Lake Mary (Fla.) shortstop Brendan Rodgers began the year as the consensus No.1 prospect for the 2015 First-Year Player Draft, and he has held serve all spring. He ranked No. 1 on MLBPipeline.com's Top Draft Prospects list in December, and again in April. And he'll do so again when we revamp and expand it in the next couple of weeks.
How often has the preseason top prospect maintained that status all the way up to the Draft? How often did he become the No. 1 overall pick? Industry sources don't believe the D-backs will select Rogers with the first choice on June 8, but let's look at the previous 10 Drafts to see if history indicates that they should:
2014 Preseason No.