College baseball round-up: Spencer Torkelson homered again

Feb 24 2020 by Bless You Boys

 
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Torkelson is off to a torrid start in 2020.

True first basemen don’t often draw a lot of love from scouts before the MLB draft. Even a great defender will have to hit very well to provide value at the MLB level, and many teams would rather hunt for elusive five-tool prospects at the top of the draft.

Case in point: only three first basemen have ever been drafted first overall. Adrian Gonzalez, who went No. 1 overall to the

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