Matt Blake has been consistently developing mid-round drafted pitchers into high-level prospects the last few years:
Ken Waldichuk (2019, 5th rounder)
Hayden Wesneski (2019, 6th rounder)
Carson Coleman (2020, undrafted in a 5 round draft)
Will Warren (2021, 8th round)
All four of these guys are at AA or AAA currently even with the lost 2020, Coleman is the AA closer and the other three are very highly regarded SPs. Waldichuk is on most top 100 lists, Warren is flying up the system (already outpitching Luis Medina and Randy Vazquez in AA).
My point is that if I were Cashman, I would almost certainly draft the best college hitters for at least the first 3-4 rounds in this draft and maybe even just college outfielders. NY's system right now is loaded with pitchers, shortstops, very young position players, and Cs, but they could use more OF competition up and down the system, college over high school as they have lots of very young international players already. I agree that in most cases, teams shouldn't draft for need but I think NY right now is an exception.