Originally posted on CBS Sports | Last updated 7/19/2022
Major League Baseball’s 2022 Draft drew to a close on Tuesday after three days, 20 rounds and 616 picks. The action all started on Sunday, when the Baltimore Orioles selected Jackson Holliday, Matt’s son and an Oklahoma prep shortstop, with the No. 1 pick. The draft has since featured its trademark amount of shockers, including when the Texas Rangers chose former Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker with the No. 3 pick, throwing boards into disarray.
To send off the 2022 draft the right way, we’ve elected to provide a brief overview of every team’s class. Below, you’ll find a note on at least two of each club’s draftees, including every single first-round pick. In some instances, we’ve skipped the chronological selections in order to hit on players we find more interesting, for whatever reason. Do note that this is not an indictment on the skipped players.
As always, prospecting is more of an art than a science; we have no doubt that some of these reports will age poorly. So it goes in this industry. With that in mind, we would recommend considering this to be little more than a snapshot in time.
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