MINORS: 2016 Draft—Scouting round one

Pictured: #4 overall selection Riley Pint (RHP, COL)

The first round of the 2016 Major League Draft has concluded and BaseballHQ.com provides you our own draft capsules on the selections. The whole 40-round draft takes three days, though obviously the most interest is focused on the first round. For now, at least, there’s a good chance that several of these players profiled below will be among their organization’s top prospects entering the 2017 season.

So as in previous years, this article gives a quick snapshot of each player selected in the first round, 34 picks in all. Each player’s physical attributes, a brief scouting report and some indication of how close or far away these players are to the majors is covered here. This...

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