There are few things I love in life more than a good baseball name. What goes into making a good baseball name? It has so many elements. Sometimes it just SOUNDS like a baseball name — I see you Boone Logan — while other times it’s just a heck of a lot of fun to say — Brock Deatherage anyone?
Every year as a new class of draft selections are rolled out in June, some (like the aforementioned Deatherage) stand out as being truly incredible 70 to 80 grade baseball names. I went through the complete list of drafter amateurs to collect the best of the best of this new class of draftees.