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An Early Look at the ACC: 2021 MLB Draft

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Prospects Worldwide on Twitter&colon; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ProspectsWorldW" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">&commat;ProspectsWorldW<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-wide"&sol;>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The third conference in our draft preview series&comma; the ACC class is shaping up very differently than the <strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0693e3" class&equals;"has-inline-color"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;16&sol;2021-mlb-draft-an-early-look-at-the-big-12&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Big 12<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;strong> and the<strong> <span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0693e3" class&equals;"has-inline-color"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;2020&sol;10&sol;06&sol;2021-mlb-draft-an-early-look-at-the-sec&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">SEC<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;strong>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Big 12 is led by big arms in Texas&&num;8217&semi; <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;madden000ty-&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Ty Madden<&sol;a> and Kansas State&&num;8217&semi;s <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;wicks-000jor&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jordan Wicks<&sol;a>&comma; but is virtually devoid of true impact bats&period; Meanwhile&comma; the SEC has some big name bats in Florida&&num;8217&semi;s <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;fabian000jud&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jud Fabian<&sol;a>&comma; Arkansas&&num;8217&semi; <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;frankl002chr&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Christian Franklin<&sol;a>&comma; and Tennessee&&num;8217&semi;s duo of <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;rucker000jak&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jake Rucker<&sol;a> and <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;fergus000max&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Max Ferguson<&sol;a>&comma; but aside from Fabian&comma; most of the bats in the conference have a lot to prove in 2021&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile&comma; here in the ACC&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re absolutely loaded with offensive firepower&comma; to the point that only two pitchers crack the ACC&&num;8217&semi;s top ten prospects&period; They say that SEC hitters have to face a &&num;8220&semi;gauntlet&&num;8221&semi; of high powered arms&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s certainly true this year with too many to name&period; Over in the ACC&comma; it will be the pitchers who will have to run down a gauntlet of high powered lineups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Louisville&comma; after putting five players into pro ball last year despite the shortened draft&comma; dominates this list with two of the top three and four of the top ten names and a couple more who just missed the cut&period; Miami&comma; who lost its entire weekend rotation but brings in arguably the top recruiting class in the entire country&comma; will be a hotspot for 2021 draft talent as well&comma; and Boston College might have the best collection of talent in recent program memory&period; Below are the top ten 2021 prospects in the ACC&comma; followed by a team by team rundown of other names to watch &lpar;with apologies to Pittsburgh and my alma mater&comma; Virginia Tech&comma; who just don&&num;8217&semi;t have much going for them&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>1&period; C <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;delcas000adr&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Adrian Del Castillo<&sol;a>&comma; Miami<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 5&&num;8217&semi;11&&num;8221&semi;&comma; 210 lbs&period; Born 9&sol;27&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Miami&comma; FL<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 14 HR&comma; &period;336&sol;&period;430&sol;&period;571&comma; 4 SB&comma; 32&sol;43 K&sol;BB in 77 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div 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loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ironically&comma; the top offensive prospects in the SEC &lpar;Jud Fabian&rpar; and ACC share a birthday on September 27th&comma; only Adrian Del Castillo will be turning 21 and Fabian will be turning 20 because he reclassified&period; Del Castillo is simply a hitter – he hit &period;331&sol;&period;418&sol;&period;576 as a true freshman&comma; then &period;358&sol;&period;478&sol;&period;547 as a sophomore&comma; and sandwiched between that was a respectable &period;273&sol;&period;323&sol;&period;427 line in the elite Cape Cod League as a teenager&period; Not only is he the ACC&&num;8217&semi;s top offensive prospect this year&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s right up there with Fabian and UCLA&&num;8217&semi;s <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;mclain000mat&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Matt McLain<&sol;a> as arguably college baseball&&num;8217&semi;s top offensive prospect as a whole&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"yRpi1oqG" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Display Ad --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1407500180" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The bat is legit&period; A left handed hitter&comma; Del Castillo combines a clean&comma; compact swing with great extension through the ball and plenty of strength packed into his 5&&num;8217&semi;11&&num;8221&semi; frame&period; This enables the Miami native to show above average power in games&comma; and with five home runs on the Cape as a teenager&comma; he can get to it with wood bats and against high level pitching&period; More impressive than his power&comma; however&comma; is his professional approach at the plate&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s extremely disciplined with just a 12&period;9&percnt; strikeout rate for his career at Miami compared to a 17&period;3&percnt; walk rate&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s been against a tough schedule&period; He should have no trouble not only handling professional pitching&comma; but hitting for impact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Del Castillo&&num;8217&semi;s defense is another story&period; The exceptional feel he shows for hitting carries over behind the plate&comma; where he&&num;8217&semi;s a fundamentally sound catcher who gets the job done all around&period; However&comma; he lacks the explosive arm strength of many of his contemporaries and the raw athleticism to create the &&num;8220&semi;brick wall&&num;8221&semi; effect&period; Given his work ethic and feel for the game&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s easy to see him working his way towards average defense&comma; and if he can indeed stick behind the plate&comma; the bat becomes truly special&period; Even if he&&num;8217&semi;s forced off of catcher to first base or left field&comma; where he&&num;8217&semi;d likely be below average&comma; the bat is potent enough to still warrant a first round selection&period; At his ceiling&comma; Del Castillo could produce 20-30 home runs annually with high on-base percentages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>2&period; C <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;davis-004hen&comma;davis-003hen&amp&semi;search&equals;Henry&plus;Davis&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Henry Davis<&sol;a>&comma; Louisville<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; R&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;2&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 195 lbs&period; Born 9&sol;21&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Bedford&comma; NY<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 6 