Draft board taking shape

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | Feedback | Print Entry

Some brief updates to the first-round projection:

With about 40 hours left until the draft, some things are starting to come into focus:

• Pittsburgh covets Josh Vitters, who's likely to go to the Cubs at No. 3 unless they can spend for Matt Wieters. If Vitters isn't there, the Pirates might drop down and take local catcher Devin Mesoraco. The Phillies like Mesoraco at 19, which is more commensurate with his ability.  
 

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    Keith Law joined ESPN.com in June 2006 as the lead baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., covering the majors, minors and amateurs. He appears regularly on television on the "The Hot List" and on ESPN Radio's All Night with Jason Smith, GameNight and the John Kincade Show. He also occasionally co-hosts the Mike Felger Show on 890 ESPN in Boston.

    Before joining ESPN, Law spent 4½ years with the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, and was previously a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

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