Your Milwaukee Brewers get to sleep in today, as rounds 3-10 are chosen in Day 2 of the MLB Amateur Draft for 2018. That’s because the Brewers don’t have that third round pick, lost with the free agent signing of Lorenzo Cain. The Brewers’ picks in rounds 4-10 are: Round 4, #125 Round 5, #155 Round 6, #185 Round 7, #215 Round 8, #245 Round 9, #275 Round 10, #305 After three picks on Day 1, all high school position players, it will be interesting to see what direction the Day 2 picks take. Will there be college pitchers? Are the Brewers looking to stock the lower minors? What intriguing names will be tossed into the mix? You can peruse the list of picks and their slot amounts here: Brewers 2018 MLB Draft and Signing Tracker (you can’t have too many trackers)<doc-sep>After completing the first two rounds—plus the competitive balance rounds—on Monday night, the draft resumes at 11 a.m. MT Tuesday, with Rounds 3-10. The Rockies will make eight more picks before the day is done. You can follow MLB’s live updating tracker, or you can stream all the action on MLB.com. Then on Wednesday, the final few rounds (Rounds 11-40) will take place. Today’s schedule begins at 11 am MT; the Tigers are on the clock for the first pick of Round 3, 79th overall. The Rockies had three picks yesterday. Their first round pick came at 22nd overall, LHP Ryan Rolison out of the University of Mississippi. He projects as a “high-floor” college arm, with a low-90’s fastball and a big curveball. Next came their Competitive Balance Round A selection at 42nd overall, a prep first baseman Grant Lavigne from New Hampshire, then their third round pick, 76th overall: RHP Mitchell Kilkenny from Texas A&M. The Rockies will have the 18th pick in Round 3 and the 22nd pick in each subsequent round. Their next pick will be 96th overall. You can follow all of this live on MLB.com or on Twitter @MLBDraft. If you want every pick dropped right into your Twitter feed as it happens, you can follow @MLBDraftTracker. You can find everything else you need to know about the Rockies’ draft here. Follow along as we track the draft and signing status of the Class of 2018.<doc-sep>Monday night at the MLB Network studios in New Jersey, the 2018 MLB draft opened with the first 78 picks. The Detroit Tigers held the No. 1 pick and selected Auburn right-hander Casey Mize. He is the first player taken No. 1 overall out of college after going undrafted out of high school since the Washington Nationals selected Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 pick in 2009. Here is our pick-by-pick analysis of the first round of the 2018 draft. The MLB draft is a three-day event covering 40 rounds and over 1,200 picks. The draft continues with rounds 3-10 on Tuesday and concludes with rounds 11-40 on Wednesday. Here are six takeaways from the first day of the 2018 MLB draft. College players dominated top of the draft Thanks to the talent available in this year's draft class and the draft tendencies and preferences of the clubs picking early, five straight college players came off the board to begin the 2018 draft. Here are the top five picks: Detroit Tigers: Auburn RHP Casey Mize San Francisco Giants: Georgia Tech C Joey Bart Philadelphia Phillies: Wichita State 3B Alex Bohm Chicago White Sox: Oregon State 2B Nick Madrigal Cincinnati Reds: Florida 3B Jonathan India The New York Mets ended the run of college players when they selected Wisconsin high school outfielder Jarred Kelenic with the No. 6 pick. The 2018 draft is the first time five college players were selected with the top five picks since 2006, when the top six picks were college players. The top six picks that year: There is a caveat here, however. Hochevar did not actually attend Tennessee in the spring of 2006. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 40th overall pick in 2005 and the two sides were unable to reach a contract agreement. So, to maintain his signing eligibility, Hochevar pitched in an independent league in 2006 rather than pitch for the Volunteers. That allowed him to continue negotiating with the Dodgers right up until the 2006 draft. For the last time five true college players were selected with the top five picks, you have to go all the way back to 1992. The top five picks that year: Houston Astros: Cal State Fullerton 3B Phil Nevin Cleveland Indians: North Carolina RHP Paul Shuey Montreal Expos: Mississippi State LHP B.J. Wallace Baltimore Orioles: Stanford OF Jeffrey Hammonds Cincinnati Reds: Central Florida C Chad Mottola The two high schoolers who ended the run of college players in 1992 and 2006? Just a couple of nobodies named Derek Jeter (sixth overall in 