The variance from one of these rankings to the next is fun, and reflects how similarly variant ranking may be from one club to another.
Interesting that Ian Happ was in the discussion of top 5-15 range early in spring, seemed to kind of get forgotten, and now is reappearing back in that range in several of these lists/mocks. Law seemed to mention him as a safer analog to Benintendi, with a safer swing and a longer track record.
I think we've been kind of bored because he's a 2B/corner-OF profile. I wonder, though. *IF* he actually can play a good 2b, I wonder if we should be overly bored with that? Everything changes. Optimistically speaking, it would be 2017 before a guy in his situation would be ready. (And that's assuming he does well and actually ever does get ready....) Right now we think we've got a surplus of infielders. But, by then, who knows? *If* Bryant sticks at 3rd and Schwarber doesn't end up in left, Happ might be VERY useful in left field. Bryant will either be infield or outfield at that point; so if he's infield, LF is not exactly overloaded. But if Bryant is outfield, then we're hardly overloaded at infield either. *IF* Bryant moves to left, that would basically leave us with Russell, Castro, and Baez to cover the three infield spots, with Alcantara and LaStella as depth. Two years from now, there are then all kinds of scenarios where a good-hitting Happ at 2B (assuming he can field it fine) could be useful. Baez might never really make it as more than a decent utility guy. Castro might be long-gone traded by then, or might be running on his 4th-in-5 .640-OPS seasons offensively. Could well be that Russell will be at SS, Bryant won't be at 3rd, and manning both 2B and 3B between Baez, Castro, LaStella, and Alcantara will be not at all overloaded with professional hitters.
*If* they think Happ will both hit AND play 2B satisfactorily, and *if* he actually was to do so, two years and beyond from now we might not regret having him.