HR&comma; &period;303&sol;&period;381&sol;&period;463&comma; 1 SB&comma; 22&sol;21 K&sol;BB in 59 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"ODdJb07eteY" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;ODdJb07eteY" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;ODdJb07eteY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;ODdJb07eteY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The ACC starts off with not one&comma; but two elite catchers&comma; though Henry Davis is a very different prospect from Adrian Del Castillo&period; A well-known defense-first prospect coming out of the New York high school ranks&comma; he made it to Louisville and held his own with a &period;280&sol;&period;345&sol;&period;386 slash line as a freshman&comma; elevating his stock a little bit&period; Then&comma; he returned as a sophomore in 2020 and smoked the baseball nonstop&comma; slashing &period;372&sol;&period;481&sol;&period;698 with three home runs and twice as many walks as strikeouts in 14 games&period; And while the schedule wasn&&num;8217&semi;t particularly strong&comma; he did pick up four hits&comma; including three doubles&comma; in eight at bats &lpar;plus two walks&rpar; against Ole Miss and homered against Wake Forest&period; The result is a defense-first catcher who suddenly knows how to hit&comma; which is&comma; you know&comma; ideal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Let&&num;8217&semi;s talk about that bat&period; It was pretty light in high school&comma; not uncommon for catchers even heading to premium programs like Louisville&period; The first thing he showed as a freshman was the hit tool&comma; as he struck out in just 12&period;2&percnt; of his plate appearances – very impressive for a 19 year old in the ACC&period; Then in 2020&comma; albeit in a small sample size&comma; came the power&comma; when he homered in his final two games against Wake Forest and Chicago State&period; Davis derives that power from a crouched load&comma; using his legs to explode outwards at the baseball and plus bat to ball skills to find the barrel more and more consistently&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There&&num;8217&semi;s some minor bat wrap in that setup&comma; but that above average to potentially plus hit tool allows me to be comfortable with it overall&period; The overall setup might need to be quieted just a bit in pro ball&comma; but again&comma; with his great feel for the barrel&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m not worried&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On defense&comma; he has always stood out for an exceptional right arm that can virtually shut down the running game&comma; having thrown out 12&sol;33 runners so far at Louisville&period; His glovework is more ordinary&comma; but as with Del Castillo&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s trending in the right direction and he should be a net-positive overall with that arm&period; He&&num;8217&semi;ll more than likely stick behind the plate&comma; making his offensive profile much more appealing&period; If he can continue hitting in 2021 like he did in 2020&comma; when he showed a plus hit tool and solid average power in a small sample&comma; he could vault himself into top ten pick consideration&comma; much like <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;dingle000dil&amp&semi;amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Dillon Dingler<&sol;a> may have with more opportunity last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>3&period; 3B <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;binela000ale&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Alex Binelas<&sol;a>&comma; Louisville<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;3&comma; 210 lbs&period; Born 5&sol;26&sol;2000&period; Hometown&colon; Oak Creek&comma; WI<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 14 HR&comma; &period;286&sol;&period;376&sol;&period;596&comma; 3 SB&comma; 50&sol;27 K&sol;BB in 61 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">The freshman Alex Binelas delivers with a game-winning hit&period;<br>Louisville is off to the Super Regional&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;QTDjeGwqqc">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;QTDjeGwqqc<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Dominique Yates &lpar;&commat;RealDYates&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RealDYates&sol;status&sol;1135635874950123521&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">June 3&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Henry Davis just edges out Alex Binelas on my draft board&comma; but Binelas might have the most exciting bat in the Louisville lineup&comma; itself one of the strongest in the entire country&period; Hailing from the Milwaukee-area prep ranks&comma; he burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2019 and slashed &period;291&sol;&period;383&sol;&period;612 with 14 home runs and 33 extra base hits overall in 59 games&comma; immediately establishing himself as one of the top names in a draft that was still two years away at the time&period; His encore in 2020 ended abruptly when he injured his hand against Ole Miss in just the second game of the season&comma; so for now&comma; all we have to go off is that exceptional freshman season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The very first thing I notice with Binelas&comma; beyond the numbers&comma; is his swing&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s lightning quick and incredibly explosive&comma; allowing him to punish velocity by sending the baseball impressive distances&period; It can get a little choppy at times&comma; which leads to some swing and miss questions&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s hard to teach bat speed like that&period; His plate discipline was decent but nothing special in that big freshman season&comma; though it&&num;8217&semi;s a bit unfair to judge his approach based on a freshman run through the ACC&period; 2021 will be a big opportunity for him to elevate his stock in that regard&comma; especially considering the tangential questions about his hit tool&period; Still&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t knock 33 extra base hits as a freshman in the ACC without at least some feel for hitting&comma; and his offensive upside is perhaps the best in the ACC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On defense&comma; we see somewhat of a similar story&period; Binelas shows a strong arm from third base&comma; though he&&num;8217&semi;s a bit choppy with the glove and makes for a decent overall third baseman&period; A few years ago&comma; scouts might have been comfortable calling it &&num;8220&semi;good enough&&num;8221&semi; and letting him deploy that arm over there&comma; but with shifting becoming a huge part of a third baseman&&num;8217&semi;s job&comma; his range becomes a little more stretched&period; That could lead to a move to first base or right field depending on his progress&comma; where the pressure would increase on his hit tool&period; He has some to prove in 2021&comma; but his combination of upside and college track record will be hard to match anywhere in the draft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>4&period; OF <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;frelic000sal&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Sal Frelick<&sol;a>&comma; Boston College<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 5&&num;8217&semi;9&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 175 lbs&period; Born 4&sol;2000&period; Hometown&colon; Lexington&comma; MA<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 6 HR&comma; &period;332&sol;&period;428&sol;&period;486&comma; 25 SB&comma; 22&sol;33 K&sol;BB in 54 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p><div class&equals;"d7REMXCy" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Display Ad --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1407500180" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"IsWJYCo&lowbar;Gl0" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;IsWJYCo&lowbar;Gl0" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;IsWJYCo&lowbar;Gl0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;IsWJYCo&lowbar;Gl0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Boston