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Pipeline Inbox: Which Draft prospect has the edge?
- Updated: June 3, 2016
Less than a week from the start of the 2016 Draft, and the MLB Pipeline crew is understandably in full-on Draft mode.
Our Draft rankings were just expanded to a Top 200 list. Jim Callis came out with our latest first-round projection. Want to guess what the topic of conversation was in our most recent Pipeline Podcast? Yep, you guessed it: the Draft.
So it only stands to reason that in our last pre-Draft Pipeline Inbox, we stay consistent, right? Here are a few Draft-related questions to even further whet your appetite for Thursday, when the Phillies will get things rolling with the No. 1 pick.
@JonathanMayo @MLBPipeline @MLBDraft do evaluators have more faith in Josh Lowe or Will Benson to reach their ceiling?
— adam.sullinger (@adamsullinger) June 1, 2016
@JonathanMayo @MLBPipeline @MLBDraft do evaluators have more faith in Josh Lowe or Will Benson to reach their ceiling?
There are a number of very intriguing high school hitters, all of whom could go from the middle of the first round on down. Joshua Lowe and Will Benson are very different hitters, but they’re both coming from the Georgia prep ranks.
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Lowe is perhaps the best two-way player in the Draft, though the overwhelming consensus is that his future is as a position player, likely as a third baseman (though he’s athletic enough for some people to think he could handle center field). Our No. 17 prospect can be a bit streaky, but he’s shown the ability to hit for average and power with excellent bat speed from the left side.
Benson is ranked No. 38 on our new Top 200, and he is extremely toolsy, fitting the prototype of a future ultra-athletic right fielder. He has a touch more raw power than Lowe, but there is a bit more concern about his ability to hit for average at the next level. Both …
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