Top 200 Draft Prospects: High school hurlers galore

A little over a month ago, MLBPipeline.com expanded its Top 50 Draft Prospects list to 100. A week before the Phillies announce who they are taking with the No. 1 overall pick, the deck is being reshuffled and 100 more cards are being added.

That effort results in the new and improved Draft list just launched: The Top 200 list.

For those keeping track at home, 200 picks stretches into the start of the seventh round, so this should keep fans busy.

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The Draft will take place from Thursday through Saturday, beginning with the Draft preview show on MLB Network and MLB.com on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. Live Draft coverage from MLB Network’s Studio 42 begins at 7 p.m., with the top 77 picks being streamed on MLB.com and broadcast on MLB Network. MLB.com’s exclusive coverage of Day 2 begins with a live Draft show at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, with exclusive coverage of Day 3 beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

There have been many changes up and down the list in addition to the 101-200 set, but things have stayed the same at the top. The top three — New Jersey high school lefty Jason Groome, Kansas prep right-hander Riley Pint and Mercer University outfielder Kyle Lewis — remain the same.

There is a chance that none of those three will be the No. 1 pick in the Draft by the Phillies. Groome and Lewis are still in the mix, though the scouting industry believes it will come down to Florida lefty A.J. Puk …

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