It’s been over a month since we visited the issue of the No. 6 pick in the 2014 draft, and it seems that things have changed.
After a year or more of saying N.C. State LHP Carlos Rodon was the consensus No. 1 pick, Baseball America has now shuffled the deck in favor of high school pitchers Brady Aiken of California and Tyler Kolek of Texas.
Aiken was No. 9 last fall when BA did a full rundown, but now he’s all the way at the top, with Kolek moving from No. 3 to No. 2.
Their development combined with Rodon struggling to maintain the mid-90s velocity he showed in prior years, and also having some rough outings during the college season, to drop the Wolfpack starter down to No. 3.
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... to post up at some point. Maybe I'll piggy back on this tonight - it's only what, 7 weeks to the draft? This'll be how I feel about it now, we'll see what changes. I was gonna wait til draft week but it's getting even more cluttered.
I hate that everyone else caught on to how good Aiken is though. I love that dude...
~G