The 2018 MLB Amateur Draft took place this week. Over 1,200 young men were selected and a few of them could be all-time greats.
The Detroit Tigers started the draft off by selecting one of the best college pitchers in the draft, Casey Mize. Detroit desperately needs pitching now and Mize is expected to be fast-tracked through the minors as he was one of the most MLB-ready pitchers in this year’s draft pool. I expect Mize will be in the Majors by late-2019 or early-2020.
We love making all-name team lists for upcoming seasons and drafts, so covering the MLB Draft is a no-brainer. There is some solid names on this year’s list.
My name is Bobby Roberts, so I am often jealous of people with unique names. The most unique thing about my name is that I was not born ‘Robert Roberts’, Bobby is my given name. I don’t know too many grown men named Bobby.
To clear up any confusion, this list is comprised of guys with funny names and just solid baseball names that just belong in the game of baseball. If your name sounds like a phrase or inanimate object, you’re going to end up on our list.
Before we go into the list, we also pick out the MLB Draft Name of the Year. This year’s award goes to Owen Sharts. I have a feeling we will see him appear on a MLB Draft All-Name Team list again in the future. He was a top-20 talent, but teams shied away from him since he is planning on attending University of Nevada this Fall. He will enter the MLB Draft again in three and/or four more years.
#28 Seth Beer – OF – San Diego Padres
#36 Gunnar Hoglund – P – Pittsburgh Pirates
#46 Steele Walker – OF – Chicago White Sox
#219 Travis Moths – P – Arizona Diamondbacks
#224 James Outman – OF – Los Angeles Dodgers
#239 Jax Biggers – SS – Texas Rangers
#243 Lars Nootbaar – OF – St. Louis Cardinals
#253 Alex Royalty – P – Cleveland Indians
#258 Gunnar Troutwine – C – Chicago White Sox
#285 Brock Deatherage – OF – Detroit Tigers
#313 Robert Broom – P – Cleveland Indians
#339 Blaze Alexander – SS – Arizona Diamondbacks
#436 Matt Frisbee – P – San Francisco Giants
#586 Jett Manning – SS – San Francisco Giants
#611 Onix Vega – C – Washington Nationals
#620 Zach Hammer – P – New York Mets
#808 Cash Gladfelter – 2B – Seattle Mariners
#868 Bobby Honeyman – SS – Seattle Mariners
#893 Gio Dingcong – 1B – Oakland A’s
#925 John Ham – SS – Baltimore Orioles
#959 Owen Sharts – P – Texas Rangers
#967 Sincere Smith – SS – New York Yankees
#1058 Edmond Americaan – OF – Chicago Cubs
#1146 Kumar Rocker – P – Colorado Rockies
#1213 Braxton Cottongame – P – Cleveland Indians
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About the Author…
Bobby Roberts (otherwise known as Sweetbob) is the creator of ‘America’s White Boy’ and contributor at Project Shanks. His writing has been featured on ESPN’s ‘SportsNation’, Sports Illustrated’s Hot Clicks, Guyspeed, and various other sites. You can follow him on Twitter at @Sweetbob.