Credit: Associated Press
When the Brewers make the fifth selection in the Major League Baseball draft Thursday evening, one or both of the top-rated high school pitchers could still be on the board.
That possibility raises two questions:
1. Will the Brewers select one of those pitchers?
2. Should they select one of them?
Left-hander Jason Groome of Barnegat, N.J., and right-hander Riley Pint of Overland Park, Kan., are talented pitchers with tremendous upside and won't last long in the first round. The Brewers have been linked to each in various projections, but picking prep pitchers high in the draft — or anywhere in the draft for that matter — comes with inherent risks.