The Rockies made waves when they picked Grant “stop calling me Avril” Lavigne with the 42nd overall pick (Competitive Balance Round A) in the 2018 draft out of a New Hampshire high school and gave him an overslot $2 million signing bonus. After all, Lavigne was not only a high school first baseman, but a high school first baseman from a cold weather locale that had never sent one of its high school hitter signees to MLB. He was also only the number 99 prospect in the draft according to MLB.com, though other evaluators had him closer to the range in which he was picked.
Colorado Rockies prospect rankings: No. 6, Grant Lavigne
