MLB Draft: Mock Draft, Version 1.0

BATON ROUGE, LA - MAY 13: Auburn Tigers pitcher Casey Mize (32) throws a pitch during a baseball game between the Auburn Tigers and the LSU Tigers on May 13, 2017 at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA - MAY 13: Auburn Tigers pitcher Casey Mize (32) throws a pitch during a baseball game between the Auburn Tigers and the LSU Tigers on May 13, 2017 at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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MLB Draft
BATON ROUGE, LA – MAY 13: Auburn Tigers pitcher Casey Mize (32) throws a pitch during a baseball game between the Auburn Tigers and the LSU Tigers on May 13, 2017 at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

It is time to start preparing for the MLB draft! We kick off our mock drafts with our first go today!

The MLB Draft will be held June 4th through the 6th. It can be viewed on MLB Network and online on MLB.com. However, pre-draft, one of the most exciting parts of preparing for the draft is putting together mock drafts of just how things could break down.

Our mock MLB draft work is done by Benjamin Chase, one of our editors here with Call To The Pen. Ben works with contacts around the game to attempt to find out if there are teams and players getting connected together or players rising that could surprise us by going earlier or later than selected. We will have a new mock MLB draft each Monday all the way until June 4, with each mock being through the CBA selections between the first and second round until that last mock, when Ben drinks some extra coffee and goes all the way through the second batch of competitive balance picks between rounds 2 and 3 on draft day.

We’ll start right at the top:

1. Detroit Tigers

2. San Francisco Giants

3. Philadelphia Phillies

4. Chicago White Sox

5. Cincinnati Reds

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