ESPN and CBS Sports put out their final Mock Drafts today before Sunday's MLB Draft.
from espn.com:
14. Boston Red Sox
Matt Shaw, 2B, Maryland
I'll keep Shaw here as the Red Sox are mostly tied to safer position-player types at this pick with bolder choices coming down the board. One of the wildest rumors I've heard all spring is that Arizona State 2B Luke Keaschall could be a Nick Yorke-esque pick here. I buy that Boston likes him, is worried he won't get to their next pick, and is thinking about it, but it's just a little too farfetched to project right now. I've given Keaschall to them in the second round.
50. Boston Red Sox: Luke Keaschall, 2B, Arizona State
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from cbssports.com:
14 - Red Sox
Pick: OF Chase Davis, Arizona (
CBS Sports top 30 rank: No. 10)
Slot value: $4,663,100
Some teams have a "type" on draft day and the
Red Sox are among them. They've used their last four first-round picks on hitters with aesthetically-pleasing swings and premium ball-tracking data (exit velocity, etc.). All four also went to high schoolers, but I don't get the sense they're opposed to a college player. Davis played very well down the stretch for Arizona and he hits the ball as hard as just about anyone in the draft class.
June 18 mock pick: SS Aiden Miller, Mitchell HS (Florida)
June 28 mock pick: SS Matt Shaw, Maryland
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