55-grade<\/a> hit tool and budding power thanks to his plus bat speed and strength. The Rockies are far enough from contention to swing for the fences on upside, and Booth has legitimate star potential. This is likely the floor for Arkansas catcher Ryder Helfrick, who has been frequently linked to Colorado.<\/p>\n11. Washington Nationals: SS Justin Lebron, Alabama<\/p>\n
Lebron has seen his draft stock tumble after hitting .222\/.323\/.407 in SEC play, but he still has arguably the most impressive toolbox of any college player in this class, starting with his 60-power, 60-speed offensive profile. The ceiling here could be a franchise shortstop and perennial All-Star, but there is serious boom-or-bust risk. The Nationals will likely be hunting upside, and his stacks up to any player in the draft.<\/p>\n
12. Los Angeles Angels: LHP Hunter Dietz, Arkansas<\/p>\n
Dietz pitched just 1.2 innings during his first two seasons at Arkansas and got shelled in the Cape Cod League last summer, but he has been soaring up draft boards following a dominant spring. The 6’6″, 235-pound southpaw racked up 83 strikeouts in 59.2 innings during SEC play, and despite his limited track record, he checks a lot of boxes to be a future impact starter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10. Colorado Rockies: OF Eric Booth Jr., Oak Grove HS (MS) Booth might be the fastest player in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-734288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}