Greg Pappas

Agreed. Vaughn is not Hobgood... I mentioned Hobgoood to refer to the 'savings/overslot later' crap we've done before. Anyway, I fully expect we'll take Rutschman at 1-1.

50/50? Wow. I'd be furious if we went Vaughn or some other under-slot guy. Rutschman is my #1 hope. We can't Hobgood this draft.

I updated the OP with this... 2080Baseball.com's Final Top 125 List: https://2080baseball.com/2019/05/2019-final-mlb-draft-ranking/

Great work Luke!

Yeah, I've felt that way for months. Yet, if Elias and company feel Witt Jr. merits the pick at #1, I'll shake my head a bit sideways, raise an eyebrow, sigh, and then root like hell for Witt Jr. to be a stud for us.

https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-witt-jr-s-rank-among-best-shortstops-in-draft-history

Perfect Game has their latest Mock available: https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=16353

I know, right?!

Regarding who the top prospects are, I put this together to provide everyone with a variety of sources to read. Rounds 1-2 will air on MLB Network at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 3. Rounds 3-10 will stream on MLB.com, beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Free To Read: 2080Baseball.com's Final Top 125 List: https://2080baseball.com/2019/05/2019-final-mlb-draft-ranking/ MLB.com's Latest Top 200 List: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=draft Fangraphs' Top Prospects List: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2019-mlb-draft?sort=-1,1&type=0&pageitems=10000000000000&pagenum=0 PAYWALL Links: Keith Law's Top Prospects List ($): http://insider.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/26789854/keith-law-2019-big-board-updated-top-100-draft-prospects Baseball America's Top Prospects List ($): https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2019-top-mlb-draft-prospects/ PerfectGame's Top Prospects List ($): https://www.perfectgame.org/Rankings/Draft/DraftPlayerRankings.aspx

Surprise possibilities would include Alberto and Santander.

I started looking at our 40-man roster (listed below) in an attempt to determine who would be on the 25-man roster in three years. Which of the players do you believe will be with the team in 2022? You can either name them yourself, or copy, paste, and bold or highlight the players you expect to be here in 2022. Note: Ages are as of today (5/25/2019) and Age 2022 is as of March 28, 2022 (rough Opening Day date).

If we take Rutschman (highly likely) and he comes as advertised (very likely), it seems to me he'd be here at some point in 2021, but certainly by 2022. Severino has impressed in his short stint with us, and as Frobby said, maybe he or an instructor has figured out something with the bat. Severino's development with the bat versus Sisco's development with the glove could potentially determine the starter--- until Rut's arrival. Regardless of Severino's bat, he seems to be a quality defender, and that will earn a starting role on this team, unless Sisco can become at least average behind the plate.

Updated after today's (Thursday 5/23/19) games:

Thought so... thanks.

@Luke-OH In regards to the #MLBDraft, the team with the worst record at season's end gets the first pick in the following draft, BUT how is worst record defined? Is it by Winning % (as I suspect) or by Games Back of the Overall League leader? I'm asking because of the current situation. The Marlins have a .311 Winning %, and the O's a .312 Winning %, but we are 1/2 game farther behind the overall league leading Astros. I feel like I've looked this up before, but can't recall for sure. LOL!

I shouldn't laugh, but that thar was funny.

This could have a domino effect and find others taking this route. I wouldn't be surprised to see MLB attempt to find a way to make it less likely moving forward. How? No idea, but this Stewart situation could be setting a dangerous precedent for MLB.

CBS with their Mock... https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-mock-draft-2019-adley-rutschman-remains-favorite-to-go-no-1-to-orioles-bobby-witt-jr-goes-to-royals-at-no-2/

Naturally it's way early, but Fangraphs has a 2020 Top Prospects List.

The O's will be picking at #2, #30, #39, #74, and 2nd in every round thereafter. 1st Round= #2 Comp Balance A= #30 2nd Round= #39 3rd Round= #74 https://www.mlb.com/draft/2020/order UPDATE: The Astros and Red Sox forfeited picks, so we went from 76 to 74

Bench may be the greatest catcher ever (arguably), but I was referring to draft prospects. =)