MLB draft expert Eric Longenhagen provided pick-by-pick analysis of the opening round of the 2016 MLB draft, as well as the compensation picks and the competitive balance round A, on Thursday night. On Friday, he had round-by-round analysis of Rounds 2-10. Tonight he provides general team-by-team analysis for Day 3 (Rounds 11-40).
The usual notes and helpful draft links still apply:
• Rounds 1-10 are all recorded on our draft tracker, and for all ESPN draft analysis, go to our 2016 draft page.
• The round the player was drafted is in parentheses. If the player's name links out, he has a pre-draft scouting report (written by Longenhagen).
• We use the 20-80 grading scale for all MLB prospects.
Let's wrap the 2016 MLB draft with the Day 3 highlights.
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks: Pepperdine shortstop Manny Jefferson (13) has physical projection, fringe present power and an above-average arm. … Gabriel Gonzalez (27) from the College of Southern Nevada has a big-league repertoire -- low-90s fastball, average breaking ball, splitter -- but is wild.
Colorado Rockies: Southern New Hampshire right-handed pitcher Justin Valdespina (15) will touch 93 mph and show an average breaking ball. … Hunter Melton (18) of Texas A&M has monster raw power but is first base-only and strikes out a ton. … Quin Cotton (38) has bench outfield tools but lacks physical projection. … First baseman Cuba Bess (39) has fringe bat speed that might improve as his body matures, and he has nice natural leverage in his swing.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Oklahoma right fielder Cody Thomas (13) has above-average power and arm strength. … Righty pitcher Chris Mathewson (19) is advanced enough to carve up lower-level minor league hitters, but we'll see how his stuff plays if he ever hits the Cal League. … Texas Tech righty Chandler Eden (25) has long intrigued scouts with his athleticism and arm speed, but he has never thrown strikes regularly. … 2B Brandon Montgomery (26) from San Jacinto College can really run and will be a fun pro utility guy. … Two-way Oklahoma State prospect Conor Costello (32) is a fifth-year senior but has some power at the plate and a grade-45 fastball/curveball combo.
San Diego Padres: Yavapai College center fielder Nate Easley (23) was announced as a second baseman. He's slight of build but has good bat control, can run and has great feel for the game. … Hunter Bishop (24) was on our Big Board but fell due to signability concerns. The Padres had one of the draft's more robust bonus pools and a weird Day 1, so there's a possibility they can get a deal done, but it will probably take first-round money. Same goes for lefty pitcher Ryan Rolison (37), who was also on our Big Board.
San Francisco Giants: Vanderbilt catcher Jason Delay (11) has a plus arm and a compact swing that might allow him to hit enough to reach the upper levels. … Miami outfielder Jacob Heyward (18) has power and can run and throw, but he strikes out excessively. … Central Michigan LHP Nick Deeg (30) has an upper-80s fastball and some feel for spinning a breaking ball, but he's raw. He has more projection than most college arms because of his cold-weather pedigree. … Adam Laskey (31) was an early-round prospect with an above-average fastball and big-time changeup projection, but he has a strong commitment to Duke.
NL Central
Chicago Cubs: BYU right-hander Mike Rucker (11) will touch 94 and has a deep but fringy palate of secondary pitches and throws strikes. … Trey Cobb (12) out of Oklahoma State is a pro reliever with a low-90s fastball and an above-average slider. … Chipola College outfielder Reynaldo Rivera (24) is a huge kid (6-foot-6) with big power projection.
Cincinnati Reds: Loyola Marymount catcher Cassidy Brown (12) made some major adjustments to his swing and raked all year, though he's no lock to stay at catcher. … J.C. Flowers (18) is a three-sport athlete who can play both ways in baseball. The Reds announced him as a center fielder, but teams were mostly on him as a pitcher. He's up to 94 on the mound and has a precocious breaking ball. Might be a tough sign, though. … So too will be catcher Cooper Johnson (28), who was on our top 100 and was the best prep catching prospect in the draft. He's probably headed to Ole Miss.
Milwaukee Brewers: Trever Morrison (12) from Oregon State plays good enough defense at short to remain there in pro ball, but if he makes the majors, it will probably be as a utility guy. … Thomas Jankins (13), a righty from Quinnipiac was a polarizing prospect among scouts; some like his velocity, but others felt his repertoire is too raw. … Jared Horn (20) wants first-round money and is probably headed to Cal. … Kyle Serrano (40) was in the Day 1 discussion over the offseason but got hurt early in the year.
