The 2022 MLB Draft began Sunday night, with teams making 80 selections throughout the first and second rounds, as well as several rounds of competitive and compensatory balance. The Baltimore Orioles (Jackson Holliday) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (Druw Jones) started things off by selecting the children of former All-Star gardeners Matt Holliday and Andruw Jones. The Texas Rangers then shook the board by grabbing Vanderbilt Kumar Rocker’s third right to the overall.
The draft will resume on Monday afternoon at 2pm ET, with the teams making choices until the 10th round. (The draft will conclude with rounds 11 through 20 on Tuesday.) You can relive the first night of the draft by consulting our analysis of each first-round selection as part of our live blog coverage.
For those who want to look ahead, we will continue to update our draft tracker until all elections are announced. In addition, below we have highlighted five interesting players to monitor on day 2, including the last remaining member of our top 30. Note that players are presented in alphabetical order.
1. Bryce Hubbart, LHP, Florida
Hubbart is a small leftist who is praised for both his intelligence and his passion for his craft. With an introductory phrase like this, you can make an educated guess about the quality of your things. True, it does not have a single offer that is proven to be more or less on the Scouting scale. However, it has several useful fields, including a fast ball from the 90s that plays due to its innate increase. Hubbart also has a track record of competing against the ACC competition and was arguably the best-performing pitcher in the Cape Cod League last summer. Even if you don’t think and head to The Show as a headline or swingman, there’s probably a hidden value to having it in and around the organization.
2. Dominic Keegan, 1B / C, Vanderbilt
Keegan, a senior, was selected last summer by the New York Yankees in the 19th round. He opted to return to Vanderbilt instead of becoming a professional and as a result should leave the board on Monday. Keegan split the season between catching and playing at first base, but he is not a defensive standout in any position. Rather, his value comes from his stick, as he hit .345 / .431 / .605 with 29 homers throughout his commodore career. Keegan also had an outstanding 13-game season in the Cape Cod League last summer, proving that his stroke translates into a wooden bat.
Carson Palmquist, LHP, Miami (FL)
Back in the preseason, we described Palmquist as the “East Coast version of Cooper Hjerpe.” While Hjerpe was selected on Sunday 22 by the Cardinals of St. Louis, Palmquist has not yet heard his name called. It picked up the hurricane’s rotation well this spring, racking up an effectiveness of 2.89 and a walking ratio of 3.69 points. Scouts are still skeptical that he’s a headliner at the highest level, but he has enough stuff, control, and deception to profile himself as an arm of the big league in some way.
4. Brock Porter, RHP, St. Mary Prep HS (MI)
We ranked Porter as the 11th best prospect in the class to enter the draft because of the strength of his projectable structure, the strength of his arm, and his high-grade change. So imagine our surprise to be left on the board after making 80 picks. Wow. Our best guess as to why Porter has not been selected involves a combination of his credibility (he has a commitment to Clemson), his age (he turned 19 in June) and the shape of his pitches: his fast ball has more horizontal than vertical movement. , and you will need to check your broken balls once you become a professional. Unless Porter has been made out of class, we suspect he should go early on the 2nd.
5. Tristan Smith, LHP, Boiling Springs HS (SC)
Smith, like Porter, is another arm of preparation with a commitment to Clemson. He has a pair of high-spin throws on his 90-year-old fast, groundbreaking ball. Unfortunately, his lack of change and his possession of several mechanical tics give him the kind of relief risk that teams that want to see him can have to show that he can start at the collegiate level before spending a good deal on him. draft selection and a good signing bonus. . For some reason, we think Clemson would be fine with this scenario, if it developed.