On Friday, 30 of ESPN's baseball experts gathered for the fifth annual MLB Franchise Player Draft. And how fitting? The 2015 MLB Draft is Monday and you never know: the next franchise player could be selected that night. But the experts are focusing on today's faces of the game.
Below we've provided a table of round/pick, the expert, the player selection and the player's position. Comment below to see if you agree with the best baseball analysts and writers in the country.
Round 1/Pick # | ESPN Expert | Player/Team | Position |
1 | Mark Mulder | Mike Trout (LAA) | CF |
2 | Alex Cora | Bryce Harper (WSH) | RF |
3 | Jayson Stark | Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) | RF |
4 | Pedro Gomez | Felix Hernandez (SEA) | SP |
5 | Eno Sarris | Anthony Rizzo (CHC) | 1B |
6 | Dan Szymborski | Manny Machado (BAL) | 3B |
7 | Jerry Crasnick | Kris Bryant (CHC) | 3B |
8 | Ben Lindbergh | Yasiel Puig (LAD) | RF |
9 | Tony Blengino | Andrew McCutchen (PIT) | CF |
10 | Mark Simon | Clayton Kershaw (LAD) | SP |
11 | Tim Kurkjian | Matt Harvey (NYM) | SP |
12 | Karl Ravech | Max Scherzer (WSH) | SP |
13 | Mark Saxon | Corey Kluber (CLE) | SP |
14 | Jonah Keri | Paul Goldschmidt (ARZ) | 1B |
15 | Jim Bowden | Carlos Correa (HOU) | SS |
16 | Gordon Edes | Yoan Moncada (BOS) | 2B |
17 | Tristan Cockcroft | Joc Pederson (LAD) | CF |
18 | Scott Spratt | Nolan Arenado (COL) | 3B |
19 | Buster Olney | Buster Posey (SFG) | C |
20 | Doug Padilla | Chris Sale (CWS) | SP |
21 | Jesse Rogers | Addison Russell (CHC) | 2B |
22 | David Schoenfield | Mookie Betts (BOS) | CF |
23 | Jim Caple | Shohei Otani (JAPAN) | P/OF |
24 | Curt Schilling | Sonny Gray (OAK) | SP |
25 | Adam Rubin | Jose Fernandez (MIA) | SP |
26 | Christina Kahrl | Corey Seager (LAD) | SS |
27 | Andrew Marchand | Madison Bumgarner (SFG) | SP |
28 | Erick Karabell | Joey Gallo (TEX) | 3B |
29 | Justin Havens | Gerrit Cole (PIT) | SP |
30 | Aaron Boone | Shelby Miller (ATL) | SP |
Round 2/Pick # | ESPN Expert | Player/Team | Position |
31 | Aaron Boone | Byron Buxton (MIN) | CF |
32 | Justin Havens | Andrelton Simmons (ATL) | SS |
33 | Eric Karabell | J.P. Crawford (PHI) | SS |
34 | Andrew Marchand | Miguel Cabrera (DET) | 1B |
35 | Christina Kahrl | Julio Urias (LAD) | SP |
36 | Adam Rubin | Chris Archer (TB) | SP |
37 | Curt Schilling | Dallas Keuchel (HOU) | SP |
38 | Jim Caple | Freddie Freeman (ATL) | 1B |
39 | David Schoenfield | Francisco Lindor (CLE) | SS |
40 | Jesse Rogers | Jorge Soler (CHC) | RF |
41 | Doug Padilla | Carlos Rodon (CWS) | SP |
42 | Buster Olney | George Springer (HOU) | RF |
43 | Scott Spratt | Stephen Strasburg (WSH) | SP |
44 | Tristan Cockcroft | Josh Donaldson (TOR) | 3B |
45 | Gordon Edes | Eduardo Rodriguez (BOS) | SP |
46 | Jim Bowden | Anthony Rendon (WSH) | 3B |
47 | Jonah Keri | Jameson Taillon (PIT) | SP |
48 | Mark Saxon | Starling Marte (PIT) | OF |
49 | Karl Ravech | Jose Altuve (HOU) | 2B |
50 | Tim Kurkjian | Noah Syndergaard (NYM) | SP |
51 | Mark Simon | Jacob deGrom (NYM) | SP |
52 | Tony Blengino | Kolten Wong (STL) | 2B |
53 | Ben Lindbergh | Lucas Giolito (WSH) | SP |
54 | Jerry Crasnick | Garrett Richards (LAA) | SP |
55 | Dan Szymborski | Yordano Ventura (KC) | SP |
56 | Eno Sarris | Kyle Seager (SEA) | 3B |
57 | Pedro Gomez | Miguel Sano (MIN) | 3B |
58 | Jayson Stark | David Price (DET) | SP |
59 | Alex Cora | Michael Wacha (STL) | SP |
60 | Mark Mulder | Salvador Perez (KC) | C |
