Jim Callis' 2011 Mock Draft Version 2.0

[Jaypers]

This is the second of his four Mocks. The next one will come out in a week, and the final one the day of the draft.




Below is a listing of our second projection for the first round of the 2011 draft, compiled on May 27. Subscribers can get analysis of each pick in an expanded version.

1. PIRATES: Anthony Rendon, 3b, Rice.

2. MARINERS: Bubba Starling, of, Gardner-Edgerton HS, Gardner, Kan.

3. DIAMONDBACKS: Danny Hultzen, lhp, Virginia.

4. ORIOLES: Dylan Bundy, rhp, Owasso (Okla.) HS.

5. ROYALS: Gerrit Cole, rhp, UCLA.

6. NATIONALS: Trevor Bauer, rhp, UCLA.

7. DIAMONDBACKS: Javier Baez, ss, Arlington Country Day School, Jacksonville, Fla.

8. INDIANS: Jed Bradley, lhp, Georgia Tech.

9. CUBS: Archie Bradley, rhp, Broken Arrow (Okla.) HS.

10. PADRES: Matt Barnes, rhp, Connecticut.

11. ASTROS: Taylor Jungmann, rhp, Texas.

12. BREWERS: Francisco Lindor, ss, Monteverde (Fla.) Academy.

13. METS: Mikie Mahtook, of, Louisiana State.

14. MARLINS: Cory Spangenberg, 3b, Indian River (Fla.) JC.

15. BREWERS: Sonny Gray, rhp, Vanderbilt.

16. DODGERS: Taylor Guerrieri, rhp, Spring Valley HS, Columbia, S.C.

17. ANGELS: Alex Meyer, rhp, Kentucky.

18. ATHLETICS: George Springer, of, Connecticut.

19. RED SOX: Josh Bell, of, Dallas Jesuit HS.

20. ROCKIES: Levi Michael, ss, North Carolina.

21. BLUE JAYS: Daniel Norris, lhp, Science Hill HS, Johnson City, Tenn.

22. CARDINALS: C.J. Cron, 1b, Utah.

23. NATIONALS: Tyler Anderson, lhp, Oregon.

24. RAYS: Jose Fernandez, rhp, Alonso HS, Tampa.

25. PADRES: Brian Goodwin, of, Miami-Dade JC.

26. RED SOX: Austin Hedges, c, JSerra HS, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

27. REDS: Robert Stephenson, rhp, Alhambra HS, Martinez, Calif.

28. BRAVES: Henry Owens, lhp, Edison HS, Huntington Beach, Calif.

29. GIANTS: Josh Osich, lhp, Oregon State.

30. TWINS: Sean Gilmartin, lhp, Florida State.

31. RAYS: Kolten Wong, 2b, Hawaii

32. RAYS: Blake Swihart, c, Cleveland HS, Rio Rancho, N.M.

33. RANGERS: Brandon Nimmo, of, East HS, Cheyenne, Wyo.

 

[Exposfan]

I love this draft, if it were to fall this way for the Brewers!

 

[AK11]

So Lindor falls a little more, and a new SS is rising in Baez.

 

[Russ S.]

Dude is smoking some serious stuff. :benson: :benson:

Gray and Springer that low? :lol: :lol:

NO way the O' s can pass up Bauer or Cole and take Bundy instead.
( HS pitchers have done us great.* cough cough .. Hobgood... cough cough *.)

Not saying Bundy is garbage, his brother is doing well for us, but you can't pass up proven college pitching talent for a raw HS ARM.

 

[shayscards79]

Dude is smoking some serious stuff. :benson: :benson:

I agree

 

[aminors]

No way Bundy goes above both Cole and Bauer.

Who is this Baez guy and why is he higher than Lindor? And Lindor that low? ell oh ell.

I thought Sonny Gray was better than all those guys that are above him? wtf?

 

[Jaypers]

No way Bundy goes above both Cole and Bauer.

Who is this Baez guy and why is he higher than Lindor? And Lindor that low? ell oh ell.

I thought Sonny Gray was better than all those guys that are above him? wtf?

It's believed Baez will eventually shift to 3B. Has makeup issues, according to BA.

AZ would only pick him that high because #7 isn't protected.

 

[Jaypers]

Oops, wrong thread. :lol:

 

[tommyfro21]

I love this draft, if it were to fall this way for the Brewers!

I'm simply amazed he has Gray going at #15. I find it hard to believe....

That being said, since I am a Dodger fan, it wouldn't be TOO bad if he dropped one more spot and went to LA at #16.

But I do believe he is totally wrong here. I don't see Gray falling out of the top 10 at all. No way at all...

 

[SamHell]

19. RED SOX: Josh Bell, of, Dallas Jesuit HS.

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein in the stands to watch Jesuit's Josh Bell in the playoffs
http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews. ... ds-to.html
Asked if Bell's last at-bat -- where he blasted a pitch over the 25-foot wall in centerfield, over the fence near the flagpole at the 400-foot mark -- was impressive, Epstein quipped: "If you like home runs to straight-away center field...."
:lol:

 

[SeattleSports]

As an M's fan...

If Rendon goes #1, I want either Starling or Bundy. I don't want cole.