Draft Day projections.

The mocks have been updated, in some cases as many as three or four times, and the name most often tied to the Rangers at 1.4 is UC Santa Barbara righthander Dillon Tate, widely considered the top pitcher in the draft and, in some projections, a candidate to go 1.1 to the Diamondbacks.

In most (but not all) of the mocks that have Texas taking Tate, shortstops Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt), Alex Bregman (LSU), and Brendan Rodgers (Lake Mary HS, Florida) are projected to go to Arizona, Houston, and Colorado in the three slots ahead of the Rangers’ pick.

The current projections from the national outlets:

Dillon Tate (RHP, UC Santa Barbara)

* ESPN (Keith Law)

* MLB.com (Jim Callis)

* Baseball Prospectus (Christopher Crawford)

* FanGraphs (Kiley McDaniel)

* Scout.com (Jeff Ellis)

Brendan Rodgers (SS, Lake Mary HS, Florida)

* Baseball America (John Manuel)

* MinorLeagueBall.com (John Sickels)

Alex Bregman (SS, LSU)

* Sports Illustrated (David Rawnsley)

* MLB Network Radio (Jim Duquette)

Daz Cameron (OF, Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, Georgia)

* MLB.com (Jonathan Mayo)

Kyle Tucker (OF, Plant HS, Florida)

* MLB Network Radio (Jim Bowden)

There will likely be updated projections from some of the publications before things get rolling this evening, and I’ll do my best to pass all of those along via Twitter.

Scott will have a draft preview as part of his Farm Report later today.

The Rangers’ Monday picks are expected to come at approximately 6:27 pm (1.4) and 9:40 pm (2.45), with rounds 3-10 of the draft following on Tuesday afternoon and 11-40 on Wednesday beginning at 11 am.