Establish The Run

There is a time and place for individual player analysis throughout the offseason, but I genuinely believe it should take a backseat in mock drafts since a majority of the league’s decision-makers typically forego any studious methods for hand-shaking, hearsay, and archaic jargon—”We’re not selling jeans here,” Billy Beane once reminded a room full of MLB scouts. The following is my first attempt at connecting the dots in the first round. My final mock draft for grading (I’m single, ladies) will be available next week.