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Jonathan Mayo’s First Mock Draft is Second Vote For Nick Plummer

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With just under four weeks until the 2015 amateur draft starts, Jonathan Mayo from MLB Pipeline gives his first mock draft and it is a name we heard on Monday for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I went over Nick Plummer’s credentials yesterday, so just quickly, the Georgia HS outfielder has an advanced bat that will allow him to hit for average and power. He has above-average speed and he currently plays center field, but some think he will end up at a corner spot.

Plummer has been ranked #19 before in draft prospect rankings and he went to the Pirates in an early season mock draft, so this isn’t someone new. He has lived up to his preseason expectations, as most have had him in the 10-20 range all year. I’ve included video of him below courtesy of Big League Futures so you can get a better look.

Mayo goes up to #26, so it doesn’t cover the Pirates’ second pick at 32nd overall. As for the players rated just after Plummer, they include a bunch of names we have covered often, starting with Arkansas outfielder Andrew Benintendi, followed immediately by UCLA pitcher James Kaprielian, Southern Nevada pitcher Phil Bickford, Cincinnati outfielder Ian Happ and last year’s first overall pick, Brady Aiken. He won’t pitch until early next season due to Tommy John surgery.

 

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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