By Emma Healy, Greg McKenna, Katie McInerney, The Boston Globe
6 issues to learn about Pink Sox 2023 first-round draft choose Kyle Teel
With their first-round choose within the 2023 draft, the Pink Sox took Kyle Teel out of the College of Virginia at No. 14 — their highest choice of a catcher since they took John Marzano on the identical No. 14 place in 1984.
The Pink Sox then used choose No. 50 on highschool prospect Nazzan Zanetello, a shortstop out of Christian Brothers Faculty Excessive Faculty in St. Louis.
Boston has just lately most well-liked drafting hitters at high-slot values, highlighted by the first-round choices of Nick Yorke (2020), Marcelo Mayer (2021), and Triston Casas (2018) over the previous 5 drafts. If Chaim Bloom desires to fill a necessity, nevertheless, the Sox farm system has a dearth of potential massive league starters.
In the remainder of the draft, Boston will choose as soon as in every spherical. The Sox additionally get back-to-back compensation picks following the fourth spherical for dropping certified free brokers Xander Bogaerts and Nathan Eovaldi, who signed this offseason with the Padres and Rangers, respectively.
Right here’s the complete listing of Boston’s picks, with assigned slot values for Rounds 1-10 from soxprospects.com. We’ll be updating this story because the Pink Sox make their choices on Monday, and Tuesday, so comply with alongside.
2023 Pink Sox draft picks
No. 14: Kyle Teel, C, Virginia
Age: 21 | Top: 6-1 | Weight: 190
The catcher slashed .407/.475/.655/1.130 with 13 dwelling runs in 65 video games with the Cavaliers final season. Teel led Virginia to the Faculty World Sequence and obtained the Buster Posey catcher of the yr award. Teel’s father, Garett, was drafted within the eleventh spherical (318th general) by the Los Angeles Dodgers within the 1989 draft and spent 5 seasons within the group each as a participant and coach.
No. 50: Nazzan Zanetello, SS, Christian Brothers (Mo.)
Age: 18 | Top: 6-2 | Weight: 180
The Pink Sox used their second-round choose on a quickly climbing highschool product, as Zanetello has shot up the draft boards following sturdy performances in current showcases. He was named the MVP on the Breakthrough Sequence in June and led Workforce USA in hitting (.429) at an 18-and-under World Cup qualifying event in November. Zanetello hit .413/.537/.809 with 5 homers in 22 video games as a senior and is dedicated to Arkansas.
2023 MLB Draft: Pink Sox choose order
No. 83, third spherical ($846, 800)
No. 115, fourth spherical ($580, 200)
No. 132, compensation choose ($492,700)
No. 133, compensation choose ($487, 800)
No. 151, fifth spherical ($408,500)
No. 178, sixth spherical ($320,200)
No. 208, seventh spherical ($250,300)
No. 238, eighth spherical ($201,000)
No. 268, ninth spherical ($178,600)
No. 298, tenth spherical ($167,900)
No. 328, eleventh spherical
No. 358, twelfth spherical
No. 388, thirteenth spherical
No. 418, 14th spherical
No. 448, fifteenth spherical
No. 478, sixteenth spherical
No. 508, seventeenth spherical
No. 538, 18th spherical
No. 568, nineteenth spherical
No. 598, twentieth spherical
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