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Texas Rangers draft: Keith Law mock draft out

Keith Law has his first mock draft out, and has the Rangers going prep position player in the first round

By Adam J. Morris
2011 World Series Game 5 - St Louis Cardinals v Texas Rangers Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Texas Rangers draft: Keith Law’s mock draft, the first he has done for this draft (or at least, it is labeled 1.0, so I assume it is the first), is out, and he has the Rangers selecting Stillwater, Oklahoma, shortstop Ryan Vilade at #26.

Vilade is #66 on the BA top 100 draft prospect list, and the righthanded hitter is projected to end up having to move to third base, rather than sticking at shortstop. I am skeptical about this pick, since Vilade isn’t a toolsy outfielder from the south, and am sticking with Bubba Thompson or Drew Waters as my preliminary guess for Texas there.

Along with the #26 pick, the Rangers have a compensatory pick at #29, which they received for losing Ian Desmond to the Colorado Rockies. The draft is still a month away, and when we get closer, I will do some capsule profiles of guys we could see Texas pick.