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The safe bet would be a college bat like Sal Frelick from Boston College or Matt McLain from UCLA, but this week I'm going with Montgomery in a "this year's Jo Adell type pick" guess.

The Angels might have a new GM but they're still linked to the kind of high-ceiling athletes they've targeted since Matt Swanson took over as scouting director, including Watson, Bubba Chandler, Jay Allen (probably for the second round), and Jobe.

The Angels likely would scoop up any of the top eight players if they make it to No. 9. There are differing schools of thought that they otherwise would prefer a college product (McLain, Frelick, Texas right-hander Ty Madden) or a Georgia prepster (right-hander shortstop Bubba Chandler, catcher Harry Ford).

The Angels have been all over Chandler all spring, and the chatter is that they prefer him as a switch-hitting shortstop, where some scouts have suggested physical and swing similarities to a certain former switch-hitting Braves legend and Hall of Famer that I won't name. Making it even more intriguing is that most teams seem to prefer Chandler on the mound, where he's up to 97 mph and flashes a solid three-pitch mix with some feel despite limited baseball reps. He's also committed to Clemson to play quarterback and shortstop. One more element on the intrigue-o-meter is that Kumar Rocker also went to North Oconee three years ago.

The fascinating question is if the consensus view of Chandler is a mid-to-late first-round pitcher and a compensation-to-second-round position player, do you take him in the top half of the first round because he can do both, giving you a backup plan? Do you let him do both in pro ball? We still haven't totally answered that question with Shohei Ohtani.