Best player available for @Twins at 1. Best guess right now is McKay as 1B. @MLBDraft https://t.co/YB2O3Asfeh— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) April 28, 2017
Jim Callis is one of MLB.com's prospect writers, and while stuck in an airport Thursday did a Twitter chat about the draft. The above was his response to a question about whether the Twins would go hitter or pitcher with the No. 1 overall pick.
The idea that the Twins might take Brendan McKay of Louisville is not new; that's how Baseball America projected it in its most recent mock. But McKay is, in college, a two-way player -- pitcher on Friday, first baseman the rest of the week -- and he has been viewed primarily as a pitcher. Callis sees it differently:
McKay could go either way. I would take as 1B because more ceiling than LHP. Some swear by him as a LHP though. https://t.co/vRupJ27o9P— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) April 28, 2017
A couple days earlier, after McKay hit four home runs in a game:
Was already thinking I'd prefer McKay as a 1B rather than a LHP before I saw this. Think he might be a .300/20 HR guy. @MLBDraft https://t.co/sEuxVM62sl— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) April 25, 2017
A John Manuel piece posted Thursday by Baseball America examines why college hitters surge up draft boards every year. It might help explain why McKay might be viewed as a hitter rather than as a pitcher.
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