Why you should be excited about your team after Day 1 of the MLB draft

Arizona Diamondbacks

Why Diamondbacks fans should be excited: In the highly competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, Smith had more home runs (13) than strikeouts (12) in 59 games as a junior.

Atlanta Braves

Why Braves fans should be excited: Hailed by some pundits as the best pitcher in the draft, Wright still has some projection left, unlike most college pitchers, and could be a No. 1 starter with improved command.

Baltimore Orioles

Why Orioles fans should be excited: Their ineptitude at developing pitchers notwithstanding, the Orioles now have a potential ace to dream on in Hall, an 18-year-old with two plus pitches and a changeup that has shown improvement of late.

Boston Red Sox

Why Red Sox fans should be excited: Houck boasts one of the best fastballs in his class, and the only Missouri pitchers taken in the first round of the MLB draft since 1968 - Aaron Crow, Kyle Gibson, and two-time Cy Young award winner Max Scherzer - have all enjoyed success at the MLB level.

Chicago Cubs

Why Cubs fans should be excited: With the third pick of the compensation round, the 30th overall selection, the reigning World Series champs landed Lange, who projects as a mid-rotation starter after posting a 2.88 ERA and 3.61 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 51 career starts at LSU.

Chicago White Sox

Why White Sox fans should be excited: The rare position player to be drafted out of Missouri State, Burger boasts some of the biggest power in the draft, smashing 43 homers over his last 119 games with the Bears and going deep every 11.2 at-bats.

Cincinnati Reds

Why Reds fans should be excited: Cincinnati may have the game's next megastar in Greene, an obnoxiously gifted teenager who can hit triple digits with his fastball and evokes comparisons to Alex Rodriguez at shortstop.

Cleveland Indians

Why Indians fans should be excited: Holmes may be the only player in the draft with an 80-grade tool, his blazing speed, and if his fringe-average hitting ability improves with professional instruction, he could be one of the game's most dynamic leadoff hitters.

Colorado Rockies

Why Rockies fans should be excited: The first Oklahoma high-schooler taken before the third round since 2007, Vilade won Gatorade's state player of the year award as a senior while flashing four average or better tools.

Detroit Tigers

Why Tigers fans should be excited: Were he not slowed early on this season following arthroscopic knee surgery, Faedo could have gone first overall thanks to his plus fastball-slider combination.

Houston Astros

Why Astros fans should be excited: Bukauskas, the Atlantic Coast Conference pitcher of the year, complements his 94-97-mph heater with a plus slider that should guarantee him success in a bullpen role at the big-league level if he can't hack it as a starter.

Kansas City Royals

Why Royals fans should be excited: High-school first basemen don't have the most encouraging track record in terms of big-league success, but with a plus hit tool and increasingly legit power, Pratto could be the exception.

Los Angeles Angels

Why Angels fans should be excited: Many had Canning tabbed to go in the middle of the first round, but the UCLA right-hander fell to the Angels at No. 47, giving them a potential mid-rotation horse with four average or better offerings.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Why Dodgers fans should be excited: There probably wasn't a college player in this year's draft with a more complete skill set than Kendall, who draws comparisons to Jacoby Ellsbury for his plus speed and defense in center field.

Miami Marlins

Why Marlins fans should be excited: Over his final two years at UNC, Miller hit .344 with more walks than strikeouts while stealing 45 bases in 56 attempts (80.4 percent).

Milwaukee Brewers

Why Brewers fans should be excited: Hiura, who went undrafted out of high school, hit .442/.567/.693 for the Anteaters in 2017 with a partially torn ligament in his elbow.

Minnesota Twins

Why Twins fans should be excited: The consensus top prep player in the draft, Lewis "could be another (Derek) Jeter," according to one rival GM.

New York Mets

Why Mets fans should be excited: Peterson's stuff has improved this spring, as evidenced by his 20-strikeout gem against Arizona State in April, and his fastball-slider combo should give him a fairly high floor even if his other offerings stagnate.

New York Yankees

Why Yankees fans should be excited: Armed with a fastball that can touch 97 mph and an above-average slider, Sauer has the type of ceiling that compelled New York to make him its second pick even though he pitched primarily in relief as a senior.

Oakland Athletics

Why Athletics fans should be excited: Beck's star potential was very much on display this spring, as the prep star - who tore his left ACL and meniscus last spring - managed a 1.918 OPS with a dozen homers as a senior, with three of those bombs coming in his final high-school game.

Philadelphia Phillies

Why Phillies fans should be excited: Ryan Zimmerman hit .393 with a 1.050 OPS in his junior year at Virginia. Adam Haseley hit .390 with a 1.150 OPS in his junior year at Virginia.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Why Pirates fans should be excited: Baz, who won't be able to purchase alcohol in the United States for another three years, already has three plus pitches - a fastball that touches 98, with a whiff-inducing cutter and slider - and two other offerings that project to be average, at worst.

San Diego Padres

Why Padres fans should be excited: As a junior, Gore posted an unfathomable 0.08 ERA for Whiteville High School, and his stuff got even better this year, making him the consensus top prep left-hander in the draft.

San Francisco Giants

Why Giants fans should be excited: Gonzalez, whose father's bloop single off Mariano Rivera lifted the Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series championship in 2001, doesn't hit as well as his dad, but he may have as much power as any prep player in the nation.

Seattle Mariners

Why Mariners fans should be excited: Just the second Kentucky product ever to go in the first round, White put up a 1.090 OPS for the Wildcats in 2017 and is athletic enough to handle center field if he doesn't hit enough to stick at first base in pro ball.

St. Louis Cardinals

Why Cardinals fans should be excited: St. Louis has now paid the piper for the transgressions of Chris Correa, who hacked the Astros' internal database while working in the Cardinals' scouting department.

Tampa Bay Rays

Why Rays fans should be excited: McKay just earned his third straight John Olerud award, given to the best two-way player in the NCAA, and the decorated Lousville product is going to get a chance to both pitch and play a position as a professional.

Texas Rangers

Why Rangers fans should be excited: Despite throwing for 3,200 yards and 38 touchdowns as a senior, Thompson announced Monday he will forego his scholarship offer from the University of Alabama and sign with Texas.

Toronto Blue Jays

Why Blue Jays fans should be excited: Sitting consistently at 97 mph with his four-seamer, Pearson, a 6-foot-6 right-hander, struck out 118 batters in 81 innings for the College of Central Florida this spring.

Washington Nationals

Why Nationals fans should be excited: Despite getting booted off the University of Houston baseball team last month for a reported litany of indiscretions, Romero could be in Washington's bullpen a few months from now.