The St. Louis Cardinals, by all accounts, had a great draft in 2019. They drafted in a very familiar position (19th overall) in the first round and took a very familiar archetype of player, a projectable college arm Zack Thompson. Out of Kentucky, the 6′ 2″ lefty is a very high floor player like Dakota Hudson was and was projected to move very quickly through the system.
The “college pitcher” trend would continue throughout the majority of the top ten rounds of the draft more or less except for one big chance in the second round by going with an athletic outfielder out of High School, Trejyn Fletcher.