Rank The Infielders

[Cardinals31]

Please rank the following infielders in the order of their talent and where they will be taken in the draft.

 

Tyler Greene

Troy Tulowitski

Ryan Braun

Cliff Pennington

Jed Lowrie

[bjkrautk]

I'm pretty sure Colby has already listed his rankings (under the 'draft' tab on the top of the page), but I can add in how BA ranks them:

 

Tulowitski

Greene

Braun

Pennington

Lowrie

 

As to where they're drafted, there's one major hitch in the process: agents. Tyler Greene is a Boras guy, which may result in him dropping below the other four.

 

Also, my gut instinct is that the late riser (Braun) will be drafted higher than his ranking (which is probably more NFL draft thinking interfering with MLB projection). Even if that turns out to be true, however, I don't see him jumping past Tulowitski.

[colbyjack]

I like Greene better than Tulo as a hitter, so I have him ranked higher. I also have Pennington ranked higher than Braun because I think he's a better all around player. But I agree with bjkrautk, I think Braun could be taken higher than where most have him ranked because the guy just keeps on hitting, although there are some concerns that he is so successful hitting because of the aluminum bat. Tulo is back healthy now and had a big week for Long Beach State. Also as bjkrauktk noted, Greene's affiliation with Boras likely will cause him to be the 3rd or 4th college IF selected.

 

Lowrie is a sandwich pick or 2nd rounder, the rest are legit first-rounders.