2019 MLB Draft Profile: CF Maurice Hampton, Memphis University HS (Tenn.)

Maurice HamptonThis is the first in (hopefully) 10 MLB Draft profiles on prospects in the 2019 Draft. But before we get to the profile, here’s a very brief primer on the draft. A more detailed version will be posted closer to the draft (which is June 3).

The Dodgers have two first-round draft picks this year after failing to sign JT Ginn, their first-rounder in 2018. Overall, they have a bonus pool for $8,069,100. They can go up to 5 percent (less $1) over to avoid any severe penalties. Odds are, they’ll do that, just as they have in the last handful of years.

The pool is a little less than it could be because the Dodgers forfeited the No. 64 pick when they signed A.J. Pollock over the winter…