2020 MLB Draft: Day 2 open thread

Well Tigers fans, we should all be in spectator mode tonight. The 2020 MLB draft kicks off with first round selections Wednesday evening. As the Tigers seem a near lock to take Arizona State first baseman Spencer Torkelson, we’re presumably going to share an early high five and settle in with a drink to watch the draft board set up for their second round pick.

Several new mock drafts have landed today. Kiley McDaniel at ESPN, paywall alert, has the Tigers landing J.T. Ginn, the big right-hander out of Mississippi State, with their pick at 38 to lead off the second round. He also them landing Casey Martin, a tooled-up shortstop with contact issues out of Arkansas with their Comp B round selection.

Baseball America also released their Mock Draft 8.0, which only covers Day One selections. The notable part of that mock, is that basically every bat we hoped the Tigers would get a look at is already projected to go before their second round pick at 38. That includes, Austin Wells, Nick Loftin, Daniel Cabrera, and Aaron Sabato.

However, we’ve also heard from essentially every national evaluator we’ve talked to that this draft could hold far more than the usual number of surprises. So don’t take any of these mocks too seriously.

This open thread is the place to discuss the draft all night. And please feel free to ask questions of the Bless You Boys staff. Prospect writers Brandon Day and Jay Markle, along with the rest of the staff, will be popping in and out of the comments section throughout the day. Drop questions in the comments and you’ll get an answer, and probably more than one.

You can find the bonus pools and slot values for picks here at MLB Pipeline.

Draft Day 2

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020

Time: 5:00 p.m., ET

Where to watch: MLB Network, ESPN, MLB.com (streaming).

Wednesday’s results

The Houston Astros forfeited their first round selection as part of their punishment for using technology to steal signs, so the first round will consist of 29 selections, with eight picks to follow tonight in the Competitive Balance Pick A round.

1. Detroit Tigers - 3B Spencer Torkelson
2. Baltimore Orioles - OF Heston Kjerstad
3. Miami Marlins - RHP Max Meyer
4. Kansas City Royals - LHP Asa Lacy
5. Toronto Blue Jays - SS Austin Martin
6. Seattle Mariners - RHP Emerson Hancock
7. Pittsburgh Pirates - SS Nick Gonzales
8. San Diego Padres - OF Robert Hassell III
9. Colorado Rockies - OF Zac Veen
10. Los Angeles Angels - RHP Reid Detmers
11. Chicago White Sox - LHP Garrett Crochet
12. Cincinnati Reds - OF Austin Hendrick
13. San Francisco Giants - C Patrick Bailey
14. Texas Rangers - 2B Justin Foscue
15. Philadelphia Phillies - RHP Mick Abel
16. Chicago Cubs - SS Ed Howard
17. Boston Red Sox - SS Nick Yorke
18. Arizona Diamondbacks - RHP Bryce Jarvis
19. New York Mets - OF Pete Crow-Armstrong
20. Milwaukee Brewers - OF Garrett Mitchell
21. St. Louis Cardinals - 3B Jordan Walker
22. Washington Nationals - RHP Cade Cavalli
23. Cleveland Indians - SS Carson Tucker
24. Tampa Bay Rays - RHP Nick Bitsko
25. Atlanta Braves - LHP Jared Shuster
26. Oakland Athletics - C Tyler Soderstrom
27. Minnesota Twins - 1B Aaron Sobato
28. New York Yankees - C Austin Wells
29. Los Angeles Dodgers - RHP Bobby Miller
30. Baltimore Orioles (Comp A) - SS Jordan Westburg
31. Pittsburgh Pirates - RHP Carmen Mlodzinski
32. Kansas City Royals - SS Nick Loftin
33. Arizona Diamondbacks - RHP Slade Cecconi
34. San Diego Padres - RHP Justin Lange
35. Colorado Rockies - C Drew Romo
36. Cleveland Indians - RHP Tanner Burns
37. Tampa Bay Rays - SS Alika Williams