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LOADED! • THE 2023 DRAFT LINES UP AS THE DEEPEST AND MOST TALENTED IN MORE THAN A DECADE
WHAT’S NEW FOR THE 2023 DRAFT
ARM & HAMMER • Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes are the top prospects in this year’s draft. The LSU teammates have a chance to make history if they are selected first and second overall.
HIGHEST DRAFTED COLLEGE TEAMMATES
SKENES IS NEXT ON LSU-TO-MLB ROCKET
MOCK DRAFT • BA draft writer Carlos Collazo walks you through his first-round thinking
SPEED THRILLS • Enrique Bradfield Jr. is one of the draft’s most polarizing prospects. Is his speed-oriented game a liability or the perfect fit for the new MLB landscape?
TALENT TO SPARE • A bountiful high school crop buoys a strong 2023 draft class
TOP OF THE CHARTS • Comprehensive scouting reports for the 100 top draft prospects
BEST TOOLS OFFENSE • Top 200 prospects only
BEST TOOLS PITCHING
BEST TOOLS DEFENSE • Top 200 prospects only
BEST ACTIVE LATE-ROUNDER
THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY
SLY 2K
LUCKY NO. 13
LATE-ROUND MAGIC
2023 DRAFT PREVIEW
ONE FOR THE AGES • Paul Skenes delivers an all-time pitching performance in his first year in Baton Rouge, punctuating a season of sky-high expectations that ends in Omaha
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PUTTING IN THE WORK • Max Clark earns high marks for his tools. Those who know him best are just as impressed with his commitment and work ethic.
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ORGANIZATION REPORTS
ORGANIZATION REPORTS
DEPARTMENTS
EQUIPPED FOR CHANGE • Exploring the reasons behind college baseball’s home run explosion
ACCORDING TO PLAN • Two months into the season, rules changes were working exactly as MLB hoped
SO BAD IT’S GOOD • The Reds’ Christian Encarnacion-Strand is the best bad-ball hitter in the minors—by far
GRATEFUL TO THE GAME • A bust as a prospect, Jaime Jones has forged his identity in baseball as a go-to scout for the Rays
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
PROSPECTS ON THE RISE • A dozen up-arrow prospects drafted after the first round in 2022
Scout Spotlight • DODGERS SCOUT TOM KUNIS TRUSTS HIS WELL-HONED INSTINCTS
In Memoriam
INCOMPLETE VIEW • Injury risk for college pitchers is determined by more than pitch counts