Red Sox Select Collegiate Slugger with the 20th Overall Pick in our June MLB Mock Draft

It's time to check back in with another Red Sox mock. The MLB Draft is just five weeks away. This class is as muddled as any I've covered, though it's plenty deep in talent. You can find our mock consensus board here. Let's check in on some player profiles it's currently mocking to the Red Sox with their first few picks in July.

With the 20th Overall Pick, the Red Sox Select: Ace Reese, CI, Mississippi State
Reese has raked for Mississippi State since transferring from Houston ahead of his sophomore campaign. He's one of the better dual hit/power threats in the class, with any ceiling on his value being placed by an uncertain defensive home and limited supplementary tools. Reese stands 6'4, 220 pounds and has primarily played third base and first base in college. It's a solid arm, but fringe-to-average run and fielding tools. That might mean a long-term home at first base, which requires a greater level of offensive production.

Offensively, Reese shines. It's good bat speed and excellent raw power. He can homer to any part of the park (21 in 2025). Reese displays good bat-to-ball skills, both in and out of the strike zone, and he takes plenty of walks. A slightly elevated strikeout rate is rooted in his propensity to chase and expand the zone. If he can reign that in, he'll be a nightmarish at-bat.

Reese is near the top of D1 baseball in barrel percentage, EV90, and his ability to pull the ball in the air. His approach and defensive home remain the only questions in an excellent offensively driven profile.

With the 67th Overall Pick, the Red Sox Select: Cooper Harris, RHP, Flower Mound HS, TX
Harris is one of my favorite prep pitching prospects in the class. He's on the younger side, and will have just turned 18 by the time day one rolls around. It's a good frame at 6'3, 200 pounds, with plenty more room to add size and strength.

It's a clean, rhythmic delivery from Harris, who throws from a higher three quarter slot that generates some steepness and angle to his arm stroke. His fastball has been as high as 96 mph, but will sit in the 93-94 mph range currently, with more in the tank. Harris has two distinct breaking balls, a two plane slider he throws in the low 80s, and a depthier curveball in the high 70s. There's also a burgeoning changeup in the mix with good fade.

Harris is how you draw up a prep pitching prospect. Young and projectable, with good stuff and the ability to throw plenty of strikes. In a year where the prep pitching talent wasn't so abundant, he'd be ranked quite a bit higher.

With the 96th Overall Pick, the Red Sox Select: Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State
Caden Bogenpohl is one of the most physically imposing hitters in the entire class at 6'6, 240 pounds. Raw power is the calling card here. Bogenpohl has generated exit velocities north of 117 mph in 2026, figures among the very best in the class. He pulverizes fastballs and pitchers on the inner third of the plate but has a much tougher time when pitched away with secondaries or up with velocity.

There are doubts about the hit tool with Boegnpohl, who's posted a whiff rate north of 27% in 2026 against primarily mid-major competition. In terms of supplementary tools, it's a solid profile. He's played plenty of center field, with good speed for his size and above average arm strength. It's a profile best suited for right field, if he can hit enough.

Check out our 2026 mock draft board, updated regularly, and with detailed player write-ups!