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    LATE-ROUND PICKS TO KEEP AN EYE ON

    Dec 03, 2019 4 minutes
    by CARLOS COLLAZO

    You never know where the next big prospect is going to come from. For every No. 1 overall draft pick like Chipper Jones or Ken Griffey Jr. who go on to a Hall of Fame career, there are players like Albert Pujols (13th round), Mike Piazza (62nd round) and Roy Oswalt (23rd round) who saw hundreds of players drafted in front of them but had phenomenal major league careers.

    While it would be overzealous and irresponsible to try to predict the next Albert Pujols, here are 12 late-round draft picks from the 2019 class who you need to keep an eye on.

    1. JASIAH DIXON, OF, PIRATES

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