2019 Draft Preview No. 6: College Shortstops Galore

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesI’ve written already about how the demographics of the 2019 draft are a little odd; two catchers likely in the top five or ten picks, very little college pitching toward the top, and maybe half a dozen college shortstops in the first round or supplemental range just makes for kind of an unusual crop of players.

Actually, though, that was the case at the beginning of the spring; at this point, the draft board is looking less iconoclastic by the moment, though even now there’s still a heavy tilt away from college pitching at the top. Adley Rutschman appears to be a lock for the top spot on draft boards, if not necessarily the actual number one overall pick,…