PABaseball references the #13 pick of this year’s draft, Keoni Cavaco. To say PG didn’t have eyes on him would be misleading, he played in 9 PG events. The PG grade came when he was a rising sophomore, so there is some support for the argument of not showcasing until you have something to showcase. The most recent events he participated in, WWBA and Jupiter, he didn’t perform well at all. His star started shooting after playing in a Southern California scout ball league and he drew attention with his bat. He has legitimate speed and a very strong arm, usually closing for his HS team and clocking 93-94 on the gun. He is not a pitcher, he was exclusively used to close. He hit well in a weak high school league, and when he did face good pitching he did not perform well. Considering the Padres had the #6 pick in the draft and they passed on the local kid, and drafted another SS, one has to wonder if the Padres scouting had it right and the Twins were too optimistic on the kids raw skills. Rookie league was not kind to him.
And please don’t take this as me being unkind to him, if you compare his rookie ball performance to other HS 1st round picks this year, he performed far worse. Lots of rawness, not a polished product though.