Jim Callis' 2012 Mock Draft 2.0

This time it's subscriber-only (for some odd reason), so I'll just post his predictions without the explanations. Feel free to PM me if you want a copy.


1. ASTROS. Projected Pick: MARK APPEL.

2. TWINS. Projected Pick: BYRON BUXTON.

3. MARINERS. Projected Pick: MIKE ZUNINO.

4. ORIOLES. Projected Pick: KEVIN GAUSMAN.

5. ROYALS. Projected Pick: KYLE ZIMMER.

6. CUBS. Projected Pick: CARLOS CORREA.

7. PADRES. Projected Pick: MAX FRIED.

8. PIRATES. Projected Pick: DEVEN MARRERO.

9. MARLINS. Projected Pick: ALBERT ALMORA.

10. ROCKIES. Projected Pick: COURTNEY HAWKINS.

11. ATHLETICS. Projected Pick: LANCE McCULLERS JR.

12. METS. Projected Pick: GAVIN CECCHINI.

13. WHITE SOX. Projected Pick: MICHAEL WACHA.

14. REDS. Projected Pick: CHRIS STRATTON.

15. INDIANS. Projected Pick: ANDREW HEANEY.

16. NATIONALS. Projected Pick: MARCUS STROMAN.

17. BLUE JAYS. Projected Pick: DAVID DAHL.

18. DODGERS. Projected Pick: TY HENSLEY.

19. CARDINALS Projected Pick: RICHIE SHAFFER.

20. GIANTS. Projected Pick: NICK TRAVIESO.

21. BRAVES. Projected Pick: TYLER NAQUIN.

22. BLUE JAYS (for failure to sign 2011 first-round Tyler Beede). Projected Pick: JOEY GALLO.

23. CARDINALS. Projected Pick: LUCAS SIMS.

24. RED SOX. Projected Pick: TANNER RAHIER.

25. RAYS. Projected Pick: D.J. DAVIS.

26. DIAMONDBACKS. Projected Pick: STRYKER TRAHAN.

27. BREWERS Projected Pick: STEPHEN PISCOTTY.

28. BREWERS. Projected Pick: SHANE WATSON.

29. RANGERS. Projected Pick: MATT SMORAL.

30. YANKEES. Projected Pick: ADDISON RUSSELL.

31. RED SOX (from Phillies for Jonathan Papelbon). Projected Pick: ZACH EFLIN.


Oh, and FYI:

"Righthander Lucas Giolito, Fried's teammate at Harvard-Westlake HS in Studio City, Calif., remains the draft's biggest wild card after spraining an elbow ligament in March. He hasn't taken the mound since, though he threw on flat ground this week. Teams still don't feel like they have a great read on the health or signability of a player who once figured to be a lock to go in the first three picks. As we did in our initial first-round projection two weeks ago, we're not including Giolito because of the uncertainty surrounding him."

Not as big of a fan of this one as the last one for the Brewers, suprised to see Wacha fall, IMO

I'm not going to complain, because in every one of these Buxton has fallen a spot, hopefully by 3.0 he will be a Mariner!

Hoping Heaney can either move up or fall to a team I like. He's a great kid.

Wow, that's an epic Jays first round.

beefycheddar said:

Hoping Heaney can either move up or fall to a team I like. He's a great kid.

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I'm a fan of projectable lefties, so I hope he falls somewhere in the 1st.

Jaypers said:

I'm a fan of projectable lefties, so I hope he falls somewhere in the 1st.

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The thing with Heaney that is different than most pitchers you see is he has no real defined arm slot, he just kind of goes out there and slings it like a kid playing stick ball. But he's a bulldog that wants the ball when his team needs a win. He told me that first time I ever spoke to him that he was glad the team hadn't won yet and he was pitching since he wanted to be the one to get the win we needed. He ended up being the one to put us in the CCBL Championship with one of the best performances I have seen against Wareham in the Western Division finals.

Hearing the Cubs like Almora or obviously if one of the 3 college pitchers is available. Also heard Freid is a possibility

Really hope the Cubs don't nab Correa, they have enough SS. Padres badly need a SS and from the BA article on Correa, he seems like a great kid.