To say Jim Callis is a draft and prospect expert is an exercise in understatement. He’s been covering the draft since 1988. In other words, since before “draft coverage” was a thing — he cut his teeth in the days when MLB actively attempted to hide the information of what players had been selected by what teams, and he has the fun war stories that go along with such experience. Jim was the longtime Executive Editor of Baseball America and currently works with MLB.com as their prospect and draft guru.
More importantly, he is infallibly gracious and generous with his knowledge and once again this year, took the time to talk with McCovey Chronicles about the Giants’ draft.