Angels draft C Matt Thaiss at No. 16

The Los Angeles Angels selected Virginia catcher Matt Thaiss with the No. 16 pick in Thursday night's MLB first-year player draft.

Scouting report: Catchers who project as 50 hitters with fringe average game power are rare, and Thaiss has above-average bat speed, good hand-eye and good enough timing to make a slightly unorthodox swing come together. Read the full report (Insider)

Keith Law's Big Board ranking -- No. 21: "One of the best strike-zone approaches in the draft, striking out only 14 times in more than 260 plate appearances this year for the Cavaliers." More (Insider)

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