AFBL News: First-Year Player Draft
Scouts, coaches, managers and GMs all huddle together today to review the amateur draft and make decisions to fill their current and future needs. The 2023 American Federation Baseball League candidates will be evaluated even more selectively now that judgment day has fallen on previous scouting reports. Each team will review its initial assessments and compare them to BNN's rankings:


1. <Mike Turner:player#4084>, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
2. <Bob Parker:player#5432>, 18 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
3. <Sancho Gonzáles:player#5659>, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
4. <José López:player#5436>, 18 year-old catcher out of high-school.
5. <Jean-Marc Parisot:player#5816>, 20 year-old catcher out of college.
6. <Tim Wheeler:player#5359>, 18 year-old left fielder out of high-school.
7. <Ahilocana Gopalakrishnan:player#5655>, 20 year-old second baseman out of college.
8. <Eddie Nelson:player#6211>, 18 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
9. <Joe Brock:player#5737>, 20 year-old left fielder out of college.
10. <Edmund McCullough:player#5364>, 18 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.

The draft unfolds with the first five picks given to <North Carolina:team#8>, <Idaho:team#92>, <Kentucky:team#7>, <Ohio:team#79> and <Georgia:team#94>.