College has the best group of draft talent it&&num;8217&semi;s seen in years&comma; and right at the top of that list is Sal Frelick&period; Though smaller in stature&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s exploding with tools and jumped out to a &period;367&sol;&period;447&sol;&period;513 slash line with 18 stolen bases and more walks &lpar;22&rpar; than strikeouts as a freshman in 2019&period; Though his 2020 started slower before the shutdown &lpar;&period;241&sol;&period;380&sol;&period;414&rpar;&comma; he picked it right back up in summer ball with a &period;398&sol;&period;473&sol;&period;592 run through the FCBL&period; No question&comma; this kid can flat out play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Frelick&&num;8217&semi;s big numbers have mostly come from a true plus hit tool&comma; which has enabled him to strike out in just 8&period;8&percnt; of his plate appearances so far at Boston College&period; Though undersized&comma; his exceptional feel for the barrel combined with innate athleticism enables him to hit for more power than you&&num;8217&semi;d expect&comma; with plenty of doubles&comma; triples&comma; and even home runs&period; The Boston-area native shows plus-plus speed that has enabled him to steal 25 bases in 28 tries at BC&comma; and that becomes 35 bases in 39 tries when combined with his summer stats&period; He shows great range in the outfield and should be an asset in center field&comma; giving him nearly the total package&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Let&&num;8217&semi;s talk swing mechanics&period; Frelick has a simple swing in which he keeps the barrel in the zone for a long time&comma; which is a good thing&comma; and when he gets his pitch&comma; it can be a really smooth&comma; pretty swing at that&period; His mechanics can vary more than most tend to&comma; and when he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t get his pitch&comma; he tends to flail at the ball&period; The good news is that his elite barrel control still enables him to make very consistent contact on those pitches&comma; and strikeouts have never been even remotely a concern&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Watching him hit&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s actually pretty impressive to see him way out on his front foot and still drop singles the other way or put difficult pitches in play&comma; but going forward he&&num;8217&semi;ll probably want to accept a little more swing and miss so that he can get his &&num;8220&semi;A&&num;8221&semi; swing off more often than not&period; With his strong pitch recognition skills&comma; a more consistently upright Frelick could be a true impact hitter at the next level&comma; despite being one of the smallest guys on the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>5&period; RHP <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;cusick001rya&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Ryan Cusick<&sol;a>&comma; Wake Forest<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; R&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;6&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 225 lbs&period; Born 11&sol;12&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Sudbury&comma; MA<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 7-5&comma; 5&period;63 ERA&comma; 1&period;76 WHIP&comma; 98&sol;47 K&sol;BB in 88 innings&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"g9GVET&lowbar;x9wM" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;g9GVET&lowbar;x9wM" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;g9GVET&lowbar;x9wM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;g9GVET&lowbar;x9wM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In contrast to the hitters&comma; there aren&&num;8217&semi;t any truly complete pitching prospects in the ACC&period; Ryan Cusick can&&num;8217&semi;t even be considered the closest in that regard&comma; but the stuff is nonetheless exciting&period; Though he hails from the Boston suburbs&comma; Cusick attended the Avon Old Farms boarding school in Connecticut that produced <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;s&sol;springe01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">George Springer<&sol;a> and 2020 second rounder <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;haskin000hud&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Hudson Haskin<&sol;a>&comma; and looks to be the latest in a strong line of baseball players from the Hartford-area powerhouse&period; His freshman season was pretty ordinary in 2019&comma; putting up a 6&period;44 ERA and a 55&sol;29 strikeout to walk ratio across 65&period;2 innings&comma; but he raised a lot of eyebrows in 2020 when his stuff took a big step forward&period; That led to a 3&period;22 ERA and a 43&sol;18 strikeout to walk ratio over 22&period;1 innings&comma; and in this case&comma; scouting the stat line does indeed tell the story&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"gx2A6nb7" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"2531094727"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Cusick is a 6&&num;8217&semi;6&&num;8243&semi; right hander with wicked stuff at his best&period; His fastball sits in the low to mid 90&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; can bump as high as 97-98&comma; and you&&num;8217&semi;ll notice in the video above that he hit 95 on his 103rd and final pitch of the game against Louisville&period; He can also rip off a wicked slider with serious bite&comma; a true plus pitch at its best&comma; but at times it can flatten out considerably&period; His third pitch is his changeup&comma; which he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t use often&comma; but he can flash a solid average one with nice fade to the arm side&period; All of this was on full display in the Coastal Plain League over the summer&comma; where he dominated with a 1&period;14 ERA and a 40&sol;9 strikeout to walk ratio over 23&period;2 innings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Of course&comma; the big question here is command and consistency&comma; with the aforementioned breaking ball problems and the fact that he walked 18 batters in 22&period;1 innings last year&period; Prior to that&comma; though&comma; he had only walked 36 batters in 101&period;1 innings between his freshman season and the Cape Cod League&comma; and then he walked just nine in 23&period;2 innings this summer&period; That suggests that he may simply need time to learn to harness that newfound stuff&comma; and if the summer numbers are telling the truth&comma; he already has&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Cusick is a prime contender for a breakout in 2021&comma; one who could rocket up boards similarly to how <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;miller003bob&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Bobby Miller<&sol;a> did so a year ago&period; He clearly has the arm strength to start&comma; so if he can just take even incremental steps forward with his consistency and command&comma; good things will happen to his projections&period; If not&comma; he has a high floor as a fastball&sol;slider reliever who could see high leverage innings in the big leagues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>6&period; 2B <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;moriss000cod&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Cody Morissette<&sol;a>&comma; Boston College<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8242&semi;&comma; 175 lbs&period; Born 1&sol;16&sol;2000&period; Hometown&colon; Exeter&comma; NH<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 6 HR&comma; &period;346&sol;&period;402&sol;&period;512&comma; 11 SB&comma; 43&sol;29 K&sol;BB in 73 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"xDH2hNYb73Q" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-start&equals;"60" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;xDH2hNYb73Q" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;xDH2hNYb73Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;xDH2hNYb73Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sal Frelick and his teammate Cody Morissette form arguably the best 1-2 lineup punch in college baseball&comma; and while they