2016 FUTURES
This Year the Mid-West Baseball League will once again be supporting MLB’s Top 100 Prospects.. Former owner of the Iron City Yinzers 
Jonathan Mayo, along with his college Jim Callis – their list will bring us the 2016 MWBL FUTURES.
Thanks Jonathan & now Jim, you guys do a great job at mlb.com & the MWBL is once again proud to have called you our own.
The MWBL always has an eye toward the future, & looks at which MWBL Franchises may have the brightest future ahead of them. The formula used for the “MWBL FUTURES” list is based on a 100 point system. The Top Prospect, according to Jonathan Mayo & Jim Callis of MLB.COM, receives 100 points, the second rated prospect receives 99 points, this continues until the #100th prospect, who receives 1 point.
Each MWBL franchise will then have the points totaled for their prospects, which gives us an overall number and produces our “MWBL FUTURES” list. Here is the much anticipated list for “MWBL FUTURE”.
2016 PROSPECTS & POINTS / TOTAL TEAM POINTS / 2016 DRAFT POINTS
2016 YEARLY RANKING / 2016 PRE-DRAFT RANKINGS
LUCAS GIOLITO GOES #1 TO DALLAS COUGARS
With the first selection in the 2016 Mid-West Baseball League Draft the Dallas Cougars Select Lucas Giolito of the Washington Nationals.
Giolito has the highest ceiling among Minor League pitchers, boasting an elite fastball that sits mid-to-upper-90s. A 12-to-6 curveball that he throws with power & hard, downward action. His changeup has steadily improved in the past two seasons and his confidence along with it, giving him a legitimate weapon against left-handed hitters.
The sky is the limit for Giolito, who has the stuff, physicality & command to develop into a future Mid-West Baseball League ace.
Once again the Dallas Cougars select Lucas Giolito with the #1 Pick in the 2016 Mid-West Baseball League Draft