1992) and Clayton Kershaw (seventh overall in 2006). I guess that means good things -- very good things -- are on the horizon for Kelenic. A once projected No. 1 pick fell to No. 18 At one point earlier this year, Florida RHP Brady Singer was projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft. He has the stuff and the pedigree, and this spring he threw 88 innings with a 2.25 ERA and a 92/18 K/BB. I projected him to go fourth overall in my final mock draft. Despite all that, Singer did not go No. 1 overall. He didn't even go in the top five. Nor the top 10 for that matter. Singer slipped all the way to the Royals with the No. 18 pick. Why? Two reasons. One is money. The general belief is Singer wants a bonus commensurate with a top of the draft talent and, once he got outside the top 5-10 picks, not many teams could afford to pay him that. Teams these days are given a bonus pool -- it is effectively a hard spending cap for draft picks -- and Singer didn't fit in the bonus pool for many teams. The Royals, however, have multiple extra picks this season thanks to the free agent defections of Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain. Extra picks means extra bonus pool space, and, sure enough, Kansas City has the largest bonus pool this year at $12,781,900. They're one of the few teams that can afford to pay Singer top of the draft dollars without blowing up their bonus pool. So, once he fell into their laps, they pounced. The second reason Singer slipped to the Royals is likely his unorthodox delivery and low arm slot, which can make it tough for him to turn over a changeup properly. Here's some video: Unorthodox doesn't mean bad. It just means different and sometimes teams get scared away by different. There were enough concerns about Singer's unorthodox delivery and his "signability" that he went from projected No. 1 pick to projected top five pick to the 18th overall selection. Singer's fall is the Royals' gain, and they're likely to hand him a bonus on par with a top five pick anyway, so it's hard to say Singer lost out Monday. The A's are letting their top pick play football Kyler Murray, who backed up quarterback Baker Mayfield, the No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft, was selected with the No. 9 pick by the Oakland Athletics on Monday. Murray plays baseball for Oklahoma as well -- he hit .296/.398/.556 with 10 home runs in 226 plate appearances this year -- and he's a premium athlete with explosive tools. He is raw, however, which is not surprising for a kid who's split his time between two sports. Murray is slated to replace Mayfield as Oklahoma's starting quarterback later this year and that really complicated his baseball draft stock. Would he sign or would he turn stick with football? Selecting Murray and not signing him would mean forfeiting the bonus pool money associated with his draft pick, and teams these days don't risk those precious bonus pool dollars. They take players they know they can sign. The A's, who have emphasized acquiring young players with star-caliber upside in recent drafts and trades -- they simply can't afford players like that in free agency, so they have to develop their own -- are willing to compromise to bring Murray into the organization. They'll let him play quarterback in the fall and begin his baseball career next year. From Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle: "The risk of the football, in our opinion, was outweighed by the upside on the baseball field," (A's scouting director Eric) Kubota said. "We're totally on board with his desire to play quarterback at Oklahoma and frankly, we're kind of excited to be Oklahoma fans for 12 games. That's not easy for a Cal guy to say." It is not unprecedented for a baseball team to let a prospect play football. Kyle Parker, a first round pick by the Rockies in 2010, was allowed to continue playing college football at Clemson after turning pro as a baseball player. Back in the day the New York Yankees let Drew Henson split his time between baseball and football. This has been done before. Murray is not a significant NFL prospect -- he's a 5-foot-11 quarterback who hasn't played a whole lot the past few years -- so the A's don't have to worry about him pulling a Henson and wanting to play football full-time. Murray will play out his senior year with the Sooners this fall, then join the Athletics as a full-time baseball player in 2019. For Oakland, it's a chance to add a top end talent to their organization. All they had to do was compromise a little with the football thing. The Rays drafted another two-way player Los Angeles Angels wunderkind Shohei Ohtani is currently having tremendous success as a two-way player at the big league level, hitting .289/.372/.535 with six homers in 129 plate appearances while throwing 45 1/3 innings with a 3.18 ERA. He's been incredible. In the minors, the Rays have baseball's next two-way player in Brendan McKay, the No. 4 pick in last year's draft. McKay, a first baseman/left-handed pitcher, is hitting .238/.446/.307 in 139 plate appearances and has thrown 41 2/3 innings with a 1.51 ERA and a 59/3 K/BB in Class A ball. On Monday, Tampa drafted another two-way player. Dodson, the No.<doc-sep>