have put up similar numbers at Boston College&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;re very different players&period; Morissette gave a strong first impression as a freshman in 2019&comma; hitting &period;320&sol;&period;371&sol;&period;476 across 58 games&comma; then exploded for a &period;448&sol;&period;522&sol;&period;655 line in 15 games as a sophomore in 2020&period; That wasn&&num;8217&semi;t a product of a weak schedule&comma; as he picked up six hits in three games against Arizona State and eight hits in three games against Clemson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We could go on and on about how Frelick&&num;8217&semi;s tools impact the game&comma; but with Morissette&comma; he just hits – and I mean that as a compliment&period; He has no trouble squaring up advanced pitching with a very steady hit tool and emerging power&comma; and he&&num;8217&semi;s been extremely consistent at BC&period; It may seem like a high-floor&comma; low-ceiling projection&comma; but that consistent bat has shown more and more impact over time and he could be ready for a very loud 2021 campaign&period; At six feet tall&comma; the New Hampshire native doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have a big frame but isn&&num;8217&semi;t the smallest guy on the field either&comma; so the hope is that he could end up with a 15-20 home run bat down the line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Defensively&comma; Morissette won&&num;8217&semi;t wow anybody&comma; looking more than capable at second base but probably a bit stretched at shortstop&period; If he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t generate enough impact to start&comma; he could handle the prime position on a part time basis&comma; and his experience all over the diamond aids him in the shifting era&period; Personally&comma; I see some <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;h&sol;hiurake01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Keston Hiura<&sol;a> here &lpar;albeit in the other batters box&rpar;&comma; though Hiura had that huge junior season going for him and Morissette looks to be the slightly better defender&period; Hiura went ninth overall out of UC Irvine in 2017&comma; so don&&num;8217&semi;t sleep on Morissette&&num;8217&semi;s draft ceiling if he can put together a big junior year like he&&num;8217&semi;s capable of&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>7&period; OF <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;martin024rob&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Robby Martin<&sol;a>&comma; Florida State<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;3&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 210 lbs&period; Born 8&sol;17&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Tampa&comma; FL<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 4 HR&comma; &period;317&sol;&period;408&sol;&period;440&comma; 3 SB&comma; 76&sol;45 K&sol;BB in 80 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"rEaaKp7kdmo" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;rEaaKp7kdmo" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;rEaaKp7kdmo&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;rEaaKp7kdmo&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The bats just keep on coming&period; Leading the way in one of the most talented outfields in the country is Florida State&&num;8217&semi;s Robby Martin&comma; a steady &period;317&sol;&period;408&sol;&period;440 hitter during his time in Tallahassee&period; A highly touted prep outfielder coming from the Tampa area&comma; Martin has steadily improved at FSU and now has evaluators excitedly pegging him for a breakout&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">More about projection as a high schooler&comma; Martin now has legitimate tools across the board and can impact the game in many ways&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s maintained the above average speed and strong hit tool from high school&comma; but with lots of added strength and a track record of hitting in college&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s a much more complete prospect&period; Martin uses and opposite field approach that results in a lot of line drives and otherwise hard contact&comma; which has enabled him to produce at FSU and in the Florida Collegiate Summer League &lpar;&period;313&sol;&period;397&sol;&period;417&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">To this point&comma; he hasn&&num;8217&semi;t shown much in-game power&comma; but he has really tacked on strength in Tallahassee and filled out his 6&&num;8217&semi;3&&num;8243&semi; frame&period; Though his power isn&&num;8217&semi;t quite as robust&comma; he finds himself in a similar position to where Vanderbilt&&num;8217&semi;s <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;bleday000jef&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">JJ Bleday<&sol;a> was heading into the 2019 season&comma; and a more power conscious and launch angle-conscious swing could have him headed for a breakout&period; If so&comma; we could be talking straight 55 grades across almost every tool and a first round selection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>8&period; 3B <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;gelof-000zac&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Zack Gelof<&sol;a>&comma; Virginia<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; R&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;3&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 205 lbs&period; Born 10&sol;19&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Lewes&comma; DE&period;<&sol;em><br><em>2019-2020&colon; 7 HR&comma; &period;321&sol;&period;399&sol;&period;472&comma; 20 SB&comma; 70&sol;37 K&sol;BB in 74 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"U6CMaV59B90" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;U6CMaV59B90" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;U6CMaV59B90&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;U6CMaV59B90&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As someone who played a lot of baseball on the Delmarva Peninsula growing up&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s cool to see the region&&num;8217&semi;s first big name draft prospect since <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;webbty01&comma;webb--001tyl&comma;webb--000tyl&amp&semi;search&equals;Tyler&plus;Webb&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Tyler Webb<&sol;a> &lpar;via South Carolina in 2013&rpar;&period; While they&&num;8217&semi;re not the best at cranking out reliable pitching&comma; UVA has a nice track record of producing competent&comma; disciplined hitters like <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;s&sol;smithpa04&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Pavin Smith<&sol;a>&comma; <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;h&sol;haselad01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Adam Haseley<&sol;a>&comma; and <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;t&sol;thaisma01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Matt Thaiss<&sol;a> in recent years&comma; and Zack Gelof is one of two big bats they&&num;8217&semi;re sending out this year&period; He adapted to college pitching well as a freshman &lpar;&period;313&sol;&period;377&sol;&period;396&rpar;&comma; hit well in the Northwoods League over the summer &lpar;&period;349&sol;&period;426&sol;&period;490&rpar;&comma; and was off to an exceptional start in 2020 with a &period;349&sol;&period;469&sol;&period;746 line and five home runs in eighteen games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Gelof does not have one standout tool&comma; but shows well across the board&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s smoothed out his right handed swing since high school and has produced plenty of hard contact in college&comma; using Davenport Field&&num;8217&semi;s spacious gaps to his advantage for plenty of extra base hits&period; He started turning those gappers into home runs in 2020&comma; and evaluators are excited to see if he can maintain that power surge in 2021&period; If so&comma; it would help alleviate some questions about his hit tool&comma; as he is very adept at finding the barrel but has not shown the