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New Mock Draft from Baseball America

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Baseball America posted their second mock draft on Wednesday afternoon. This one is a little bit different though. BA allowed a scout to help with the process, making some of the selections in the mock draft. Through that method, they have the Pittsburgh Pirates selecting Louisville left-handed starter Reid Detmers with the seventh overall pick.

The selection of Detmers here was made by the unnamed scout, who was tasked with making all of the odd-numbered selections in the first round. The BA staff made all of the even-numbered picks. Austin Hendrick, the West Allegheny HS star, went 12th overall in this mock draft.

This is the first mention of Detmers so far this year for the Pirates, though it’s obviously very early in the process. He started against Mississippi over the weekend and allowed one run over five innings, while striking out nine batters. Detmers gave up three hits and two walks.

Here’s a video of Detmers from over the past summer, which includes some scouting (velo/pitches):

Here’s a popular tweet from @pitchingninja showing his curve and fastball at the same time.

If you missed our Draft Preview over the weekend, here’s the link. We are going to start our Draft Prospect Watch on Saturday and I’m sure Detmers will be featured in one of the upcoming articles. He was recently ranked 11th by BA in this draft class, while Fangraphs has him rated 18th. Those two combined would make him a bit of a stretch with the seventh overall pick right now, but definitely in range of someone who could move up to that point in 3 1/2 months.

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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