The MLB draft is not one where teams draft for need, but the San Francisco Giants desperately need to stockpile pitching talent. Several recent mock drafts have connected the Giants to Jesuit High School pitcher Mick Abel out of Oregon.
Both Mike Axisa of CBS Sports and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com speculated that the hard-throwing hurler would land in the Giants lap with the 13th overall pick.
In recent years, the high school right-hander has become a bit of an outcast in the first round of the MLB draft.