Source: bleacherreport.com --- Friday, June 10, 2016
The MLB draft may not receive the same amount of national recognition and overall coverage as its NFL and NBA counterparts, but it is still important for franchises looking to build sustained winners. After all, Baseball Tonight noted every team except one that won a World Series since the Wild Card era started (first used in 1995) has had at least one player on the roster it drafted in the first round. That is a testament to how critical Thursday’s early picks were in the 2016 MLB draft for teams looking to create their own World Series rosters. With that in mind, here is a look at the full results and order listing from Thursday, per MLB.com , as well as grades for each team. Rounds 3-10 will be held Friday, and the order of the selections can be found at MLB.com . Top Pick: Mickey Moniak, OF, Philadelphia Phillies The top pick in any draft is always going to generate interest, and the Philadelphia Phillies—who landed the first pick after losing 99 games in 2015—selected California high school outfielder Mickey Moniak. According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com ), Moniak is the first high school outfielder to go No. 1 overall since Delmon Young went to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2003. Jim Callis of MLB.com said Moniak “has one of the highest floors” of any of Thursday’s prospects and called him a “surefire up-the-middle player in a draft that doesn’t have many of them.” Callis pointed to Moniak’s variety of tools, including ...
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