13 Mid-Major College Baseball Draft Prospects To Watch In 2025

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As the college season rapidly approaches, chatter around the draft will only increase. While I’m not a fan of the monikers “power-four” and “mid-major,” I wanted to draw attention to 13 draft prospects who don’t attend an ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or SEC school. A handful of prospects below are already household names, while others are flying a bit under the radar.

As the season goes on, we’ll continue to highlight other prospects who fit this billing as there are plenty more.

Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina

Bodine is my personal No. 2 catcher in this year’s draft class behind North Carolina’s Luke Stevenson. Following a stellar freshman season in which he hit .367/.456/.609 with 17 2B and 11 HR, Bodine this spring hit .328/.411/.523 with 20 2B, nine HR, a career-high 71 RBIs and 31 BB to just 23 Ks and earned an invitation to Team USA’s Collegiate National Team. Bodine has a prototypical catcher’s frame at 5-foot-10 and 197 pounds, and the switch-hitter has a similar setup from both sides of the plate.

He has a relaxed, upright stance from the left side and starts with the bat rested across his back shoulder. From there, Bodine leads into a big front leg lift and noticeable barrel tip. It’s an under-control operation that he does an excellent job of repeating. Bodine’s head stays extremely level throughout and it’s a short, simple and direct stroke. The only difference on the right side is that he has a slightly open front side pre-swing. It’s a similar move with the leg lift—if not a touch less pronounced—and barrel tip, though he’ll wrap the bat a bit more.

Contact skills and general hit ability are Bodine’s calling cards. He has an advanced feel for the barrel from both sides and sprays line drives all over the yard. Bodine consistently generates quality contact and boasted an impressive overall contact rate of 89% last season, including an even more impressive overall in-zone contact rate of 94% (94% against fastballs, 96% against sliders, 97% against changeups and 91% against curveballs). He adjusts well (when needed) in his swing and has advanced pitch recognition skills to go along with a polished approach.

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While it’s a hit-over-power profile, Bodine has some pullside thump from both sides of the plate, especially from the left. It’s more gap-to-gap power than it is over the fence power, though. His raw power is average, perhaps a tick below. Bodine’s defense has improved year-over-year, and last season he threw out an impressive 40.7% of all basestealers. He displays soft hands and is an excellent, quiet receiver who moves well and does a good job of controlling balls in the dirt. Bodine’s arm is above-average and his throws are consistently on the money.

Catchers with as premium a hit tool as Bodine are hard to come by. He’s a safe bet to stick at the position, too, which is a nice cherry on top. He has a stoic, slow heartbeat style of play that translates well on both sides of the baseball.

Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

While it’s incredibly close, Bremner is my personal No. 1 pitcher in this year’s draft. After a strong freshman year, Bremner in 2024 pitched his way to an 11-1 record with a 2.54 ERA and a stellar strikeout-to-walk ratio of 104-to-21 across 88.2 innings. He was a first team all-Big West selection and earned a Team USA invite.

He has a lean build at 6-foot-2 and 190 lbs with some length in his lower half. Bremner has a simple delivery that he repeats well with a somewhat abbreviated arm stroke and attacks from a 3/4 slot with plenty of arm speed. It’s fairly minimal from an effort standpoint.

Bremner’s fastball sits in the 93-96 range, but he’ll touch 97-98 on a regular basis. The pitch jumps out of the hand and flashes life through the zone. It averaged nearly 20 inches of ride in 2024 and is at its best—and generates the most swing-and-miss—when located in the top half of the zone. Bremner does a nice job of getting it above the barrel of opposing hitters.

Bremner’s secondary offerings are his money makers. Starting with his changeup, it sits in the low-to-mid 80s and gets great separation off his heater. It’s a pitch he throws with conviction and for which he has an incredibly advanced feel. He will throw it in any count and to both right and lefthanded hitters. It displays some fade to the arm side, but there’s ample tumbling life. The bottom essentially falls out as it approaches the plate and last spring it generated a 46% miss rate.

I have been really impressed with the strides his slider has taken. Bremner more than doubled its usage in 2024 compared to 2023, and he’s turned it into a bona fide out pitch. It sits in the mid-to-high 80s with plenty of sharpness and Bremner does a nice job of varying its shape. It takes on more of a gyro look against lefthanded hitters with more depth than sweep and will look like a true sweeper at times against righthanded hitters. It tunnels well with his changeup and is another plus pitch in his repertoire. 

Bremner’s advanced feel for his entire arsenal and strike-throwing ability in general enables his premium stuff to play up. This is a somewhat deep pull, but he has a Quinn Mathews type of “hang loose” mindset on the mound. I mean that as a compliment, by the way, in that Bremner does not care who’s in the opposing batter’s box and is perpetually in attack mode.

Jackson Chirello, OF, Kennesaw State

There was chatter surrounding Chirello after his freshman year in which he flashed his intriguing toolset and compiled 23 extra-base hits. While his power output dipped in 2024, Chirello hit .290/.425/.408 with 15 extra-base hits and a career-high 32 RBIs. He enjoyed a strong summer on the Cape and posted a .313/.421/.406 slash line with a trio of extra-base hits, six RBIs and seven stolen bases.

