MINORS: Players to watch in the 2021 College World Series

Photo: Kumar Rocker (RHP, Vanderbilt)

The College World Series began yesterday, on Saturday, June 19. It’s an eight-team, double-elimination event divided into a pair of four-team, double-elimination brackets, with the winners meeting in a best-two-of-three series. Here are some players to watch, with teams listed in the order of the ones you should watch first if you are scouting fantasy baseball talent. 

VANDERBILT (BRACKET ONE)
No team in the event has more, or more higher-profile prospects, than the Commodores. RHP Kumar Rocker and RHP Jack Leiter, Vandy’s No. 1 and 2 starters, may be the two top fantasy baseball prospects in the college game. Rocker’s star has faded some with uneven performances, but he’s mixed in a change-up,...

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