2021 MLB draft

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The draft is about 7 weeks away. Sox Machine's latest write-up is a high level summary of other mock drafts: https://www.soxmachine.com/2021/05/2...ill-prominent/

Adrian Del Castillo is someone that intrigues me.

[Krs1]

Dropping college guys are expected, but the prep class is where most of the later round hits happen. Highest upside player possible, and the HS class may be the right spot to fill that desire.

[Krs1]

There could be a lot of arms sitting there for the pickin'. Chase Petty is so boom or bust, but I love his arm.

[Lipman 1]

Draft slots and money assignments were released:

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/20...ft-bonus-slots

[Lipman 1]

First mock draft out at MLB.com. Here is who they have the Sox selecting:

22. White Sox: Jud Fabian, OF, Florida
Fabian might be the toughest guy to place now as he righted the ship for a while, then had a very rough weekend against Arkansas (1-for-11, 9 strikeouts) and didn’t do much in conference tournament play, but the tools are still legit.

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https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mock-dr...draft-coverage

C - Joe Mack

Reading up on him online the thought is his ceiling is a slightly above average catcher in the MLB. I'd take that. Decent catchers will all around game are often hard to find. One person compared him to Joe Mauer but, come on....

[FielderJones]

Please, no high-schoolers in the first round.

[Krs1]

Please, no high-schoolers in the first round.

Considering our position in the draft and on the field, I don't think there's been a more opportune time to swing for the fences on a prepster.

[Krs1]

But also let me be clear, if there is ANY player we think can play this year at 21, take that shot. I’m very on board with collegiate pitchers. Most of the mature older bats are gone by that range, right? Curious to see where all the 21 year olds go with some contenders picking before us.