Some notes from amateur players I've seen over the last few weeks, covering four different states ...
Prep right-hander Quinn Priester, of Cary-Grove HS outside Chicago, is one of a handful of high school pitchers with a real chance to go in the first round, even with the industry's general trend away from taking those guys in the first (often to pay them over-slot bonuses with later picks). Priester threw last Thursday in a home game that his team won in five innings via mercy rule, and he was strong for the first four innings before giving up harder contact in the last inning he pitched.