Pittsburgh Pirates: It would be quite the coup if Pittsburgh can sign Pennsylvania prep right-handed pitcher Max Kranick (11) away from his Virginia commitment. Kranick was up to 91 for me last summer, but the velocity ticked up this spring. He has a projectable frame and feel for a breaking ball and changeup, but is a bit old for his class. … Oregon State righty pitcher Jon Pomeroy (13) will touch 97 but has no idea where it's going. … Danny Bedes (15) of Utah Valley will touch 94 and throw a viable curveball and cutter, but he too has had strike-throwing issues.
St. Louis Cardinals: Vanderbilt lefty pitcher John Kilichowski (11) has an above-average changeup but pitched poorly this year, and his stock is down enough that some think he's headed back to school, just as he did after the 2015 draft, when he was a draft-eligible sophomore. … Tennessee outfielder Vincent Jackson (14) passes the eye test and has plus raw power, but he strikes out a ton and has poor feel, defensively. … Mississippi State right-handed pitcher Austin Sexton (18) is a strike-throwing changeup artist.
NL East
Atlanta Braves: Georgia prep Matt Rowland (11) is an arm-strength lottery ticket who has been up to 95 this spring and has been seen a ton because he was teammates with Josh Lowe. … Dalton Carroll (21), a right-handed pitcher from Utah, has a chance to be a swingman or long reliever with a low-90s fastball and fringe changeup and slider, but he needs to locate them. … San Jacinto infielder Nick Shumpert (28) has top-five-round tools but hasn't performed well. … Northwest Florida State College catcher Handsome Monica (33) has some power and can be serviceable defensively if he keeps his body in check.
Miami Marlins: First baseman Eric Gutierrez (20) had a great career at Texas Tech and is a power-first slugging senior sign. … Lehigh second baseman Mike Garzillo (25) has surprising power and speed -- both are solid-average -- but will probably have to show some defensive versatility to reach the upper levels. … Sacramento State catcher Gunner Pollman (26) has some interesting leverage and bat speed.
New York Mets: Connecticut prep righty Matt Cleveland (12) is a huge kid who touched 94 last summer, but his velocity evaporated this spring. … Carlos Cortes (20) is probably headed to college but was a top-100 prospect this year. … I loved what I saw from George Kirby (32), a right-handed pitcher from Rye, New York, at the Area Code Games. He's projectable with an upper-80s fastball and feel for a breaking ball but probably was taken too late to sign.
Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies came into Saturday with some money to spend, and it looks as if a good portion of it will go to California prep outfielder Josh Stephen (11), who has a potential plus hit tool. … Chatty Nova Southeastern third baseman Danny Zardon transferred from LSU and has some power. … Dante Baldelli (39), brother of former big leaguer Rocco, has some interesting baseball skills but hasn't matured physically enough for pro ball and is headed to Boston College.
Washington Nationals: Kyle Simonds (14) is an athletic righty from Texas A&M who no-hit Vanderbilt this year. … Lefty pitcher Ryan Williamson (15) has good stuff -- a low-90s fastball with movement and an average slider -- but has been hurt and doesn't work efficiently. … There was a rumor that Washington might take prep outfielder Jordan McFarland (36) early in the draft; instead, they got him on Day 3. He's a physical outfielder who runs well and has solid bat speed.
AL West
Houston Astros: West Virginia righty pitcher Chad Donato (11) suffered a UCL injury shortly before the draft, but he'll touch 93 with a big curveball and has a favorable statistical profile. … California prep outfielder Avery Tuck (26) was once a potential first-rounder whose star fell as the spring went on. He's probably headed to San Diego State to repair his stock.
Los Angeles Angels: BYU outfielder Brennon Lund (11) is a plus runner with some bat speed and a contact-centric approach to hitting. He needs to improve his routes in center field, though. … Pitcher Anthony Molina (13) is probably headed to a junior college. He has been up to 93 and has a great pitcher's body. … Longtime big leaguer Torii Hunter hopped onto the conference call to announce the Angels' selection of his son, Torii Hunter Jr. (23), who plays football at Notre Dame. … California prep shortstop David Hamilton (28) was one of my favorite players from the Area Code Games. He's a good athlete and can play shortstop well, but his frame might never be big enough to hit at the upper levels.
Oakland Athletics: UCLA first baseman Luke Persico (12) has great bat-to-ball skills. He played third base as an underclassman and might get a look there in pro ball, which would help the bat profile better. … Arizona State righty pitcher Seth Martinez (17) has only a grade-45 fastball and slider but can miss bats when he commands them well.
Seattle Mariners: Missouri pitcher Reggie McClain (13) will miss some bats in pro ball with his changeup. … UCLA DH Eric Filia (20) has tremendous hitter's timing and gets his bat into the zone quickly. He was timing and punishing mid-90s velocity when I saw him this year. … Trey Griffey (24) plays football at the University of Arizona and has a certain famous father, but he doesn't play baseball.
