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Second Mock Draft From Jonathan Mayo Has College First Baseman For Pirates

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Jonathan Mayo released his second mock draft on Friday and he still believes that the Pittsburgh Pirates will take Wichita State first baseman Casey Gillaspie. Mayo’s first mock draft was two weeks ago and at that time, Gillaspie was being mentioned often for the Pirates. That talk has died down a little until now. Gillaspie would give the Pirates a switch-hitting first baseman with power, who should move through the system quickly.

Yesterday saw a new mock draft from Baseball America that had high school outfielder Monte Harrison going to the Pirates. We also saw rankings from MLB.com that had prep pitcher Luis Ortiz ranked 24th overall. Both of players have been mentioned often for Pittsburgh, including Harrison going to the Pirates in the first mock draft from Jim Callis, who splits the draft coverage at MLB.com with Mayo.

Mayo has Harrison going 20th overall to the Tampa Bay Rays, while Ortiz is going 26th to the Boston Red Sox.

You can see videos and scouting reports from these three players here:

Casey Gillaspie/video

Luis Ortiz

Monte Harrison

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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