The 2015 MLB draft is less than two weeks away in what has been one of the more volatile years for player rankings and mock drafts. Rather than simply complain about why I feel a player is too high or too low, I set out this year to rank as many players as possible, ultimately stopping at the nice round number of 200. One thing I wanted to do different from other rankings was to tier the player grades to reflect the various ranges of decision making that can go into selecting a player. Before explaining this in more detail, here’s the general guidelines for reading this list:
How the List was Built
I came to the rankings based on my personal evaluations of players’ film, athletic testing scores (for High Schools that attended Perfect Game events primarily), production (for college players, but also high schoolers on the summer circuit), and filled in gaps with whatever scouting reports I could find.