With only a few days remaining until the 2020 MLB Draft, experts acro s the country are beginning to file their final mock drafts.Set to make the No. 28 overall selection on Wednesday, New York will have plenty
Nick Dzubnar Jersey of highly-touted ballplayers on the board to choose from. With countle s talented options at their disposal, and no clear-cut favorites as is the case at the top of the first round, usually mock drafts will have different names listed for each club.In this case, however, two different MLB Draft experts made identical predictions. Both Keith Law of The Athletic and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN listed Bobby Miller a right-hander from the University of Louisville as the Yankees
Larrell Murchison Jersey ' first-round selection.Miller was picked in the 38th round by the Baltimore Orioles back in 2017. The Illinois product elected to play college ball at Louisville, quickly developing into one of the powerhouse's most reliable weekend starters.Last year, in his sophomore season, Miller went 7-1 with a 3.83 ERA acro s 80 frames. Some of his best work came this spring, as the flamethrower was 2-0 in four starts with a stellar 2.31 ERA. He had struck out 34 in just 23 1/3 innings pitched.College baseball fans out there will surely recognize Miller's name from his spectacular performance in an NCAA super-regional playoff.Miller took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against East Carolina.Here's an excerpt from McDaniel and Law's respective mock drafts on why they think the 21-year-old is a good fit in the Bombers' system.Scroll to ContinuePicking Miller at
Taylor Lewan Jersey No. 28 would fall in line with a first-round draft strategy New York has utilized two
Rashaan Evans Jersey times in the last five years.Selecting a right-handed starter already proven at the collegiate level is exactly what the Bombers did with their first pick in 2015 (James Kaprielian) and 2017 (Clarke Schmidt).That said, right-handed pitching is already the strength of the Yankees' farm system. Per , six of the Yankees' top ten prospects are righty hurlers. That includes Schmidt and Deivi Garcia, who round out the club's top three (behind 17-year-old sensation Ja son Dominguez).In that sense, perhaps seeking out a southpaw in the first round an under-represented position within the Bombers' farm system would be better served.Then again, as noted by McDaniel in a previous piece highlighting each team's biggest needs and best fits, the Yankees tend to draft based on . If a player like Miller is still on the board at No. 28, he'll be hard to pa s up on.Miller is as the 26th rated prospect in this year's draft cla s one slot behind fellow right-hander
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