great K&sol;BB ratio&&num;8217&semi;s seen with many of his predecessors in Charlottesville&period; In 2020&comma; he upped his walk rate to a nice 15&period;9&percnt;&comma; but still struck out 22&percnt; of the time after showing similar strikeout rates throughout his career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Gelof finds himself in a good spot heading into 2020&period; By either maintaining his power surge or lowering his strikeout rate&comma; he could easily find himself in the first round&period; However&comma; if he can&&num;8217&semi;t do either&comma; I think most evaluators would feel more comfortable pegging a 50 hit&comma; 50 power third baseman in the second&period; His glove should help him&comma; as he&&num;8217&semi;s proven very capable at third base and will easily handle shifting&period; There are a lot of 50&&num;8217&semi;s and 55&&num;8217&semi;s in his profile&comma; not too dissimilar to Robby Martin above him on this list&comma; though Martin is just a little bit toolsier&period; Gelof is praised for his feel for the game and ability to play above his tools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>9&period; OF <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;usher-000lev&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Levi Usher<&sol;a>&comma; Louisville<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; ACC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; L&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8242&semi;&comma; 210 lbs&period; Born 6&sol;25&sol;2000&period; Hometown&colon; Fairfax&comma; IA<&sol;em><br><em>2020&colon; 2 HR&comma; &period;411&sol;&period;484&sol;&period;571&comma; 11 SB&comma; 14&sol;7 K&sol;BB in 16 games&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"loDnZ1U1Dy8" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;loDnZ1U1Dy8" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;loDnZ1U1Dy8&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;loDnZ1U1Dy8&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The last three players on this list &lpar;Cody Morissette&comma; Robby Martin&comma; and Zack Gelof&rpar; did a lot of things well&comma; but didn&&num;8217&semi;t flash individual &&num;8220&semi;wow&&num;8221&semi; tools&period; Levi Usher&comma; the third member of the Louisville lineup on this list&comma; has wow tools&period; He put up some eye popping numbers at Iowa&&num;8217&semi;s Kirkwood CC&comma; slashing &period;409&sol;&period;493&sol;&period;538 with 36 stolen bases in 53 games&comma; then kept on hitting with a similar &period;411&sol;&period;484&sol;&period;571 line and eleven stolen bases for Louisville in 2020&period; Together&comma; that makes for one exciting player heading into 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Usher is the prototypical &&num;8220&semi;raw&comma; toolsy athlete&period;&&num;8221&semi; He has a very loose&comma; athletic left handed swing and a line drive approach that has served him exceptionally well so far&comma; absolutely beating up on weaker opponents throughout his career&period; Given his strength and operation&comma; you can project some power as well&comma; likely enough for 15-20 home runs a year in the big leagues&period; He does come with some strikeout concerns&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s done so much damage on balls in play that it&&num;8217&semi;s easy to overlook those for now&period; Then we have the plus to plus-plus speed that has given him 47 stolen bases in 69 games between Kirkwood and Louisville&comma; which will serve him very well on both sides of the ball&period; Combine &&num;8220&semi;raw and toolsy&&num;8221&semi; with on-base percentages near &period;500&comma; and you&&num;8217&semi;re in business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The one main knock on Usher is not really his fault&period; He didn&&num;8217&semi;t face strong competition in the Iowa JUCO ranks&comma; and while he combined to go 10-22 against Ole Miss and Wake Forest in 2020&comma; there hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been much sample size against legitimate pitching staffs&period; Over two summers in the Northwoods League&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s slashed just &period;261&sol;&period;337&sol;&period;373 with a 46&sol;17 strikeout to walk ratio&comma; leading to some questions as to how his approach will play against advanced pitching and how his power will play with wood bats&period; Still&comma; you can&&num;8217&semi;t deny the production he&&num;8217&semi;s had with metal bats and the tools are outstanding&comma; so another strong season in the Cardinals&&num;8217&semi; lineup could make him an easy first round pick&period; Scouts will be watching his run through ACC play very closely in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>10&period; RHP <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;perkin001jac&comma;perkin000jac&amp&semi;search&equals;Jack&plus;Perkins&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jack Perkins<&sol;a>&comma; Louisville<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><em>Bat&colon; R&period; Throw&colon; R&period; 6&&num;8217&semi;1&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 200 lbs&period; Born 12&sol;26&sol;1999&period; Hometown&colon; Kokomo&comma; IN<&sol;em><br><em>2019&colon; 3-0&comma; 4&period;18 ERA&comma; 1&period;30 WHIP&comma; 37&sol;18 K&sol;BB in 32&period;1 IP&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"7INythBik4Q" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;7INythBik4Q" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;7INythBik4Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;7INythBik4Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Our fourth member of the Louisville program to crack this top ten list&comma; Jack Perkins is somewhat similar to Levi Usher in that he lacks much of a track record&period; He put up a 4&period;18 ERA and struck out 37 batters as a freshman reliever in 2019&comma; but he also walked 18 in 32&period;1 innings and went down with Tommy John surgery in June of that year&period; After missing the 2020 college season&comma; he got on the mound for 18&period;1 more innings in summer ball with more of the same – 2&period;45 ERA&comma; 23&sol;14 K&sol;BB&period; Now a redshirt sophomore&comma; he heads into 2021 with as much to prove as anybody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The 6&&num;8217&semi;1&&num;8243&semi; righty shows electric stuff from the right side&period; His fastball sits in the low to mid 90&&num;8217&semi;s and tops out at 97 in relief&comma; while his slider flashes plus and can miss bats in bunches&period; We also have a curveball and changeup&comma; but those two pitches are well behind the fastball and slider&period; Perkins gets some deception from a bit of a crossfire deliver&comma; but there is some effort there as well&comma; which is more concerning combined with his surgery&period; If Perkins wants to start in pro ball&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;ll also have to improve his command considerably&comma; as the jerk in his delivery can cause him to lose his release point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We&&num;8217&semi;re talking about a high ceiling and a low floor for Perkins&comma; clearly&period; Tommy John surgery is commonplace these days and he&&num;8217&semi;s fully healthy now&comma; so if he can just get some innings under his belt&comma; it might be all he needs to improve that command and his curve or changeup&period; Smoothing out his delivery would help as well&comma; as it could be the root of his command problems&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s a good chance he&&num;8217&semi;s forced to the bullpen&comma; where his fastball&sol;slider combination could really play up&comma; but teams would like to send him out as a starter if possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Other ACC Interesting Options<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Boston College<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sal Frelick and Cody Morissette provide the most exciting prospect duo the Eagles have seen in recent memory&comma; but we&&num;8217&semi;re also excited for Friday nights in Chestnut