There were some players who fell during the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft. While one may have been expected, a few of the others were surprising.
The MLB Draft in a lot of ways has become about signability and how teams can manipulate their draft pools in order to sign the most talent that they can. The Houston Astros are a perfect example of that. Everyone thought they were going to draft Mark Appel a couple of years ago, but they took Carlos Correa and then Lance McCullers, which ended up being two big parts of their current club.
Every team hopes they found their next Mike Trout or Jose Fernandez or Matt Harvey. Last night, the first two rounds of the draft did provide us with some surprises. There were some players who rose like Will Benson and Ian Anderson. We aren’t here to talk about that though. We are here to talk about the guys that fell. The guys that when your favorite team picked, you were shocked he was still there.
It happens in every draft in every sport. Players fall for all sorts of reasons. Signability. Makeup. Injury concerns.
So who are those guys? Who are the five players who fell on draft night and didn’t go exactly where we thought they might? Let’s take a look and see.
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