Texas Rangers: New Hampshire high school outfielder Kobie Taylor (15) is committed to Vanderbilt but was under-scouted this spring because of his location, a suspension and an injury. He's athletic and is a plus runner. … Outfielder Marcus Mack (18), a Houston commit, can fly and has the body and athleticism to project on the bat and power. … Goliath pitcher Herbie Good, a school-less product of Driveline Baseball, is a massive 6-foot-8 and 260 pounds. He repeats his delivery well for his size and is up to 94 with a cutter, changeup and breaking ball.
AL Central
Chicago White Sox: Washington State right-handed pitcher Ian Hamilton (11) has been up to 97 mph as a reliever, but the stuff plays way below that when he starts. I'd put him in the bullpen immediately and let him air it out. … Oklahoma pitcher Jake Elliott (15) is huge (6-foot-7, 240) and throws in the low 90s with downward plane and a fringe changeup.
Cleveland Indians: UC Santa Barbara outfielder Andrew Calica (11) won the Big West player of the year award as a sophomore, but his swing went backward this year. He's an interesting bounce-back candidate. … Ball State right-hander Zach Plesac (12) has fifth-starter stuff but needs to improve his command of it. … Nevada outfielder/lefty pitcher Trenton Brooks has a quick bat and punishes pitches down and in. He also has enough arm to play right field. … Shortstop Ben Baird (20) was a Perfect Game All-American; he has solid tools and will end up playing somewhere on the infield.
Detroit Tigers: Mississippi State right-hander Zach Houston (11) will show you mid-90s velocity and might be a middle reliever if he can improve his secondary pitches. … Cal State Bakersfield outfielder Dustin Frailey (19) is a plus runner with a great approach and favorable statistics.
Kansas City Royals: Austin Peay second baseman Logan Gray (13) has big, high-effort power. … UCLA outfielder Kort Peterson's (23) body has gone backward since he arrived at UCLA, but he still has pretty serious raw power and can destroy balls down and in.
Minnesota Twins: Kansas prep righty Tyler Benninghoff (11) has a strong frame and showed some feel for three pitches last summer before he separated his throwing shoulder playing football in the fall. … Oregon State infielder Caleb Hamilton (23) can pick it at any infield position but needs to make more consistent contact to realize his utility ceiling.
AL East
Baltimore Orioles: Nebraska lefty Max Knutson (12) has been up to 95 but struggles with walks. … Same goes for junior-college lefty Willie Rios (16). … Hawaii Pacific lefty Brandon Bonilla (13), son of Bobby, has been in the low 90s but turns 23 in October. … Brooklyn, New York, prep shortstop Daniel Bakst (27) is probably going to school after he not hitting enough this spring to justify being selected on Day 1. He's also likely to move off shortstop.
Boston Red Sox: The Sox started Day 3 with a bang, drafting Nevada high school shortstop Nick Quintana with their 11th-round pick. Quintana has plus bat speed, solid feel for contact, an above-average arm and good infield actions. He's short and stocky, already a below-average runner and won't play shortstop in pro ball for very long. Teams have asked him to work out at catcher (which he has accommodated) and second base. If he can learn to catch, he might be an everyday player. The question is whether he's signable here; he might not be. … Boston took a number of players on Day 3 who are probably unsignable, including Jeff Belge, Austin Bergner, Carter Aldrete and Tyler Fitzgerald.
New York Yankees: Not a whole lot going on for the Yankees on Day 3, as they really can't afford to take anyone interesting and comfortably sign Blake Rutherford. They took Zach Lingenfelter (16), who might have thrown too much last summer. He has been into the mid-90s with an average slider, but the stuff was down this spring. … Colorado prep right-hander Bo Weiss (29), son of Rockies manager Walt Weiss, has had a similar spring and is likely to go to North Carolina. … D.C. Clawson (34) is a high school catcher with solid catch-and-throw skills but a light bat.
Tampa Bay Rays: Tampa's 11th-rounder was Indiana prep lefty Zack Thompson, who has the stereotypical pitcher's build at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, is athletic and smooth and has been into the low 90s with some curveball feel. He has had some injury issues in the past.
Toronto Blue Jays: Elon right-hander Chris Hall (14) is a converted catcher who has been up to 97 mph this spring, but his velocity has been erratic and he's as raw as you might expect for someone who didn't start pitching until he got to college. … Lefty Spencer Van Scoyoc (19) is projectable and athletic with an upper-80s fastball and mostly clean delivery, but he might be headed to Arizona State. … Navy lefty Luke Gillingham had a historic career for the Midshipmen, commanding his mid-80s fastball and sweeping breaking ball with impunity. He's also a grade-80 makeup kid.