Compiled By: DP Staff – June 12, 2017
The workouts have concluded, the notes have been made, scouting miles have been logged and final organizational meetings have been had… and now it’s finally draft time! The First Round begins Monday, June 12 on the MLB Network. 
As we mosey around South Carolina throughout the calendar, we are often asked to make predictions on the upcoming draft, who will be taken, which round will they go in, who is most signable, etc. We’ve asked a few questions of our own to some ‘bigwigs’ and threw in our two cents as well.
But in the past few years it’s been a different animal altogether… Check out the drastically new draft rules from yesteryear: 2014 Draft / Slotted Signing Bonus
The entire process has always been a crapshoot, even for those making the final decisions so we aren’t going to take a stab at which round, but below is what we did come up with regards to who has a chance to be drafted this week. Admittedly, every single scout that we spoke with said we would learn alot from this draft to be a little more bold with our prognostication in future years.
Our crystal ball comes with far less confidence than most years, with no sure thing, but here it is:
-Palmetto State Players Receiving Pro Interest this Spring-
| Name | High School | Position | Signed | DP’s $.02 |
| *Logan Chapman | Easley | RHP | South Carolina | Probable |
| *Bryar Johnson | Carolina Forest | RHP | Coastal Ca. | Probable |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | Hilton Head | RHP | South Carolina | Probable |
| Connor O’Rear | South Aiken | RHP | Clemson | Possible |
| De’Ondre Smith | Ashley Ridge | RHP | Sptg Methodist | Possible |
| *Corey Stone | Mid-Carolina | LHP | South Carolina | Possible |
| Bryce Teodosio | Mauldin | OF | Clemson | Possible |
Key: Definite, Probable, Possible {chances to be drafted}
-Others Receiving Pro Interest-
| Name | High School | Position | Signed |
| Douglas Angeli | Dorman | SS | UNC-Wilmington |
| Ward Hacklen | Dutch Fork | OF | Sptg Methodist |
| Austin Morgan | Easley | C | USC-Upstate |
| Ja’Darius Munford | Lamar | OF | Flo-Dar Tech |
| Jack Stamler | JL Mann | LHP | South Carolina |
| Alex Stennett | Nation Ford | OF | Sptg Methodist |
| Mason Streater | Boiling Springs | INF | South Carolina |
| Bo Taylor | South Pointe | C/UTL | Coastal Carolina |
| Cam Tringali | Cardinal Newman | RHP | South Carolina |
| Houston Wright | Gaffney | 1B/RHP | C of C |
*Selected in 2017 MLB Draft