While we don't know if there is going to be any baseball to look forward to, that doesn't mean we can't look back, specifically to the 2010 MLB Draft. Which is exactly what we did here at SI as it featured star selections like Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Chris Sale. Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg discussed what a redraft might look like with SI writer Emma Baccellieri and Max Goodman of Inside the Pinstripes.

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Robin Lundberg: We don't know if we'll have baseball to look forward to so all we can do is look back, including on the 2010 MLB draft. For more on that, I'm joined by our Emma Baccellieri and Max Goodman of Inside the Pinstripes. Emma, let me start with you, in a redraft of that star-studded draft. You have it going with Chris Sale, Bryce Harper, and Manny Machado in that order. Why those one, two, three?

Emma Baccellieri: Yeah. You know, we tend to think of this as the Harper, Machado draft, and obviously two incredible talents there. And then Christian Yelich also in that mix. But really, Chris Sale, who originally went number 13, there's a pretty strong case, I think, to have him as number one instead of Bryce Harper. Just the consistency he's had, the incredible performance, arguably the best pitcher of the last half-decade or so. I think he has a strong case to replace Harper at number one.

Robin Lundberg: Now, Max, you can speak to how good this draft was. You know, from the top to the bottom because the Yankees weren't picking near the top.

Max Goodman: Right. The Yankees picked at number 32 and they took an infield prospect named Seeto Culver, who never actually made his MLB debut 10 years later. The last time he appeared in the minors was in 2018 and the Marlins system. But after those three, there's former MVP Christian Yelich, Noah Syndergaard, and his Cy Young teammate, Jacob deGrom. So the Yankees probably wouldn't have gotten all-star caliber star at number 32 if we went back in time and redid this draft. But earlier today, before this interview, I went back and looked through, you know, 30 some odd rounds from this draft and eventually lost count of how many every day starting players I came across in the draft. All the way to the Kevin Kiermaier and Evan Gattis with Merrifield. So the Yankees would have gotten an everyday player at 32, which just goes to show how loaded this draft was.

Robin Lundberg: As I just mentioned before, we were talking about Chris Sale, Bryce Harper, and Manny Machado at the top doesn't get too much better than that. I appreciate your time.