The 2022 MLB Draft is now less than five weeks away, and the overall board has taken shape. The Arizona Diamondbacks will pick three times in the first night of the draft, starting with the second overall pick. This will be the highest draft pick for Arizona since the 2015 Draft, making it doubly important than General Manager Mike Hazen and Director of Amateur Scouting Deric Ladnier to nail this pick. In the off-season, I mentioned eight players to watch in the upcoming high school and college season.
Here are five candidates to go at the second overall selection, with second generation athletes littering the top of the draft board and a lot of familiar names from the last list:
Druw Jones, OF, Wesleyan HS (Atlanta, GA), Age: 18, B/T: R/R, Commit: Vanderbilt
The best combination of present-day approach and future upside, Jones gives the Diamondbacks the best chance of drafting a marquee player.