Chirello has a tall, wiry frame and stands at 6-foot-6 and 205 pounds with particular length in his lower half. In the box, he has a medium-high handset with a slightly open front side. Chirello has a minimal load in which his hands drift slightly and is a small-strider with present bat and hand speed. In what is the case for any player with such long levers, the key for Chirello is keeping everything connected throughout his swing.

He has below-average bat-to-ball skills, and last spring he worked an overall in-zone contact rate of 80%, including 87% against fastballs. However, he took a slight step forward in that regard this summer and posted an overall in-zone contact rate of 86% and improved individual pitch contact rates across the board. Chirello’s biggest Achilles’ heel is his pitch recognition skills, particularly picking up—and making contact with—secondaries. He also has the tendency to miss heaters up and/or away.

While Chirello hasn’t hit for much power to this point in his career, there is some projection remaining on his frame, and he has a chance to grow into more impact if he is able to add strength. He posted maximum exit velocities of 109.9 mph and 104.3 in the spring and summer, respectively, and has shown gap-to-gap power at times. Chirello moves well in the outfield and his actions translate well to right field, where he has and average arm and a chance to stick long term. As far as an initial round range is concerned, I would put Chirello in the 7th-10th round bucket.

Nick Dumesnil, OF, California Baptist

Dumesnil is one of the higher upside college bats in this year’s draft. He showed flashes across a limited sample as a freshman, but exploded last year to the tune of a .362/.440/.702 slash line with 40 extra-base hits, including 19 home runs, and 45 RBIs across 61 games. He proceeded to have an excellent summer on the Cape in which he hit .311/.378/.489 with a league-leading 12 doubles, four home runs, 15 RBIs and a league-leading 26 stolen bases in 36 games.

He has a strong, athletic frame at 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds; it’s a big league body. Dumesnil has a slightly-wide base in the box with a somewhat high handset, though he lowered his hands as the summer went on. They were ultra-high at school with his bat pointed almost straight down behind his back shoulder. He takes an ultra-small stride that is more of a toe tap than anything else. Dumesnil’s hands already start pretty far back, though they drift slightly in his load. He has an engaged lower half, especially his back side and displays easy plus bat speed. Dumesnil showed the ability to drive the baseball to all fields both at school and on the Cape and has plus power to the pull side.

I’m very curious to monitor how his hit tool progresses this spring. There’s a present feel for the barrel and his bat-to-ball skills are plus. Last season, he worked an overall in-zone contact rate of 90%, including 93% and 91% against fastballs and sliders, respectively. However, Dumesnil will certainly need to shore up his pitch recognition skills and swing decisions in order to maximize his offensive upside. There’s some chase up and-or out against fastballs, and down and out against secondaries. One of the biggest areas for him to focus and improve on is doing a better job of picking up spin out of the hand.

Dumesnil is a plus runner—who most importantly knows how to run—whose speed translates on both sides of the baseball. A chaos-causer on the bases, Dumesnil’s speed also gives him the opportunity to take an extra base on a ball in the gap or down the line.

I thought his instincts in center field got better as the summer went on. Dumesnil’s speed and elite athleticism allow him to cover plenty of ground and his arm is average. I’m sure he’ll get the opportunity to prove he can stick there in pro ball. However, there’s a chance he could move off the position and end up at a corner eventually. As mentioned, the biggest key for Dumesnil is adding polish to his hit tool.

James Ellwanger, RHP, Dallas Baptist

Ellwanger is one of the top sophomore-eligible arms in this year’s draft. He missed time due to an injury last spring, but still showed flashes of his high-octane arsenal and collected 23 strikeouts across 17.1 innings. He proceeded to a productive stint on the Cape, where across five appearances (two starts) he worked a 2.77 ERA with 22 strikeouts to five walks in 13 innings.

Ellwanger has a lean and athletic frame at 6-foot-4 and 205 lbs. He starts with his shoulders turned slightly towards the third base side and leads into a small side step and high leg lift. Ellwanger is ultra-athletic and a dynamic mover, though his delivery can get out of sync at times which has led to some command issues. He has thunderous arm speed and attacks from a high-three quarters slot.

His fastball sits in the 93-96 range, but it has been up to 99 mph with big-time carry up in the zone. This summer, it averaged over 18 inches of ride and 2,380 rpm. It jumps out of his hand and—unsurprisingly—is excellent in the top half of the zone, where it consistently gets over the barrel of opposing hitters and generates whiffs. The pitch worked a 36% miss rate this summer and held opposing hitters to a measly .114 average.

