MINORS: 2016 MLB Draft Preview

Photo: A.J. Puk (LHP, Florida)

 

by Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney

With the 2016 first year player draft just around the corner, we kick off our annual draft coverage by taking a look at the overall depth of talent in this year’s draft class. The draft is slated to take place at the MLB studios in New Jersey between June 9 and June 11. As in the past, we will follow-up with additional later in the week, with in a complete breakdown of each player taken in the first round of the draft. (Rob Gordon covered the college class, and Jeremy Deloney the high school class.)

College Position Players
The crop of college position players has some quality up the middle, but lacks the overall depth of the 2015 class. Last year two of the top three...

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