Why has Vance Honeycutt, polarizing to some baseball scouts, slipped on MLB draft boards?

Posted Jul 12, 2024
Vance Honeycutt did it all at UNC, from hitting a school-record 65 home runs to consistently saving runs with his outstanding defense. Those numbers impress MLB scouts, but their reservations have Honeycutt curiously falling from a projected top-5 pick a year ago to between the middle and the bottom of the first round for Sunday’s MLB Draft. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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