re: Alabama Baseball Thread -RIP 2014/Stacked for 2015?

The first year MLB player draft starts Thursday. Underclassmen have until July 18th to sign or announce that they'll be back in school. We'll have some big ones. We only had three seniors on the squad this year (Austen Smith, Tucker Hawley, Steven Cole) so they're obviously gone. Smith will probably be a mid-round pick but that's probably it from that group.

As for the juniors, Spencer Turnbull is certainly gone and I expect Wade Wass will be as well. Justin Kamplain and Ben Moore will have decisions to make. I think Ben Moore's draft stock would benefit from another year in school, but you can't blame those 50/50 guys for wanting to get a head start in the minor league system. Kamplain also has a tough choice. He could be one of the top returning starters in the league next year, but he also doesn't have typical major league caliber stuff. Unless they're sure-fire 1st rounders, a pitcher's draft stock typically lowers each year because teams like to draft them as young as possible to have them in their systems where they can coach and develop them. It'll be interesting to see if he opts for that route as well. Again, couldn't really blame him if so. I suspect he will be back though. It's not as much draft related, but it'll be interesting to see if Keller is back next year too. Just seems like there's more to that story.