MINORS: Fantasy follows from 2020 MLB Draft, rds 2-5

Pictured: Casey Martin (IF, PHI)

In amateur scouting parlance, a "follow" is a player that an area scout identifies early on in the scouting cycle, and then makes a priroity to check in on his progress—usually in-person—as the draft draws nearer. Terming the player a "follow" is the first step that could end up with the player being selected by that major league club.

Of course, we're going to extend that metaphor to fantasy baseball. It's been our tradition at BaseballHQ.com to take a full look at the first round of MLB draftees through a fantasy-specific lens. As we stated in the 2020 version of that article, it's not a really a fantasy ranking per se, but a proxy of where MLB teams consider the players' value—though admittedly, even...

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