MLB draft first-day winners and losers
Red Sox, Cardinals, Angels shine; Cubs, Dodgers and Yankees confuse
That was one of the most insane drafts -- perhaps the most insane -- of any of the nine with which I've been involved. Here's a quick take on which teams' fans should be happiest and which should be scratching their heads.
The Best
Want to read all Keith's evaluations? They are fairly detailed and this is, after all, his main focus for ESPN.com. Some big-market teams -- LAD, NYY, CHC -- all end up in the "losing category" here. Interesting stuff. To consume it, you must be an ESPN Insider.
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2010 MLB Draft Content
The Washington Nationals selected Bryce Harper from the College of Southern Nevada with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Check out all the draft content from Keith Law and Jason A. Churchill.
Recaps
- From Harper to Rice: All 1,525 draft picks
- Law on Rounds 2-30: NL
| AL
- Signability concerns rule draft

- Later-round draft steals

- Nats take Harper, plan switch to RF
- Harper on being picked first overall

- Keith Law's Day 1 winners and losers

- The top 50 draft picks
- Draft blog: Pick-by-pick analysis
- BBTN Clubhouse: Valentine's memories
MLB Draft: Basic Info
- Keith Law's Mock Draft: 5/24 | 5/31 | 6/4
- Top 100 Prospects: 6/2 | 5/14 | 4/26
- Top 50 Prospects (2/19)
- Collection of player cards
- Top players by position: 4/26
- 2010 Draft Order
MLB Draft Blog Recent Posts
- 6/5: Evaluating players at Regionals
- 6/2: Law's latest front office buzz
- 5/31: More evidence of arm abuse
- 5/30: Kvasnicka vs. Gibbs
- 5/29: Klein, Wates and Blair all shine
- 5/28: Grandal, Bettis, White all shine
- 5/27: On Ranaudo and Pomeranz
- 5/24: Three teams who need to draft well
- 5/23: Smart draft strategies
- 5/22: How good Harper will be
- 5/21: Keith Law on Georgia Tech prospects
- 5/21: On Wimmers and Kvasnicka
- 5/20: The prep vs. college debate
Columns/Features
- Jerry Crasnick: Harper is that good
- Rob Neyer: Best picks by slot
- Kevin Goldstein: Boras and Harper
- Law/Churchill: 2009 in review -- NL | AL
- Law: The 20 most MLB-ready players
- Goldstein: Lessons of Wieters, Porcello
- Churchill's Organizational Files: AL | NL
Scouting Reports
- Bryce Harper
- Manny Machado
- Jameson Taillon
- Karsten Whitson
- Dylan Covey
- Yasmani Grandal
- Bryce Brentz
- Nick Castellanos
- Austin Wilson
- Alex Wimmers
Videos
- MLB Draft: NL Central targets
- Olney: Scanning the bullpen market
- Szymborski: Best in-house upgrades
- Cameron: Lackey's first-pitch success
- Law: Diagnosing Hosmer, Moustakas' woes

