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Draft : : Mock Draft
Perfect Game Staff Mock Draft
Published: Friday, May 18, 2012

We here at Perfect Game have long discussed conducting our own staff mock draft while assigning 30 people to serve as the 30 individual scouting directors for each MLB team.  We are finally putting this idea to action early next week, and will take our respective turns in selecting who we feel are the best players at their respective slots while going 10 rounds deep.

While this exercise is for entertainment purposes (including our own), we feel our expertise would serve us well if we actually did have a pick (or 30) in the draft.  Because our role in the baseball community is to evaluate talent, signability was not weighed in most cases.  Some of the staff assigned scouting directors plan to use their team's current and recent history into consideration (i.e. college vs. high school) when making picks, others simply will take the players they felt had the best chance at making contributions at the next level regardless of their background.

We will assemble in our own war room here in Cedar Rapids, and the picks will be released as they are made, so be sure to check back to Perfect Game frequently.  The draft will begin at 1:00 pm central time today, Monday, May 21.  Follow all of the picks as they're made here:

2012 Perfect Game staff 10-round mock draft

Here is the breakdown of the teams and the PG staff members serving as the respective scouting directors (teams listed based on the raw draft order):

Slot Team Staff Scouting Director PG Staff Title
1 Astros Jerry Ford President
2 Twins Jason Piddington Scouting Coordinator
3 Mariners Allan Simpson Director of Crosschecker
4 Orioles Andy Ford Vice President
5 Royals Jim Arp National Director
6 Cubs Justin Hlubek Scouting Coordinator
7 Padres Todd Gold Scouting Coordinator
8 Pirates Patrick Ebert Managing Editor
9 Marlins Steve James Iowa League Director
10 Rockies David Rawnsley National Director of Scouting
11 Athletics Ben Collman Scouting Coordinator
12 Mets Greg Sabers Scouting Coordinator
13 White Sox Matthew Bliven Assistant Tournament Director
14 Reds Tyson Kimm Vice President
15 Indians Jeff Dahn PG Feature Writer
16 Nationals Kentaro Yasutake International Scouting Coordinator
17 Blue Jays Taylor McCollough National Tournament Director
18 Dodgers Ryan Arp Scouting Coordinator
19 Angels Tyler Coenen Scouting Coordinator Intern
20 Giants Ron Benich Director of Instruction
21 Braves Kirk Gardner National Director
22 Cardinals Jason Gerst Vice President
23 Red Sox Ben Ford National BCS Director
24 Rays Nick Kappel Scouting Coordinator Intern
25 Diamondbacks Brad Clement Vice President of Development
26 Tigers Austin Steines Director of Sales and Marketing
27 Brewers Ken Gardner Scouting Coordinator
28 Rangers Kendall Rogers Managing Editor of College Baseball
29 Yankees Justin Amidon Scouting Coordinator
30 Phillies Andrew Knoll Scouting Coordinator

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