Jim Callis

Assigned pick values for the first 10 rounds of the 2013 draft have increased 8.2 percent from last year’s numbers, according to documents obtained by Baseball America.

Ten days before the 2012 MLB draft, the prospect picture is beginning to clear—not so much exact destinations for players, but how they’re lining up on draft boards.

Where would Byron Buxton, Yoenis Cesdepes, Mark Appel and Jorge Soler rank among the top 100 prospects in baseball?

Will Middlebrooks is the No. 1 prospect in the Red Sox’s farm system for 2012.

OF Brett Jackson is the No. 1 prospect.

At the time, both Anthony Rendon and Gerrit Cole were in the mix for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

We present a look at how the first round would unfold.

Ranking MLB organizations from best to worst based off impact talent, depth and the incoming rookie class in 2011.

Our predictions of the 64 teams who will compete in the college baseball playoffs in 2011.

The Cubs top prospect is RHP Chris Archer for 2012.

First baseman Adrian Gonzalez established himself as a regular in 2006, his first year with the Padres.

The agents representing all the 2009 MLB Draft picks.

Kansas City got arguably the best high school pitcher in the draft in the fourth round in Tim Melville.

Rays will take Tim Beckham No. 1 overall

Porcello matched Josh Beckett’s record guarantee for a high school draftee, with a four-year major league contract worth $7 million.

In 2007, the combination of depth and prospect talent landed the Tampa Bay (then Devil Rays) at No. 1.

Royals leave teams guessing until last minute.

What prospects are going to make a similar jump to elite status?

Jim Callis predicts how the first round will shake out