Fangraphs: Mock 3.0

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9. Oakland Athletics – Travis Swaggerty, CF, South Alabama
This is the first spot and only one for awhile where USF lefty Shane McClanahan is the mix, so he could be a cut-rate option. If Gorman doesn’t go at No. 8, he’s a leading candidate here. We’ve heard conflicting information about if Oakland would take Swaggerty, but he’ll go somewhere between here and pick 12 or 13. India and Kelenic could be in the mix here, but we don’t think think any of the prep arms are. Given that Swaggerty’s market has dried up in the past few weeks, he could come at a discount here.

10. Pittsburgh Pirates – Matthew Liberatore, LHP, Mountain Ridge HS (AZ)

We’ve heard the Pirates tied to tons of names, but it sounds like Swaggerty, Liberatore, Stewart, Stetson righty Logan Gilbert, and North Carolina dual-sport sensation CF Jordyn Adams are the options, and all but one are on the board in this scenario. It sounds like the Pirates slightly prefer Liberatore to Stewart, but this one is still seen as tough to handicap by the industry. Florida prep righty Gunnar Hoglund and Thomas are targets for their comp pick.

11. Baltimore Orioles – Jonathan India, 3B, Florida

We’ve heard the Orioles all over the map. Weathers is a possibility if he gets here, and they’ve been heavy at recent starts by Ole Miss LHP Ryan Roliso and have also been tied to the top tier of college bats if one is still around, such as India in this mock. Baltimore has been mentioned with New Jersey prep right fielder Nick Decker in the second and Pennsylvania prep shortstop Sean Guilbe in the third.

12. Toronto Jays – Cole Winn, RHP, Orange Lutheran HS (CA)

The Jays have been tied mostly to prep prospects (like Liberatore and Kelenic) that we have coming off ahead of them. They are also on Florida prep righty Mason Denaburg, are seen as the stopping point for a Swaggerty slide, are also on Ole Miss lefty Ryan Rolison, and have some interest in Rocker.

13. Miami Marlins – Xavier Edwards, 2B, North Broward Prep HS (FL)

The Marlins have been tied to all kinds of players, with Scott, Edwards and Casas the three most persistent names, Scott having the most late momentum. They had a recent workout that included Kelenic and Texas prep third baseman Jordan Groshans and another with Scott. They’ve also been mentioned all spring with Florida prep shortstop Blaze Alexander in the second round.