washington Nationals - RHP Cole Wilcox (Georgia)
Cleveland Indians - RHP Nick Bitsko (Central Bucks East HS - Pennsylvania)
Tampa Bay Rays - RHP J.T. Ginn (Mississippi State)
Atlanta Braves - RHP Clayton Beeter (Texas Tech)
Oakland Athletics - RHP Chris McMahon (Miami)
Minnesota Twins - C Dillon Dingler (Ohio State)
New York Yankees - SS Jordan Westburg (Mississippi State)
Los Angeles Dodgers - RHP Bryce Jarvis (Duke)
Competetive Balance A
Baltimore Orioles - RHP Carson Montgomery (Windemere HS - Florida)
Pittsburgh Pirates - LHP Dax Fulton (Mustang HS - Oklahoma)
Kansas City Royals - RHP Justin Lange (Llano HS - Texas)
Arizona Diamondbacks - RHP Bobby Miller (Louisville)
San Diego Padres - SS Nick Loftin (Baylor)
Colorado Rockies - RHP Jared Kelley (Texas)
Cleveland Indians - LHP Burl Carraway (Dallas Baptist - Texas)
Tampa Bay Rays - 1B Aaron Sabato (North Carolina)