For the fourth straight year, we're doing a comprehensive audit of every organization in baseball leading up to the MLB draft.
By examining where each team's strengths and weaknesses lie -- and with a working knowledge of its typical draft strategy and tendencies -- we can get a sense of which player each team will select when the draft begins.
Click on the player names of the possible fits to get a full scouting report for that player. The number in parentheses in the bonus-pool area is the player's rank among MLB teams, from most money (Reds are first) to least (Cubs at 30th).
Division-by-division draft outlook
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Atlanta Braves
First pick: No. 3 overall
Bonus pool: $12,385,200 (4th)
System strength: The best system in baseball is an ice cream sundae of pitching topped with two of the game's better middle-infield prospects. It's only going to get sweeter with the draft and a highly touted upcoming international class.
System weakness: Aside from unrefined slugger Austin Riley, the system doesn't have much power. Dansby Swanson and Ozzie Albies could be future All-Stars, but neither of them is going to hit 30-plus bombs.
Recent top picks
2015: Kolby Allard, LHP, No. 14
2014: Braxton Davidson, 1B, No. 32
2013: Jason Hursh, RHP, No. 31
2012: Lucas Sims, RHP, No. 21
2011: Sean Gilmartin, LHP, No. 28
Possible fits
Jason Groome, LHP, Barnegat (New Jersey) HS: Groome is the most talented player in the draft, but the recent track record of high school pitching selected near the top of the draft is not good. Atlanta's system is strong enough that the Braves can probably afford to take a risk and live with it if Groome is a bust, but taking another arm doesn't exactly do much to diversify the kind of talent currently atop the system.
Corey Ray, OF, Louisville: Ray, or a college bat like his, makes sense for a system teeming with pitching. If Kyle Lewis gets past the Reds at No. 2, he or Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel could be possibilities, with Lewis having the highest ceiling and Senzel the highest floor of the three.
Fallen high school arms: The Braves pick at Nos. 3, 40 and 44. They could cut a deal at No. 3, especially with a college bat, then find a fallen first-round talent at 40 who they could still afford to sign. The actions of the Padres and Cardinals, who both have multiple picks between Nos. 3 and 40, could really affect the Braves.
Miami Marlins
First pick: No. 7
Bonus pool: $6,445,900 (21st)
System strength: There are several prospects with big-time power in the Marlins' system, most notably last year's first-round pick Josh Naylor and Dominican outfielder Isael Soto, who are both off to good starts in the South Atlantic League despite being just 19 years old.
System weakness: The system is chock-full of potentially impressive relievers, but every rotation candidate in the system is likely a fourth of fifth starter at best.
Recent top picks
2015: Josh Naylor, 1B, No. 12
2014: Tyler Kolek, RHP, No. 2
2013: Colin Moran, 3B, No. 6
2012: Andrew Heaney, LHP, No. 9
2011: Jose Fernandez, RHP, No. 14
Possible fits
Delvin Perez, SS, International Baseball Academy (Puerto Rico): Perez is maybe the most well-rounded position player in the entire class, and it really isn't possible for the Marlins to find a player with this kind of ceiling on the free-agent market. The Marlins might seize one of the few chances they have to land a star.
Mickey Moniak, OF, La Costa Canyon HS (Carlsbad, California): Moniak shares a similar tools profile as Christian Yelich -- hit tool before power, with a chance to either fill out and add pop or stay slim and remain in center field -- and would be a good value at 7, as would Blake Rutherford.
Riley Pint, RHP, St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Overland Park, Kansas): Same principle as Perez applies to Pint as well. Miami's opportunities to acquire an arm with top-of-rotation stuff are few and far between, and the Marlins haven't been shy about drafting high-risk/high-reward prep arms in the past.
New York Mets
First pick: No. 19
Bonus pool: $7,578,000 (12th)
System strength: The Mets have a growing international presence in their system with Venezuelans in catcher Ali Sanchez and shortstop Luis Carpio finding their footing stateside while Dominican Greg Guerrero and Venezuelan Andres Gimenez are ranked 10th and 11th respectively in my international player rankings last year. The Mets have as much middle-infield talent in their system as any team in baseball.
System weakness: Most of the pitching has graduated to the majors, leaving the Mets with very little projectable arm talent at their lower levels aside from Thomas Szapucki.
