There’s so much talent in the SEC that trying to fit all of their 2016 MLB Draft prospects in one day’s worth of posts doesn’t make sense. The SEC deserves an entire week. To kick things off, a list of the incredibly deep group of pitching — seriously, there are players I legitimately love as prospects ranked down in the 35-40ish range — in the SEC this year…
- Florida JR LHP AJ Puk
- Mississippi State JR RHP Dakota Hudson
- Vanderbilt rSO RHP Jordan Sheffield
- Georgia JR RHP Robert Tyler
- Arkansas JR RHP Zach Jackson
- Florida JR RHP Logan Shore
- South Carolina FR RHP Braden Webb
- Auburn JR RHP Keegan Thompson
- Tennessee JR RHP Kyle Serrano
- Kentucky SR RHP Kyle Cody
- Florida JR RHP Shaun Anderson
- Florida JR RHP Dane Dunning
- Vanderbilt JR LHP Ben Bowden
- LSU SO RHP Austin Bain
- Vanderbilt JR LHP John Kilichowski
- Texas A&M SO RHP Brigham Hill
- Mississippi State JR LHP Daniel Brown
- Kentucky JR RHP Zack Brown
- Texas A&M JR RHP Mark Ecker
- Mississippi State JR RHP Austin Sexton
- Arkansas JR RHP Dominic Taccolini
- Texas A&M JR RHP Ryan Hendrix
- Georgia JR LHP Connor Jones
- Florida rSO LHP Scott Moss
- LSU JR LHP Jared Poche’
- South Carolina JR RHP Wil Crowe
- Texas A&M SR RHP Kyle Simonds
- Texas A&M SO RHP Jace Vines
- Alabama JR RHP Geoffrey Bramblett
- Kentucky SR RHP Dustin Beggs
- Texas A&M SR RHP Andrew Vinson
- Auburn rJR RHP Cole Lipscomb
- Alabama JR LHP Thomas Burrows
- LSU rSO RHP Jesse Stallings
- Mississippi State JR RHP Zac Houston
- Missouri rSR RHP Reggie McClain
- South Carolina JR RHP Taylor Widener
- Mississippi rJR RHP Brady Bramlett
- Vanderbilt JR RHP Hayden Stone
- Alabama rSR RHP Jake Hubbard
- LSU rJR RHP Hunter Newman
- LSU rJR RHP Russell Reynolds
- Mississippi JR RHP Chad Smith
- South Carolina rSO RHP Canaan Cropper
- Auburn JR RHP Gabe Klobosits
- Auburn JR LHP Ben Braymer
- LSU JR RHP Riley Smith
- Mississippi State JR RHP/OF Reid Humphreys
- Mississippi State rSO RHP Jacob Billingsley
- Alabama JR RHP Matt Foster
- LSU JR RHP Alden Cartwright
- Mississippi State JR LHP Vance Tatum
- Florida JR LHP Kirby Snead
- LSU JR RHP Parker Bugg
- Alabama rJR LHP/OF Colton Freeman
- Mississippi rJR RHP Sean Johnson
- Mississippi JR LHP Wyatt Short
- South Carolina JR RHP Matt Vogel
- Alabama JR RHP Nick Eicholtz
- Mississippi State rJR RHP Paul Young
- Texas A&M SR LHP Ty Schlottmann
- Arkansas JR RHP James Teague
- Arkansas JR RHP Cannon Chadwick
- Georgia rSR RHP Heath Holder
- Auburn JR LHP Octavio Rodriguez
- Alabama SR RHP Ray Castillo
- Auburn JR RHP Kevin Davis
- Georgia JR RHP Drew Moody
- Georgia rJR RHP David Gonzalez
- LSU SR LHP John Valek
- Tennessee SR LHP Andy Cox
- Kentucky SR LHP Dylan Dwyer
- Auburn rSR RHP Justin Camp
- Tennessee SR RHP Steven Kane
- South Carolina JR LHP Josh Reagan
- Alabama rSO RHP Tyler Adams
- Tennessee JR RHP Jon Lipinski
- Georgia JR LHP Andrew Gist
- Florida JR RHP Frank Rubio
- Texas A&M SR LHP/OF Blake Kopetsky
- Alabama SR LHP Jon Keller
- Mississippi State JR RHP Blake Smith
- Kentucky JR LHP Logan Salow
- Georgia rJR RHP Austin Wallace
- Missouri rSO RHP Cole Bartlett
- Missouri SR LHP Austin Tribby
- Kentucky rSR RHP Zach Strecker
- LSU JR RHP Collin Strall
- Tennessee JR RHP Hunter Martin
- LSU SR LHP Hunter Devall
- South Carolina JR LHP John Parke
- Arkansas rJR RHP Josh Alberius
- Vanderbilt rSO LHP Ryan Johnson
- Arkansas rSR RHP Doug Willey
The Baseball Draft Report 
You have Zach Brown pretty low on your list. The depth looks good in the SEC. As an Astros fan, I know first hand how a good college pitcher can turn out even when taken in the fifth round (Dallas Keuchel).
Brown is such a tough evaluation for me. I can definitely see an argument for him ranking much, much higher than this; in fact, before actually putting the list together, I had assumed he’d fall no worse than ten or so with some sneaky first day pick upside. The very quick and perhaps too simplistic reason for being down on him was the lack of SEC dominance despite having damn good stuff across the board. His K/9’s over the years: 5.6, 6.9, and 6.9. His arm is too good to ignore and I’d be thrilled if my team took a shot on him beginning around round five or so, but the lack of a bat-missing track record leaves me with more questions than answers about his all-around profile. Could definitely see him being the type who takes off in pro ball with a minor or tweak or two learned through instruction because the stuff is that good, but I’d be too much of a wimp to use a premium pick to find out…for now.
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Vinson listed here at 31 has been a STOPPER that has helped propel Aggies to top rankings in last two years. He has grown so much in last 6 weeks as a pitcher as well. If anyone is watching, his WAR has to have soared lately. Diamond in the rough Andrew Vinson, nowhere on many radars. Who is the first to come to the rescue in a crisis game? He’s averaging over 2K’s per inning in last few outings and as a shortstop is a 5th infielder.
Last ball hit hard against him was (soloHR) in his start against Vandy. It was the lone Earned run of the 4 runs scored during his innings and he left that game with a lead at 5-4. Keep an eye on Vinson ….he’ll be the next Colby Lewis on the mound with more velocity.