Hill&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;pelio-000mas&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Mason Pelio<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is BC&&num;8217&semi;s best pitching prospect since <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;d&sol;dunnju01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Justin Dunn<&sol;a>&comma; having put up a 3&period;73 ERA and an 81&sol;47 strikeout to walk ratio over 94 innings for his career&period; He lacks the explosive stuff seen in top ten ACC prospects Ryan Cusick and Jack Perkins&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s much more pro-ready than either of them&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He has a big&comma; durable frame at 6&&num;8217&semi;3&&num;8243&semi; and has averaged five and a half innings per start&comma; deploying a cutting low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball and an above average changeup&period; His cutter means he has been adept at missing barrels&comma; but the lack of a good breaking ball has limited his bat-missing ability and at this point he projects as a &num;4 or &num;5 starter&period; Improving his breaking ball to at least average would be the biggest thing he could do&period; With slightly above average command&comma; fine tuning that just a little into a true 55 could take pressure off his breaking ball&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"yq6tkaai" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"2531094727"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Clemson<&sol;strong>&colon; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Tigers didn&&num;8217&semi;t put a single player in the top ten&comma; but that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean they&&num;8217&semi;re devoid of draft talent&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;sharpe000dav&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Davis Sharpe<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is the ACC&&num;8217&semi;s best two-way prospect&comma; having hit &period;276&sol;&period;392&sol;&period;431 with seven home runs at Clemson while putting up a 3&period;33 ERA and a 104&sol;37 strikeout to walk ratio over 102&period;2 innings on the mound&period; Though he shows power and patience at the plate&comma; his bat is probably a little light for first base&comma; so his future is likely on the mound&period; His fastball sits around 90 but can touch 95&comma; and his slider flashes above average to even plus at times&period; The 6&&num;8217&semi;4&&num;8243&semi; righty has some effort in his delivery but does a good job of throwing strikes&comma; and could be a breakout candidate for 2021&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Neither <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;raffie000car&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Carter Raffield<&sol;a><&sol;strong> nor <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;anglin000mac&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Mack Anglin<&sol;a><&sol;strong> have much in the way of track record&comma; but both can hit the mid 90&&num;8217&semi;s with their fastballs and could take big steps forward in 2021&period; Lastly&comma; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;hacken000ada&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Adam Hackenberg<&sol;a><&sol;strong> was a highly touted name coming out of the Virginia high school ranks&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s still looking for a breakout&period; His cannon arm will help him stick behind the plate&comma; taking pressure off his bat&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s shown plus raw power in batting practice but it comes at the expense of his hit tool&comma; with an aggressive approach and a lot of swing and miss&period; Any improvement in his offensive game will make him a priority for area scouts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Duke<&sol;strong>&colon; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A year after producing first rounder Bryce Jarvis&comma; the Blue Devils have two names that just missed the top ten&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;stinso000coo&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Cooper Stinson<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is the younger brother of former Blue Devil and current Rays prospect <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;stinso000gra&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Graeme Stinson<&sol;a>&comma; and he has momentum heading into 2021&period; Stinson finished 2020 with a 0&period;42 ERA and a 24&sol;4 strikeout to walk ratio in 21&period;2 innings against a schedule that included Minnesota and Florida State&period; He sits around 90 with his fastball but tends to pitch above that number more than below&comma; and his quick right arm puts nice angle on the ball&period; The 6&&num;8217&semi;6&&num;8243&semi; righty also shows a good slider and a changeup&comma; with his control improving in 2020 as well&period; Command can still be a bit shaky&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s one of the most complete pitchers in the ACC&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We also have <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;murray000eth&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Ethan Murray<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; a career &period;293&sol;&period;394&sol;&period;434 hitter in Durham&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s one of those guys with no standout tool but no weaknesses either&comma; showing great plate discipline and a consistent&comma; line drive approach at the plate&period; There isn&&num;8217&semi;t much power at this point&comma; but he should produce enough doubles and triples to keep pitchers honest&period; As with his bat&comma; his feel for the game stands out more than his physical tools on defense&comma; with the polish to handle shortstop but perhaps not the arm strength and athleticism&period; Sticking there would give him a better chance to play full time&comma; but his most likely role is as a utility infielder who can impact the game in a lot of ways&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;loperf000joe&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Joey Loperfido<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is behind Stinson and Murray on draft boards&comma; showing lots of average tools but having yet to put it together&period; A likely outfielder who has played almost everywhere&comma; he has some power&comma; some speed&comma; and solid plate discipline&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;ll need to find a way to impact the game consistently in pro ball&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Florida State<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Robby Martin is easily the best prospect in Tallahassee&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s part of one of the most talented outfields in college baseball with <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;albert000ree&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Reese Albert<&sol;a><&sol;strong> and <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;cabell000eli&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Elijah Cabell<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period; Albert was eligible in 2020 but withdrew from the draft&comma; and now carries a career &period;270&sol;&period;381&sol;&period;491 slash line into 2021&period; Albert is a pretty basic &&num;8220&semi;college performer&&num;8221&semi; type who has shown some power&comma; the ability to get to it in games&comma; a patient approach&comma; and steady overall performance&period; With a July birthday&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s not much older than most first time eligible players&comma; and brings a track record that many cannot match&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s a bit of a sleeper to become a useful platoon or full time bat down the road&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cabell&comma;<&sol;strong> meanwhile&comma; was also draft eligible in 2020&comma; but went undrafted despite a hot &period;263&sol;&period;488&sol;&period;649 start to the season&period; Despite being