Continuing our series of draft-day cheat sheets from our writers and analysts, Joe Pisapia is here to offer his top targets and players to avoid.
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My Favorite Targets by Position
Catcher: Christian Vazquez, Sean Murphy, Yadier Molina, Alejandro Kirk
First Base: Jose Abreu, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Paul Goldschmidt, Alec Bohm, Trey Mancini
Second Base: D.J. LeMahieu, Whit Merrifield, Gleyber Torres, Ketel Marte, Ian Happ, Gavin Lux, Ty France, Cesar Hernandez, Nico Hoerner
Third Base: Jose Ramirez, Manny Machado, Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman, Nolan Arenado, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Austin Riley
Shortstop: Fernando Tatis Jr., Francisco Lindor, Tim Anderson, Carlos Correa, Marcus Semien, Didi Gregorius, Andres Gimenez, Jean Segura, Willi Castro
Outfield: Juan Soto, Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, Michael Conforto, Tommy Pham, Byron Buxton, Alex Verdugo, Ramon Laureano, Victor Robles, Clint Frazier, Andrew Benintendi, Mitch Haniger, Brandon Nimmo, Joc Pederson, Alex Dickerson,
DH: Nelson Cruz, J.D. Martinez, Yordan Alvarez, Shohei Ohtani
Starting Pitcher: Yu Darvish, Lucas Giolito, Lance Lynn, Corbin Burnes, Stephen Strasburg, Charlie Morton, Jesus Luzardo, Chris Paddack, Ian Anderson, Frankie Montas, Tyler Mahle, Marcus Stroman, Aaron Civale, Eduardo Rodriguez, Brady Singer, Elieser Hernandez, Jake Odorizzi, Domingo German, Freddy Peralta, Madison Bumgarner
Relief Pitcher: Raisel Iglesias, Trevor Rosenthal, Richard Rodriguez, Amir Garrett, Jordan Romano
Players I’m Avoiding In the Top 100
Trevor Bauer (ADP 14)
Adalberto Mondesi (ADP 27)
J.T. Realmuto (ADP 51)
Randy Arozarena (ADP 59)
Cavan Biggio (ADP 61)
Keston Hiura (ADP 67)
Zach Plesac (ADP 75)
Javier Baez (ADP 77)
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