2021 MLB Draft Picks: Live Team-by-Team Grades and Analysis

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Marcelo MayerBrian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The 2021 MLB draft is here!

The next wave of high school and college talent is set to join the professional ranks, with 20 rounds worth of amateur talent set to be selected over the 20-round, three-day event.

For this first time this year, the MLB draft was scheduled to coincide with All-Star Weekend.

This year’s draft class is headlined by a deep crop of high school shortstops that includes Marcelo Mayer, Jordan Lawlar, Brady House and Kahlil Watson. They join Louisville catcher Henry Davis and Vanderbilt pitchers Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker to form the top-tier of available talent.

Ahead you’ll find a full scouting report, draft grade and pick analysis for each of the 36 players who hear their name called. The grades and analysis will be updated live once the draft gets underway at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday night.

       

Note: The Houston Astros forfeited their first-round pick as part of their punishment from their sign-stealing scandal and do not have a Day 1 selection. Their first pick will be at No. 87 overall.

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Chris O’Meara/Associated Press

First Round (No. 1 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Alex Gallardo/Associated Press

First Round (No. 2 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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PAUL BATTAGLIA/Associated Press

First Round (No. 3 Overall)

X

Grade: X

    

Balance Round A (No. 32 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Michael Dwyer/Associated Press

First Round (No. 1 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Julio Cortez/Associated Press

First Round (No. 5 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Aaron Doster/Associated Press

First Round (No. 6 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press

First Round (No. 7 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Jack Dempsey/Associated Press

First Round (No. 8 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

First Round (No. 9 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Peter Morgan/Associated Press

First Round (No. 10 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press

First Round (No. 11 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Gregory Bull/Associated Press

First Round (No. 12 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Brynn Anderson/Associated Press

First Round (No. 13 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

First Round (No. 14 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Morry Gash/Associated Press

First Round (No. 15 Overall)

X

Grade: X

     

Balance Round A (No. 33 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Brett Davis/Associated Press

First Round (No. 16 Overall)

X

Grade: X

     

Balance Round A (No. 31 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Jack Dempsey/Associated Press

First Round (No. 17 Overall)

X

Grade: X

      

Compensation Pick (No. 30 Overall)

X

Grade: X

     

Balance Round A (No. 35 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Scott Kane/Associated Press

First Round (No. 18 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press

First Round (No. 19 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press

First Round (No. 20 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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John Bazemore/Associated Press

First Round (No. 21 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press

First Round (No. 22 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

First Round (No. 23 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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John Raoux/Associated Press

First Round (No. 24 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Gregory Bull/Associated Press

First Round (No. 25 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Tom Olmscheid/Associated Press

First Round (No. 26 Overall)

X

Grade: X

    

Balance Round A (No. 36 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press

First Round (No. 27 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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David Goldman/Associated Press

First Round (No. 28 Overall)

X

Grade: X

    

Balance Round A (No. 34 Overall)

X

Grade: X

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Danny Moloshok/Associated Press

First Round (No. 29 Overall)

X

Grade: X