a class below Albert&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s actually slightly older&comma; and shows louder tools&period; Cabell has huge raw power and some surprising speed&comma; but has also struck out in nearly 40&percnt; &lpar;&excl;&rpar; of his plate appearances&period; Because of this&comma; evaluators have serious questions as to whether he&&num;8217&semi;ll reach that power in pro ball&comma; coming into the 2021 draft with a similar profile to <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;players&sol;d&sol;dalbebo01&period;shtml&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Bobby Dalbec<&sol;a>&period; On the mound&comma;<strong> <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;anders019jac&comma;anders018jac&comma;anders014jac&comma;anders013jac&comma;anders012jac&comma;anders011jac&comma;anders010jac&comma;anders009jac&comma;anders007jac&amp&semi;search&equals;Jack&plus;Anderson&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jack Anderson<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is a breakout candidate with a low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball and a solid breaking ball&period; To this point&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s struggled to find innings on that crowded FSU pitching staff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Georgia Tech<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">GT is another school loaded with prospects who just missed the top ten list&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;waddel000luk&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Luke Waddell<&sol;a><&sol;strong> returns a career &period;308&sol;&period;410&sol;&period;409 hitter&comma; an extremely polished bat with great consistency&period; At a stocky 5&&num;8217&semi;9&&num;8243&semi;&comma; he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t profile for much power&comma; and has just four career home runs for the Yellow Jackets&comma; so the upside is limited&period; Given that he&&num;8217&semi;ll turn 23 during the 2021 draft&comma; he has a pretty clear high floor&comma; utility profile&period; He profiles best at second base but can handle shortstop if needed&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;hurter000bra&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Brant Hurter<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is listed at 6&&num;8217&semi;6&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 250 pounds&comma; and was also eligible in 2020&period; He was dominant as a sophomore in 2019 &lpar;2&period;42 ERA&comma; 58&sol;14 K&sol;BB&rpar; but missed 2020 with Tommy John surgery&comma; and is now healthy&period; Hurter effectively commands a low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball and a sharp slider&comma; giving him a chance to start despite turning 23 shortly after the draft&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s a bit of a sleeper&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;bartni000luk&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Luke Bartnicki<&sol;a><&sol;strong> and <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;roedig000cor&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Cort Roedig<&sol;a><&sol;strong> bring more exciting stuff&comma; but both can be enigmatic&period; Bartnicki was a well-known draft prospect as a high schooler and has shown flashes of dominance in Midtown Atlanta&comma; but hasn&&num;8217&semi;t put it together quite yet&period; His low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball can touch 94-95 without much effort&comma; and his low three quarters arm slot makes him tough on lefties&period; The 6&&num;8217&semi;3&&num;8243&semi; lefty also shows a good slider that can elicit chases and miss bats when he&&num;8217&semi;s ahead in the count&comma; but his command has made everything play down so far&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Roedig<&sol;strong>&comma; meanwhile&comma; has an unconventional windup in which he crouches&comma; quickly replaces his feet as fast as he can&comma; then slows up again to deliver the ball&period; His fastball can touch 97 with high spin rates&comma; and his high spin slider flashes above average as well&period; To this point&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s been around the strike zone but everything has been inconsistent&comma; and he might need to settle down just a little bit to take full advantage of his stuff&period; He profiles as a reliever at this point but if he just calms down a little&comma; he might be able to surprise some people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Louisville<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Cardinals put four names in the top ten and we&&num;8217&semi;ve got even more to talk about&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;kirian000mic&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Michael Kirian<&sol;a><&sol;strong> was eligible in 2020 but went undrafted&comma; and now with <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;detmer000rei&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Reid Detmers<&sol;a> and Bobby Miller out of his way&comma; he has a chance to prove himself as a starter&period; The 6&&num;8217&semi;6&&num;8243&semi; lefty has been untouchable with a 1&period;41 ERA and a 53&sol;10 strikeout to walk ratio over 38&period;1 innings the last two seasons&comma; all in relief&period; He has a low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball that touches 95 as well as a good curveball&comma; and as a starter in 2021 he&&num;8217&semi;ll get to show off his less used cutter and changeup&period; If he can maintain his velocity in a starting role&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;ll fly up boards&comma; because I always thought the stuff was a little light for relief&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;poland000jar&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jared Poland<&sol;a><&sol;strong> can challenge Davis Sharpe as the best two-way prospect in the ACC&comma; though I still prefer Sharpe&period; Poland hasn&&num;8217&semi;t performed much at the plate or on the mound yet for Louisville&comma; showing a low 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball and a nice changeup on the mound combined with a good hit tool at the plate&period; He looked good on the Cape as a pitcher&comma; and refining his breaking ball a little could make him a legitimate &num;3&sol;&num;4 starter prospect&period; At the plate&comma; he has started to tap some power and needs to continue that to profile as more than a utility infielder&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We also have <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;albane000gle&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Glenn Albanese<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; a pure relief prospect with a mid 90&&num;8217&semi;s fastball and a curveball that flashes plus&period; He struck out 18 of the 37 batters he faced in 2020 and more of the same could make him one of the top relief names in the draft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Miami<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Hurricanes pulled in a fantastic incoming recruiting class&comma; giving Adrian Del Castillo lots of high octane arms to work with&period; One of those is JUCO transfer <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;smithja06&comma;smithja01&comma;smith-017jak&comma;smith-023jak&comma;smith-022jak&amp&semi;search&equals;Jake&plus;Smith&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jake Smith<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who had a 1&period;59 ERA and a 59&sol;8 strikeout to walk ratio at State College of Florida last year&period; The 6&&num;8217&semi;5&&num;8243&semi; righty is a breakout candidate on the back of a plus fastball that can hit 97 with solid command&period; He&&num;8217&semi;ll need to refine his offspeed pitches a bit more but could fly up boards if he does&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">6&&num;8217&semi;1&&num;8243&semi; lefty <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;gates-000jp-&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">JP Gates<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is