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2021 MLB Draft Scouting Report: Mason Black

Every single year, mid-major arms ascend to the front of the pack. It’s virtually a lock you’ll see a kid throwing gas from a lesser-known school to jettison himself in front of scouts thanks to extremely loud stuff. The bleachers at these schools sometimes fail to even house the enormous amounts of scouts and analysts that flock to their confines.

In 2020, it was Burl Carraway out of Dallas Baptist. 2019 saw Seattle’s own George Kirby, a product of Elon University. Jackson Rutledge was also selected in the first round that year out of San Jacinto; a junior college.