My thoughts heading into this... I'll try to go about the Rockies strategy as well as pick the best player I feel is left on the board. The Rockies have always drafted a mix of high school/college players in the first round and haven't really favored one or the other so I'll be doing the same. Anyways, on to the good stuff. As of now I'm looking at Josh Vitters, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Moskos, Ross Detwiler, and Jason Heyward for the Rockies first pick in the draft. At this point I'm not leaning towards any one of them. I figure two or three will at least be off the board at that point so that will narrow the list down.

As for the second round... again what's the best available. I might go high schooler in the second round. I'll list players later on as to who I'm considering at in each round. The Rockies have the 8th, 73rd, 103rd, 133rd, and the 163rd picks in the draft. Any suggestions would be nice.

Congratulations to MLB for fixing the draft. It looks better than it ever has...

Before round two even begins... the Devil Rays, Royals, Pirates, Brewers, and Rockies each have only one pick. The Texas Rangers and San Fransisco Giants each have five picks. The real winner though is the San Diego Padres. The Padres have the possibility of acquiring eight picks before the second round even begins. Congratulations to Kevin Towers for exploiting the system by telling your players not to accept arbitration.

I guess small market teams can find other ways to improve their team.

First Round

1. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
   
2. Kansas City Royals
   
3. Chicago Cubs
   
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
   
5. Baltimore Orioles
   
6. Washington Nationals
   
7. Milwaukee Brewers
   
8. Colorado Rockies
   
9. Arizona Diamondbacks
   
10. San Fransisco Giants
    
11. Seattle Mariners
    
12. Florida Marlins
    
13. Cleveland Indians
    
14. Atlanta Braves
    
15. Cincinnati Reds
    
16. Toronto Blue Jays (From Rangers)
    
17. Texas Rangers (From Astros)
    
18. St Louis Cardinals
    
19. Philadelphia Phillies
    20. Los Angeles Dodgers (From Boston Red Sox)
    
21. Toronto Blue Jays
    
22. Los Angeles Dodgers
    
23. San Diego Padres
    24. Texas Rangers (From Angels)
    
25. Chicago White Sox
    
26. Oakland Athletics
    
27. Detroit Tigers
    
28. Minnesota Twins
    29. San Fransisco Giants (From Mets)
    30. New York Yankees

    Sandwich Round

    Note: Teams that have their draft picks in bold have the possibility of losing their's.

    31. Chicago Cubs
        
    32. Washington Nationals
        33. Milwaukee Brewers
        
    34. San Fransisco Giants
        
    35. Seattle Mariners
        
    36. Atlanta Braves
        
    37. Cincinnati Reds
        
    38. Texas Rangers
        39. St. Louis Cardinals
        
    40. Boston Red Sox
        
    41. Toronto Blue Jays
        
    42. Los Angeles Dodgers
        
    43. San Diego Padres
        
    44. Los Angeles Angels
        
    45. Oakland Athletics
        
    46. Detroit Tigers
        
    47. New York Mets
        48. New York Yankees
        
    49. Washington Nationals
        
    50. Arizona Diamondbacks
        
    51. San Fransisco Giants
        52. Cincinnati Reds
        
    53. Texas Rangers
        
    54. St. Louis Cardinals
        55. Boston Red Sox
        
    56. Toronto Blue Jays
        
    57. San Diego Padres
        
    58. Oakland Athletics
        
    59. New York Mets
        
    60. San Fransisco Giants
        
    61. Texas Rangers
        62. Toronto Blue Jays
        
    63. New York Mets
        
    64. San Diego Padres
        
    65. San Diego Padres
        
    66. San Diego Padres
        
    67. San Diego Padres
        
    68. San Diego Padres
        
    69. Arizona Diamondbacks
    Second Round

    Note - Lowest and Highest their second pick could be...

    57/70. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
    58/71. Kansas City Royals
    59/72. Washington Nationals (From Chicago Cubs)
    60/73. Pittsburgh Pirates
    61/74. Atlanta Braves (From Baltimore Orioles)
    62/75. Washington Nationals
    63/76. Milwaukee Brewers
    64/77. Colorado Rockies
    65/78. Arizona Diamondbacks
    66/79. Cincinnati Reds (From San Fransisco Giants)
    67/80. Seattle Mariners
    68/81. Florida Marlins
    69/82. New York Mets (From Cleveland Indians)
    70/83. Atlanta Braves
    71/84. Cincinnati Reds
    72/85. Texas Rangers
    73/86. San Diego Padres (From Houston Astros)
    74/87. St. Louis Cardinals
    75/88. Philadelphia Phillies
    76/89. Los Angeles Dodgers (From Boston Red Sox)
    77/90. Toronto Blue Jays
    78/91. Los Angeles Dodgers
    79/92. San Diego Padres
    80/93. Toronto Blue Jays (From Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim)
    81/94. Chicago White Sox
    82/95. Oakland Athletics
    83/96. Detroit Tigers
    84/97. Minnesota Twins
    85/98. New York Mets
    86/99. New York Yankees

I wanted to do something new and try to create a mock draft for the first-year player draft. I've only seen mock drafts created 2 to 5 five weeks before the draft and never months before. For obvious reasons though but I thought I'd give it a shot. Thoughts?

1. Royals - LHP - Andrew Miller
   
2. Rockies - RHP - Dallas Buck
   
3. Devil Rays - RHP - Max Scherzer
   
4. Pirates - RHP - Kyle Drabek
   
5. Mariners - INF - Evan Longoria
   
6. Tigers - 3B - Wes Hodges
   
7. Dodgers - 1B - Matt LaPorta
   
8. Reds - RHP - Matt Latos
   
9. Orioles - RHP - Ian Kennedy
   
10. Giants - OF - Drew Stubbs
    
11. Diamondbacks - RHP - Daniel Bard
    
12. Rangers - RHP - Jordan Walden
    
13. Cubs - RF - Cody Johnson
    
14. Blue Jays -  LHP - Kasey Kiker
    
15. Nationals - RHP - Brandon Morrow
    
16. Brewers - RHP - Jared Hughes
    
17. Padres - OF - Riley Cooper
    
18. Phillies - 3B - Matt Antonelli
    
19. Marlins - 2B - Justin Bristow
    
20. Twins - 3B - Chris Marrero
    
21. Yankees - LHP - Brett Anderson
    
22. Nationals - RHP - Joba Chamberlain
    
23. Astros - SS - Jason Donald
    
24. Braves - OF - Jeff Ropaport
    
25. Indians - LF - Mark Hamilton
    
26. Nationals - C - Mike Ambort
    
27. Red Sox - RHP - Brad Lincoln
    
28. Braves - C - Max Sapp
    
29. White Sox - RHP - Dellin Betances
    
30. Cardinals - OF - John Tolisano