The next few days could be very good, and somewhat disappointing to Appalachian State baseball coach Chris Pollard.

The Mountaineers could have four seniors selected from its 2008 program, with another underclassmen added to the mix, in the upcoming amateur Major League Baseball draft, which begins Tuesday and goes through Thursday.

In addition, two incoming freshman have been mentioned as possible draft picks, according to scouts that Pollard has talked with.

It’s a sign that the talent level is getting where Pollard wants it, but it also means that losing good signees to the draft is a possibility. Pollard will have to wait and see if incoming freshmen pitcher Nate Hyatt and Tyler Jackson get picked early enough to bypass college and go straight into professional baseball.

“Nate really wants to come to school,” Pollard said. “He’ll only sign if the money is life-changing. I think the scouts, probably knowing that, may draft him a little later and see what happens with their other signees and made a decision on what to offer him based on that.”

Jackson and Hyatt are two of an outstanding incoming freshman class that includes slugging outfielders Tyler Zupcic from Providence and Zach Joyce from North Davidson. William Head, a record-setting base stealing shortstop from Asheville, also is in that class. So is Ryan Stetson, who delivered a sacrifice fly in Ardrey Kell’s 1-0 victory over Raleigh Sanderson in the state 4-A championship game Saturday.

Appalachian State may send five players from its 2009 roster into professional baseball. Closing pitcher Zach Quate, center fielder Rand Smith, third baseman Isaac Harrow and starting pitcher Jeremy Dowdy have all received interest from scouts.

Second baseman Wes Hobson’s name has also been mentioned to Pollard as a possible prospect. All but Hobson were seniors this year.

“A lot of what we do between the end of the conference tournament and the draft itself is talk with scouts and get an idea of what they are thinking,” Pollard said.

Pollard also cautioned that there are no guarantees in the draft and guys who are projected to go in higher rounds may not get selected at all.

“There is a lot of uncertainty,” Pollard said. You could expect to go in the 10th round and then don’t go at all. I cautioned our guys not to assume anything just because their named get floated around. It’s an inexact science.”