The Texas Rangers have nearly two extra months to organize for the 2022 MLB draft, as faculty and highschool baseball seasons start to wind down.
With the No. 3 total choose within the July 17-19 draft, the Rangers ought to have their choice of nearly each prospect within the land. And it seems some MLB pedigree is transferring quick up the draft boards, in line with MLB.com.
Druw Jones (son of Andruw Jones) and Jackson Holliday (son of Matt Holliday) are thought-about to be among the many high prospects on this 12 months’s draft, in line with MLB.com’s Jim Callis. IMG Academy’s Elijah Inexperienced was the consensus choose from SportsDay’s consultants within the preseason, however Callis has the outfielder going No. 2 to the Diamondbacks.
With Jones doubtlessly going No. 1 to the Orioles, that leaves Jackson Holliday, a shortstop out of Stillwater (Okla.) HS obtainable at No. 3. Matt Holliday, a seven-time MLB All-Star, is a volunteer assistant at Oklahoma State.
Writes Callis:
Holliday has vaulted to the highest of the Draft by getting greater and stronger and bettering his instruments throughout the board. Although the Rangers have gone with polished collegians with their final three first-rounders, the highschool expertise is just too good to disregard this 12 months. If Holliday and Jones go 1-2, Johnson may very well be the selection.
The Rangers opted for Vanderbilt ace — and one other MLB legacy — Jack Leiter within the 2021 draft, forgoing various extremely regarded highschool prospects. Might Holliday be the shortstop of the long run?
Different notable picks in Callis’ draft embrace Texas Tech’s Jace Jung (brother to Rangers prospect Josh Jung) at No. 8 to the Twins and Rockwall-Heath shortstop Jett Williams (the highest space prospect) twenty second to the Cardinals.
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