Adjust Your MLB Mock Drafts Accordingly

Projected first-round pick Matt Hobgood once ate a Costco-sized box of Fruit Loops at a single sitting. "The boy can eat," his mom said. This screams Dmitri Young. Drop him 15 spots.

Top outfield prospect Jacob Marisnick sent out this Tweet: "Baseball America saying I want $2million..... not true. Where do they get this stuff?" He actually wants, what, $3 million? Drop him 25 spots, but give him a few RTs as compensation

Righty Eric Arnett, meantime, tweeted that he was going golfing this morning. That's some Major League-quality diversionary tactics. Up eight spots into the top-third of the first round.

Pitcher Aaron Crow (pictured), who bailed on the Nationals last year, turning down a seven-figure signing bonus that started with a 3, said the team "thought they were going to break me." Sure, he was playing in the Independent leagues, but Crow proved unbreakable. Move him up into your top five, and open up your wallet.

UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley seems locked in as the No. 2 pick, so it's hard to move his standing much. Still, he turned down an invitation to visit the MLB Network studios and will play things low-key at home, saying "I'm not trying to make a big party out of it or anything." This sport needs stars, Dustin. You can keep your No. 2 status, but how about some hubris next time.

High school catcher Max Stassi said he chose his position because "One Christmas, when I was five or six, Santa Claus brought me some catchers gear." So if the Easter Bunny brought him a pelota, he'd now be a jai alai star? Drop him to the second round.

Another high school catcher, Mike Zunino, who used to sleep with a wiffle ball, is the son of a scout. He picked up some strange sayings, like this one: "My dad always tells me, I guess it's what the scouts always say, but, when's the last time Baseball America or Perfect Game had a pick in the draft? He's right about that." Insulting the mock draft industry? Pass.

Albert Pujols, according to Wall Street Journal research, "has single-handedly been more valuable statistically than the offensive alumni of every college during the past dozen years, save Miami and UCLA." Drop everyone 73 slots and just trade for Pujols.

For more of Dan Steinberg, visit his blog with The Washington Post, D.C. Sports Bog.

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