The MLB Draft is weird, especially when compared to other drafts. Prospects are on the radar of Mariners area scouts for years before they’re eligible and in baseball, there is a very real phenomenon called “prospect fatigue”.
The term prospect fatigue applies to a prospect who has been on draft radar for so long that their game is nitpicked to the point where scouts focus on flaws more than what a player does that made him so valuable in the first place.
Perhaps the poster child for this phenomenon is right-handed pitcher Carter Stewart. In fact, Stewart was already drafted in top 10 in last years draft by the Atlanta Braves.