on draft board

After two standout seasons at Ole Miss and an All-Star summer in the Cape Cod League, Errol Robinson has emerged as a top draft prospect for 2016. Baseball America rates the junior shortstop No. 21 among eligible college players. Robinson batted .297 with 31 runs and 30 RBIs in 58 games for the Rebels in 2015, then hit .312 with 15 steals in the Cape. He is the highest ranked shortstop on the college board. Mississippi State right-hander Dakota Hudson is rated No. 20 on BA’s recently released list, fellow Bulldogs pitcher Zac Houston is No. 67 and UM righty Chad Smith is No. 68. P.S. Former Mississippi State stars Ed Easley and Adam Frazier will be in Pittsburgh’s major league spring training camp next month, along with Mississippi Braves alumnus Antoan Richardson. Catcher Easley, 30, a former first-round pick, got six at-bats with St. Louis last summer. He spent most of the year at Triple-A Memphis, batting .251 with four homers. He is a career .264 hitter. The Pirates signed Easley as a minor league free agent on New Year’s Day. Frazier hit .324 in Double-A in 2015, his third pro season. The infielder also played in the Arizona Fall League and the Premier 12 international tournament in the off-season. Richardson, a fleet outfielder who was injured much of last season, is getting an opportunity with a seventh organization. He has some limited MLB time.