Revisiting Misses From The 2021 & 2022 Draft Classes
21 November 2025

Revisiting Misses From The 2021 & 2022 Draft Classes

Baseball America

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This year teams left more first-round players unprotected from the Rule 5 draft than we’ve seen in a decade. Carlos and Peter revisit some of the high-profile misses from the 2021 and 2022 drafts and what lessons we might be able to draw from them. 



Time Stamps



    (0:00) Intro
    (3:00) Unprotected player talk begins
    (7:00) Frank Mozzicato 
    (11:00) Gavin Cross
    (14:30) Benny Montgomery & toolsy players
    (20:00) 2022 college bats we missed on
    (28:00) A calibration for amateur tool grades
    (32:00) Did the covid ripple effect impact the hit rate?
    (36:30) Reggie Crawford
    (40:00) 2022 HS players who might be at risk





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