another breakout candidate who should see more innings in 2021&comma; currently showing an above average fastball&sol;slider combination in relief&period; Any uptick in velocity should make him a legitimate late inning weapon&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a relief projection on the surface&comma; but with the whole weekend rotation gone from last year&comma; he could have a chance to start&comma; though he&&num;8217&semi;ll need to refine his changeup considerably&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Lastly&comma; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;toral-000ale&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Alex Toral<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s name has been thrown around for a while now&comma; and he blasted 24 home runs in 61 games in 2019&period; Obviously&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s a power hitter&comma; and he also shows nice patience at the plate that should help him tap it in pro ball&period; The swing is a bit grooved and gives me some <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;adamsma01&comma;y-----000mat&amp&semi;search&equals;Matt&plus;Adams&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Matt Adams<&sol;a> vibes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>North Carolina<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">By far&comma; UNC&&num;8217&semi;s best draft prospect is infielder <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;serret000dan&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Danny Serretti<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period; The New Jersey native will get plenty of comps to crosstown rival Ethan Murray over at Duke&comma; showing a steady profile rather than a toolsy one&period; He doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have much power in his 6&&num;8217&semi;1&&num;8243&semi; frame but did hit 18 doubles as a freshman&comma; showing a line drive bat and a knack for getting on base&period; He has a chance to stick at shortstop&comma; which will make his bat more attractive&comma; but he didn&&num;8217&semi;t show much impact on the Cape in 2019&period; Scouts will be looking for more gap power to project more impact in pro ball&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We also have the unproven <strong>Joe Charles<&sol;strong>&comma; who has touched 97 with his fastball but is otherwise a one tool player&period; He&&num;8217&semi;ll need significant refinement in his command and added power to his slurvy breaking balls&comma; which do have potential&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>North Carolina State<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Wolfpack get back <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;mcdono000tyl&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Tyler McDonough<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who was undrafted in 2020 despite a career &period;327&sol;&period;407&sol;&period;473 line&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s a college performer with strong plate discipline and some ambush power&comma; a bit of a sleeper given his 5&&num;8217&semi;10&&num;8221&semi; frame&period; He&&num;8217&semi;ll be 22 before draft day but could quietly hit his way up the ranks&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;search&sol;search&period;fcgi&quest;pid&equals;torrejo02&comma;torres026jos&comma;torres024jos&comma;torres023jos&amp&semi;search&equals;Jose&plus;Torres&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Jose Torres<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is the Pack&&num;8217&semi;s top draft prospect&comma; a glove-first shortstop who can get to any ball he wants&period; His bat was considered very light coming out of high school near Baltimore&comma; but he burst onto the scene with a &period;333&sol;&period;369&sol;&period;533 line and three home runs as a freshman in 2020&period; Draft eligible with a 1999 birthday&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s very skinny at six feet tall but could grow into some power if he starts generating more leverage with his swing&period; His plate discipline is very raw at this point&comma; so cleaning it up will be a big priority for 2021&comma; but that glove buys his bat plenty of slack and if he continues the hot hitting he showed in 2020&comma; look out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Virginia<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Joining Zack Gelof in that strong UVA lineup will be <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;kent--000nic&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Nic Kent<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who just missed the top ten list&period; Kent has hit everywhere he&&num;8217&semi;s gone&comma; including &period;335&sol;&period;426&sol;&period;450 in Charlottesville and &period;373&sol;&period;420&sol;&period;464 in the Northwoods League&period; He has a simple&comma; line drive swing that produces hard contact to all fields&comma; and he rarely swings and misses&period; That hit tool is clearly his best attribute&comma; but if he can a&rpar; tap some more power from his 6&&num;8217&semi;2&&num;8243&semi; frame or b&rpar; prove he can stick at shortstop&comma; he has first round aspirations&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;abbott000and&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Andrew Abbott<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is one of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;28&sol;top-10-prospects-returning-to-school-for-the-2021-draft&sol;">top returning undrafted arms<&sol;a>&comma; and looks to be one of the top relievers in the class&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s a smaller lefty at 6&&num;8242&semi;&comma; but makes up for it with a bulldog mentality on the mound and a strong fastball&sol;curveball combination&period; The fastball sits in the low 90&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; nothing crazy&comma; but the curveball is a true weapon and he goes right after hitters&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We also have <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;vasil-000mik&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Mike Vasil<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who was a top draft prospect coming out of the Boston area high school ranks in 2018&comma; but he has not developed as expected&period; After hitting 96 in high school&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s been closer to 90 in college and dips below that number fairly often&period; His breaking balls haven&&num;8217&semi;t really come along and lack finish to this point&comma; but his changeup his lone above average pitch&period; Vasil has a great body at 6&&num;8217&semi;4&&num;8243&semi; and plenty of arm strength&comma; so scouts will be watching closely to see if he can regain that old form&period; The talent is absolutely there and if he can add a tick or two back to his fastball&comma; he might have some similarities to last year&&num;8217&semi;s <a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;mace--000tom&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Tommy Mace<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Wake Forest<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Demon Deacons bring a couple of big bats back who were draft eligible last year&period; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baseball-reference&period;com&sol;register&sol;player&period;fcgi&quest;id&equals;seymou000bob&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Linker&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;direct&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;linker-">Bobby Seymour<&sol;a><&sol;strong> hit &period;377&sol;&period;439&sol;&period;576 as a sophomore in 2019&comma; but otherwise has been more solid than great&comma; which isn&&num;8217&semi;t quite enough for a first baseman&period; He&&num;8217&semi;ll look to tap more power from his big 6&&num;8217&semi;4&&num;8243&semi;&comma; 250 pound frame&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile&comma; <strong><a rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" 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