Arkansas righty Blaine Knight lives for the big-time. (Kendall Rogers)

2018 MLB Draft: Day Two Analysis

Day Two of the draft saw even more twists, turns and unpredictability. The draft is obviously about evaluating and selecting talent, unfortunately without hard slots and a formal draft declaration process, signability plays a major role in each team’s draft process.

In contrast to 2017 when the six of the first seven picks of the third round were from the high school ranks, the third round in 2018 was dominated by college picks. The first nine selections and 22 of the 26 (four teams did not have third round picks) selections were college prospects. Without digging[…]