With the 28th pick of the 2008 MLB First Player Draft, the New York Yankees pick...

Gerrit Cole.

Here's his MLB.com scouting report...and there's video on that page, if it works for you as well as this clip from ESPN.


Summary: A projectable high school right-hander with the capability already to throw a fastball up into the upper 90s is bound to garner interest. Throw in a future plus slider and a changeup, all for which he can throw for strikes, and it's no wonder Cole is considered one of the top prep pitchers in the class. He's going to have to work out some kinks in his delivery and he's got Scott Boras as an advisor, but neither of those issues should keep him from being drafted early.