In the latest round of mocks from last night/this morning, Callis has us taking Mayer and Law has us taking Davis. Both seem pretty insistent on the fact that Lawler/Mayer/Davis are above Leiter and Rocker for us (and others), though Callis has Leiter going to the Rangers in this one. I think it's still just settling in from the college regular season and not too meaningful until we see what happens in the CWS.
Most relevant comment from Callis for our purposes probably:
Leiter to the Rangers when Lawlar is still on the board would be interesting, since a lot of people seemed to think that Lawlar is a shoo-in for them due to the local connection. My optimistic read is that Cherington's office has seemed to be pretty tight-lipped, but the trend is pretty undeniable at this point.
Given that trend, I've come more and more around on Davis. The power and plate discipline just really stand out, but the floor could be really bad. He seems to be lauded for the intangibles of a catcher, but I do not think his receiving skills are very good and college catchers do not call games except in rare circumstances, so it would definitely take a little bit to get him up to speed.
If you gambled on it all coming together, it could really work out for you, but it reads as a double gamble to me. You'd be gambling on a catcher that's not a slam dunk in the same way Rutschman was and you'd presumably be gambling that the slot money saved would allow you to go over in the comp round. The sense I get is that this should be a viable strategy but it doesn't seem like a lock that someone you want will definitely be there.
Surely going around in circles at this point because I think there's a fair amount of consensus in the thread about who we prefer, so there's not much else to do but have things play out. I think the scenario I like the most is Leiter and then a college bat in the comp round -- doesn't sound like Fabian is going to be there, but maybe Ethan Wilson from South Alabama, who has big power.