Recent top picks
2015: Desmond Lindsay, OF, No. 53
2014: Michael Conforto, LF, No. 10
2013: Dominic Smith, 1B, No. 11
2012: Gavin Cecchini, SS, No. 12
2011: Brandon Nimmo, OF, No. 13
Possible fits
Zack Collins, C, Miami: Collins has the best approach and on-base skills in the draft, and there's growing sentiment that, should he have to move out from behind the plate (which is likely), he'll still have enough bat to profile in left field or at first base.
Chris Okey, C, Clemson: The Mets have a compensatory pick at 31 for losing Daniel Murphy; they and could target one of the many college catchers projected in the sandwich/second-round range. Okey is one of the better bets to remain a catcher, though he's not a lock. Virginia catcher Matt Thaiss and Wright State's Sean Murphy are also possibilities.
Taylor Trammell, OF, Mount Paran Christian (Kennesaw, Georgia): If the Mets go underslot at 19 with someone like Will Craig or Eric Lauer, then a high-upside prep bat or arm could fit at 31. Trammell fits that mold, as do Josh Lowe, Will Benson and even Bo Bichette.
Philadelphia Phillies
First pick: No. 1
Bonus pool: $13,405,200 (2nd)
System strength: The Phillies have lots of potential up-the-middle impact in SS J.P. Crawford, C Jorge Alfaro, 2B Scott Kingery and SS Malquin Canelo.
System weakness: This is oddly specific, but the Phillies have almost no left-handed pitching prospects aside from little lefty Elniery Garcia, whose stuff is mediocre.
Recent top picks
2015: Cornelius Randolph, LF, No. 10
2014: Aaron Nola, RHP, No. 7
2013: J.P. Crawford, SS, No. 16
2012: Shane Watson, RHP, No. 40
2011: Larry Greene, OF, No. 39
Possible fits
Jason Groome, LHP, Barnegat (New Jersey) HS: Groome is the best player in the class talent-wise, but it's justifiable for the Phillies to look elsewhere given how risky high school arms can be.
Corey Ray, OF, Louisville: Ray has hit everywhere and against everyone, including for Team USA, and while his tools are exciting in a vacuum, they aren't sexy for a top pick. Florida LHP A.J. Puk has big stuff and is perceived as safe because he's in college, but he has had back issues, has performed inconsistently and isn't particularly athletic.
Joey Wentz, LHP, Shawnee Mission East HS (Prairie Village, Kansas): If the Phillies know they can sign the top pick for $7 million -- Swanson got $6.5 million last year -- then they'd have a $2 million surplus on their hands to buy back a slipped prospect at their next pick at 42. That's a long way down, especially considering the shifty Braves, Reds, Padres and Cardinals all have multiple picks between Nos. 1 and 42. But if one of the top prep arms falls a bit, the Phillies could offer top-15 money at 42 without breaking a sweat. Wentz would be a coup there.
Washington Nationals
First pick: No. 28 (also have 29)
Bonus pool: $7,635,500 (14th)
System strength: Defensive polish up the middle. Trea Turner is ready; Pedro Severino is an excellent defender; 2015 second-rounder Blake Perkins has a mature feel for center field for his age; and Wilmer Difo and Osvaldo Abreu have the physical tools to play anywhere on the infield.
System weakness: It's hard to identify a surefire rotation piece aside from top prospect Lucas Giolito. Reynaldo Lopez might just end up in the bullpen, and Erick Fedde is struggling in Class A ball at age 23.
Recent top picks
2015: Andrew Stevenson, CF, No. 58
2014: Erick Fedde, RHP, No. 18
2013: Jake Johansen, RHP, No. 68
2012: Lucas Giolito, RHP, No. 17
2011: Anthony Rendon, 3B, No. 6
Possible fits
Jesus Luzardo, LHP, Douglas HS (Parkland, Florida): Luzardo's value had helium in it until he blew out his elbow early this spring; he might have climbed into the top 15 if he had remained healthy. Washington hasn't been shy about picking up pitchers who already have had Tommy John surgery.
T.J. Zeuch, RHP, Pittsburgh: Zeuch throws hard, throws strikes and has middling secondary stuff. Either he or a college arm (Eric Lauer? Anthony Kay?) could be part of a slight underslot deal that nets the Nats a tough sign like the next guy.
Forrest Whitley, RHP, Alamo Heights HS (San Antonio): Whitley is a top-15/20 type of talent but could fall if teams prioritize other prep arms. He could still be coaxed into signing if offered top-20 money.