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Rounds 3-10 were held Monday after the first
two rounds (74 total picks) took place Sunday evening. The draft
began with the Cleveland Guardians choosing 2B Travis Bazzana of
Oregon State.
Some teams' drafting strategies were on full display. The New
York Yankees used their first five picks on right-handed
pitchers from the college ranks, including Vanderbilt's Greysen
Carter in the fifth round. Notably, Carter's fastball can touch
103 mph.
Mississippi State outfielder Dakota Jordan, the top-ranked
player available after the first day, slid to No. 116 overall in
the fourth round to the San Francisco Giants. Jordan was ranked
No. 34 on MLB Pipeline's big board and passed on football (he
played wide receiver) to focus on baseball. He racked up 30 home
runs, 23 doubles and 112 RBIs in two seasons in Starkville.
Late in the seventh round, the Houston Astros drafted South
Alabama outfielder Joseph Sullivan, whose late grandfather Pat
Sullivan won the 1971 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at Auburn.
Pat Sullivan went on to play six NFL seasons and serve as the
head coach at TCU (1992-97) and Samford (2007-14) before his
death in 2019.
The third and final day of the draft comes Tuesday, featuring
Rounds 11-20.
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