I awoke this morning to a newly-minted Mock Draft (4.5) from Baseball America which claimed to feature a brand-new #1 overall selection for the Twins. Scrolling down to see if this affected the A's selection at #6, I found that it had absolutely no effect at all. Instead, a new name appeared for the A's -- one in which I hadn't originally considered and one few expected to arrive so early on the draft board, but one that screamed, "Oakland A!" right off the bat. Not only did I convince myself that Keston Hiura might be a wild-card selection worth the risk, but something tells me based on just how many prospects the A's are working out that they're not entirely sold on anyone that projects to the #6 slot.
UC Irvine’s Keston Hiura is currently listed as the A’s selection at #6 in Baseball America’s Mock Draft 4.5.