Montverde Academy With Day 2 of the 2018 MLB draft in the books, the first 10 rounds and 314 picks have now been made. There are always a handful of prospects who wind up slipping relative to projected draft position. In some cases, it's a standout high school player who is expected to be tough to sign away from an iron-clad college commitment. Other times, it's a draft-eligible sophomore with high bonus demands or a player with injury concerns who would benefit from proving he's healthy with a return to campus. At any rate, ahead is a look at some of the top players still on the board for the final day of this year's draft. Top High Prospects Likely to Honor College Commitments North Oconee Athletics Video Play Button Videos you might like RHP Kumar Rocker (Baseball America-13, MLB.com-23): Committed to Vanderbilt With a 6'5", 250-pound frame and a 98 mph fastball, Rocker looked like a man among boys at the high school level. His fastball can get straight at times, however, and his mechanics need work. While it's easy to dream on his pure stuff, his stock has trended down this season. He'll be a candidate to go early in the 2021 draft. RHP Cole Wilcox (BA-37, MLB.com-19): Committed to Georgia With a three-pitch mix that could be 60-grade across the board and a projectable 6'5", 220-pound frame, Wilcox has boosted his stock as much as anyone dating back to his strong showing with Team USA last year. He'd be draft-eligible as a college sophomore, and that no doubt contributed to lofty bonus demands. SS Nander De Sedas (BA-28, MLB.com-55): Committed to Florida State De Sedas was a pop-up prospect on the showcase circuit last summer, but he failed to build off that performance this spring. He has the makings of a standout two-way player with emerging raw power and good instincts at shortstop. RHP Slade Cecconi (BA-79, MLB.com-63): Committed to Miami Cecconi has a projectable 6'4", 193-pound frame and the makings of a four-pitch arsenal. However, his secondary stuff is still raw and his command is a work-in-progress, so he should benefit from going the college route. Other Notable Vanderbilt Commits Vanderbilt commits are historically tough to lure away from making it onto campus. Other notable Commodores prospects include RHP Austin Becker (BA-65, MLB.com-95); 3B Nickl Northcut (BA-69, MLB.com-81); LHP Brett Hansen (BA-71, MLB.com-94). Day 3 College Prospects to Watch Nati Harnik/Associated Press OF Zach Watson, LSU (BA-66, MLB.com-65) With 70-grade speed and elite outfield defense, Watson has a chance to be an impact player up the middle if his hit tool continues to develop. He hit .304/.359/.470 with 22 extra-base hits and 13 stolen bases this season, and he still has room to grow into some raw power. As a draft-eligible sophomore, he has leverage in negotiations and will likely return to campus unless he gets a well-above-slot bonus. RHP Zack Hess, LSU (BA-87, MLB.com-91) Hess was part of the rotation at LSU this spring, but his future is likely at the back of the bullpen. His electric fastball/slider pairing plays up in short stints, and he has some deception with a low three-quarters arm slot. He's also a draft-eligible sophomore, so don't be surprised if both LSU players still on the board wind up back on campus. RHP Isaiah Campbell, Arkansas (BA-73, MLB.com-109) Elbow soreness limited Campbell to just one appearance as a sophomore, but he returned strong this spring and showed flashes while posting a 4.01 ERA with 60 strikeouts in 58 innings. MLB.com noted that he has "better pure stuff" than college teammate Blaine Knight—a third-round pick by the Baltimore Orioles. After redshirting in 2017, he could opt to return. RHP Davis Martin, Texas Tech (BA-119, MLB.com-153) After a standout freshman season in 2016 (10-1, 2.52 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 89.0 IP), Davis has dealt with some injuries and failed to duplicate that level of success. With a strong 6'2", 200-pound frame and three solid pitches, he's an intriguing Day 3 addition. All stats courtesy of The Baseball Cube, unless otherwise noted.