Jonathan Mayo Has Deven Marrero Going to Pirates

Posted by on May 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

Deven Marrero - Image Credit: Arizona State Athletics

We’ve already seen Baseball America ad Keith Law release mock drafts that have shortstop Deven Marrero going to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, Jonathan Mayo released a mock draft of the top ten picks, and also has the Pirates taking Marrero.

Mayo notes that Marrero has struggled this Spring, but has hit more consistently in the past. He also notes that it’s rare to get a draft pick who can stay at shortstop. Mayo’s top seven included the usual suspects from the consensus top six (Mark Appel, Byron Buxton, Mike Zunino, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, and Carlos Correa). He also had Albert Almora going sixth overall. Max Fried went tenth overall to Colorado.

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3 Responses

  1. Tacho Bill
    May 17, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    In his draft chat yesterday, Jim Callis seemed to think he’d be a decent hitter and that as rare as SS prospects are, he’d be a good pick.

  2. buccotime57
    May 17, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    I would go with fried..his curveball looks devastating esp from the left side…i think they should take a lot of college bats 2-10 and hope they get lucky

  3. Tha don
    May 18, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    His great average would fit in perfect with this great lineup we have. My lord