Day 1 of the 2018 MLB first-year player draft is in the books, with 78 picks and two rounds completed. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday night and a brief look at the best names still on the board for Tuesday.

Best Day 1 picks

Detroit: Casey Mize, RHP, Auburn

Rank: No. 1 / Pick: No. 1 overall

The Tigers had the first pick in a draft with one player who was clearly the best, and they took him. Sometimes you deserve credit for not screwing up a good thing.

Tampa Bay: Matthew Liberatore, LHP, Mountain Ridge HS, Peoria, Arizona

Rank: No. 3 / Pick: No. 16 overall

Liberatore was the best lefty in the draft, college or high school, and had been in play as high as the first overall pick earlier this spring, certainly in the mix at No. 2 for a while, and reportedly was one of the pitchers the Reds, picking fifth, tried to cut a deal with Sunday night. The Rays aren't known for their good pitching fortune, so landing a player of this caliber at a pick that begins the second half of the first round is kind of unbelievable. He's projectable with a four-pitch mix already, primarily fastball-curve-change, has a great delivery from the windup and very good feel for pitching for a teenager.

The Rays backed that up with Shane McClanahan, who also was in play as high as the second pick, and Nick Schnell, whom I'd projected in the 20s in a few mocks. I saw McClanahan the same night the Giants' scouting director, John Barr, did, which of course was the night McClanahan gave up his first earned runs of the spring. McClanahan is particularly intriguing as a lefty who can get up to 99 but didn't have the success the velocity might imply, and whose arm action brings some relief risk. If the Rays want to put him in the bullpen in the short term and get him to the majors, it's easier to do that with the 31st pick than a top-10 selection.

Texas: Cole Winn, RHP, Orange Lutheran HS, California

Rank: No. 7 / Pick: No. 15 overall

I tend to rank prep arms higher than they're selected because I am less risk-averse than most teams are, which may have something to do with the fact that I never have to sign and develop any of these players. Anyway, the Rangers have taken some heat for a high-upside/shoot-for-the-moon approach to the draft, but Winn isn't like that -- he's more akin to Cole Ragans, who was the Rangers' top pitching prospect before needing Tommy John surgery this spring. Winn had the best command among major prep pitching prospects in the draft, with good stuff that projects to at least above average across the board. There's upside here, but also more probability than the Rangers might typically have gone for in the past.

Cleveland: Noah Naylor, IF, St. Joan of Arc HS, Mississauga, Ontario

Rank: No. 14 / Pick: No. 29 overall

Naylor can hit, he runs well for a sometime catcher (although his future is on the dirt, probably at third base), he throws well and he has good instincts all around. I don't understand why the industry wasn't higher on him, but I think Cleveland got a small steal here with a top-20 talent at the end of the round.

They backed it up with Ethan Hankins at pick 35, which is a huge gamble with enormous upside. Hankins was my No. 1 prospect before the spring season began, but he left his first start with shoulder soreness and when he returned, he appeared to be throwing at less than maximum effort and didn't have his curveball. I think Cleveland needs to work on his mechanics to get him to lengthen his stride, both for shoulder health and general effectiveness, but Hankins' arm strength isn't easy to find. Even at maybe 70-80 percent, he was still hitting 95 regularly.

LA Angels: Jeremiah Jackson, SS, St. Luke's HS, Mobile, Alabama

Rank: No. 23 / Pick: No. 57

The Angels had a heck of a day, taking Jordyn Adams with their first pick, landing a kid who might have been a top-five or top-10 pick if he'd been a full-time baseball player in high school (he was more committed to football until his senior year), and then landing Jackson, a first-round talent, with their second pick. Jackson is likely to stay at short, and he has shown a broad mix of tools and skills at the plate, with above-average power, plus speed and a good idea of the strike zone, at least in high school. I'm surprised a true shortstop like Jackson lasted beyond the first 40 picks.

Picks I liked the least

Toronto: Jordan Groshans, SS, Magnolia HS, Texas

Rank: No. 51 / Pick: No. 12

Groshans was the only player outside my top 50 to go in the first 20 picks, which doesn't make him a bad pick or a bad player but did give him the biggest delta between pick and rank of anyone taken in the first round. I have questions about Groshans' swing, based on how he doesn't use his lower half much or seem to loft the ball. I think as a future third baseman he'll have to rework it to hit for more power.

Minnesota: Trevor Larnach, OF, Oregon State

Rank: No. 49 / Pick: No. 20

Larnach had a solid spring, hitting .327/.455/.626 with 17 homers, albeit with 53 strikeouts, and scouts raised concerns about his apparent reluctance to pull the ball. (I concede that could cut both ways, as we also really ding players who try too hard to pull the ball and practically beg them to hit to the opposite field.) The Larnach pick is a big bet on his power, though, as his hit tool isn't great and he's limited to an outfield corner. Again, as with Groshans, this isn't some outrageous reach -- there really weren't any of those in the first round.

Arizona: Matt McLain, IF, Beckman HS, Tustin, California

Rank: No. 53 / Pick: No. 25

McLain looks like he's really going to hit, but he's probably a second baseman in the long run and may not have enough power to be more than an average regular there. That said, the Diamondbacks took my No. 20 prospect, Jake McCarthy, with their second pick at 39, and if they just flipped the two selections I wouldn't have even blinked at it. (And, just for the record, in the two mocks I posted Monday morning and evening, I projected Arizona to take McLain in the first one ... and McCarthy in the second.)

Best available for Day 2

I'm assuming the prep players on this list are still on the board due to bonus demands, and some/all may end up heading to college.

1. Cole Wilcox, RHP, Heritage HS, Chickamauga, Georgia (committed to Georgia)

2. Kumar Rocker, RHP, North Oconee HS, Watkinsville, Georgia (Vanderbilt)

3. Mike Siani, OF, William Penn Charter, Glenside, Pennsylvania (Virginia)

4. Tristan Pompey, OF, Kentucky

5. Garrett Wade, LHP, Hartselle (Alabama) HS (Auburn)

6. Brett Hansen, LHP, Foothill HS, Pleasanton, California (Vanderbilt)

7. Adam Hackenburg, C, Miller School of Albemarle, Charlottesville, Virginia (Clemson)

8. Blaine Knight, RHP, Arkansas

9. Kyle Isbel, OF, UNLV

10. Adam Kloffenstein, RHP, Magnolia (Texas) HS (TCU)