Peter Gammons writes:
There is no consensus on the best college starter, as there was with Stephen Strasburg in 2009. UCLA's Gerrit Cole was the preseason poster boy, but he has been outperformed by teammate Trevor Bauer. Some think the Pirates will take Virginia lefty Danny Hultzen. Georgia Tech's Jed Bradley is a sure top-10 selection. Connecticut's Matt Barnes will be in the top half of the first round. And all of a sudden Kentucky's mammoth Alex Meyer has come fast, out-pitching Vanderbilt's Sonny Gray last weekend with the stands packed with scouts.
As for Rendon, keep in mind that Rice plays for a national championship every year. (Go Rice!) Coach Wayne Graham is like 130 years old, and he has no problem having his players play at 80% with pain or run his pitchers into the ground - see Owls 2004 draft of Humber(#3), Niemann(#4), Townsend(#8)
http://blog.chron.com/owls/2011/04/video-rendon-discusses-shoulder-injur...
I see Rendon as playing hurt, but no one seems to think he can do long-term damage to the shoulder. I keep hoping he falls to the M's at #2 so we can have a second Rice Owl on the roster, and the first fielder since Jose Cruz Jr.