Here’s the link to Inside Lacrosse’s 2-round mock MLL draft, conducted by Chris Rosenthall and Kyle Devitte. The live draft will be on LSN (I believe they will offer this for free this year), starting at 5:30pm on Wednesday and with the first pick at 6:30.   Excerpt: Here’s the Launch picks as per their draft: Click the link below to read all the picks . . . it’s well worth it!   Florida Launch 7. John Sexton, LSM/D, Notre Dame CR: I’m not even playing it cool here, I’m running up to the board and grabbing John Sexton quicker than, well, quicker than John Sexton grabs GBs in traffic. He’s a monster on the wings, he sparks the transition game and he’s not afraid to shoot, a whole bunch of things the Launch can use. Plus, even though he played close, Liam Byrnes’ absence leaves a hole in the Florida defense, and we loaded up on offense in last year’s draft. John Sexton, welcome to Florida. 11. Kyle McClancy, M, Albany CR: I grabbed the LSM I wanted in the first round, kept my fingers crossed and lucked out when a midfielder like Kyle McClancy fell my way in the second. The Launch might have made the playoffs last season, but they also recorded the fewest goals and ground balls in the league, so a two-way guy like McClancy could check off a few different boxes. 16. Justin Reh, A, Albany CR: Hey Kyle, I don’t know if you remember this, but when we did this draft last year, I jumped up and grabbed Ryan Drenner about 15 picks higher than he went in the actual draft. As a result, every time he did something as a pro, I looked on like a proud papa, because had he failed, you would’ve laughed at me and it would’ve hurt my feelings. That’s what makes selecting an attackman here so painful. I’m not even saying Albany’s Justin Reh will take Drenner’s spot, but he can compete on attack (while still leaving Dylan Molloy and Kieran McArdle as the prime ball carriers), and as we learned from the Launch last season, they’re not afraid to rotate four attackmen, send one out through the box, do whatever it takes to get the talent on the field.   LINK TO INSIDE LACROSSE FOR THE MOCK DRAFT   In addition, the duo wrote up an article on what each team’s needs are and here’s the link to that:   LINK TO IL FOR TEAM NEEDS   Excerpt for Florida:

Florida Launch

Florida had one of the more underrated rosters in the league heading into 2017. They turned that to their advantage by surprising teams with a group that challenged for every loose ball and gave no inch to any of the other teams star players. That confidence should carry over into 2018, but the chances of that happening again are slim and none. MLL teams are no longer sleeping on the Launch. Florida is incredibly balanced on the offensive and defensive end with players who know their roles and battle from the first whistle to the last. Unlike most teams in MLL, the Launch midfield has several capable defensive midfielders that they trust. They also have openings in the 6 on 6 with the retirement of Chazz Woodson and the early-season absence of Kieran McArdle to NLL play. Florida also traded away one of its best poles last month, sending Liam Byrnes to the Blaze for the 11th and 24th pick in this draft. This is a team that is looking for goals and grinders. The Launch have three picks in the first two rounds — the seventh, 11th and 16th — and need to bring in a midfielder that can draw pressure away from Connor Buczek or at least fill in for him until his time as an assistant coach at Cornell is over. Kyle McClancy (Albany) or Austin Sims (Princeton) should fit that need, but there are other options. If Florida wants to try and fill McArdle’s spot with that seventh pick, the possibility remains that Justin Guterding (Duke) will be overlooked like the ripest mango in the market (as he usually is), and he would fit in perfectly as the additional shooter/finisher that Florida needs. Defensively, any help would need to come from a player who is comfortable being the No. 2 pole backing Tucker Durkin and ready to punch face. Chris Keating (Yale) and Foster Huggins (Loyola) would be great complements and are well versed in different roles in a solid — if not similar — team defense.