Ellwanger pairs his heater with two distinct breaking balls. The first of which—and the better of the two—is a mid-80s slider. He does a nice job of maintaining his arm speed when delivering it, and it flashes sharp two-plane tilt. This is arguably the pitch that Ellwanger has the best feel for, and it draws swings both in and out of the zone. This summer, Ellwanger upped the usage on his upper-70s-to-low-80s curveball. He’s still gaining a feel for the pitch and the shape can get a little slurvey at times, but at its best it will flash some depth and sharp, downward break. It has above-average potential.

Also over the summer, Ellwanger began to work an upper-80s changeup into his arsenal. At the moment, it doesn’t get a ton of separation off his fastball, and it’s a distant fourth pitch. However, it could eventually be a viable option against lefthanded hitters if he can even get it to a fringe-average offering. Ellwanger’s command is a tick below-average right now, and I’m curious to see how he looks this spring. He’s a low mileage arm who this season is in line to be DBU’s Friday starter. As someone who has a great body, is an elite athlete and possesses premium stuff, Ellwanger checks a lot of boxes.

Payton Graham, RHP, Gonzaga

Graham is one of the more interesting arms on the West Coast, and he opened eyes this summer where across a four-start (22.2 innings) stint in the Northwoods League he compiled a 1.99 ERA with 33 strikeouts to eight walks. Graham hasn’t been much of a college performer to this point, but he possesses a high-octane arsenal and this summer is more indicative of the type of pitcher he is than his career ERA of 10.29.

Graham has a durable, physical build at 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds with particular strength in his lower half. He has a high-effort delivery in which he has a long, deep and whippy arm stroke. Graham attacks from a 3/4 slot and features plenty of arm speed that is accompanied by a pronounced head whack.

His fastball has ticked up year-over-year and sits in the 92-95 mph range but has topped out at 98. It displays carry through the zone, and last year it averaged 18 inches of ride. Graham’s command of the pitch is erratic, but it’s most effective when he’s able to locate it in the top half of the zone. He supplements his heater with two distinct breaking balls in a mid-to-upper-80s slider and a low-80s curveball. The latter flashes both depth and sharp, downward teeth, while his slider displays more sweep than depth with late gloveside life. Graham will lower his arm slot slightly when delivering the two.

Graham rounds out his arsenal with a mid-to-upper-80s changeup that at times flashes fade to the arm side with a bit of late tumble. For now, it’s a serviceable fourth pitch. While his command and control are both fringy and need to improve, Graham this year is poised to pitch in Gonzaga’s weekend rotation. He has an exciting arsenal and could see his stock continue to ascend as the season progresses.

Triston “Murf” Gray, 3B, Fresno State

Gray has seen his draft stock skyrocket between last spring and summer. Following a productive freshman season, Gray finished 2024 on a tear and hit .296/.358/.504 with 28 extra-base hits, including 10 home runs, and 52 RBIs in 61 games. He carried that momentum over into the summer where he was a Cape League all-star and hit .329/.367/.500 with nine doubles, five home runs and 27 RBIs across 35 games.

He has a big league frame at 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds with long levers and particular length in his lower half. Gray has a simple setup in the box and stands fairly tall with a medium-high handset. He has a small stride and a little bit of a bat wrap in his load. Gray has easy plus bat speed, and does a nice job of staying connected and synced up throughout his operation. 

Gray has consistently shown the ability—with both metal and wood—to back spin the baseball with authority to all fields. He will routinely drive balls into the right-centerfield gap and most of his home run power is to the pull side. The impact he’s able to generate is impressive and his long levers allow him to generate quality contact on pitches in all parts of the zone. Gray posted a maximum exit velocity of 111.5 mph this spring, and his maximum exit velocity of 108.9 this summer the third-highest on the Cape.

He has an advanced feel for the barrel and plus bat-to-ball skills. Gray last spring boasted a 95% overall in-zone contact rate, including 97% against fastballs, 92% against sliders and 94% against curveballs. Shoring up his swing decisions and approach—he can get trigger happy up against fastballs and chase down and away against secondaries—will go a long way in him reaching his ceiling offensively. Gray isn’t the most flashy athlete at the hot corner, but he has good instincts, good hands and makes the plays he should. He’s comfortable coming in on the baseball and throwing on the run, and also displays some range to his glove side to go along with an above-average arm. While his actions could use a coat or two of polish, I think he’ll stick at the position.

Cole Leaman, RHP, Lehigh

Leaman is an arm I’m really looking forward to following this spring. He’s fresh off a strong sophomore season in which he worked a 2.31 ERA with 49 Ks to 23 BB across 46.2 IP and also showed some positive flashes on the Cape. While slightly undersized, Leaman has a strong and athletic build at 6-feet and 190 pounds. He has put on a lot of good weight and has gotten noticeably stronger over the last couple of years. 

Leaman essentially has a “checkpoint” delivery in which he takes a noticeable side step towards the first base side, gathers himself and breaks into the rest of his motion. He has a lengthy arm stroke and attacks from a high 3/4 slot from a low release height. Leaman is a high-level athlete and a dynamic mover on the mound. He sits really well on his back glute, and his lead leg block enables him to generate power and drive his back side through. There is some drop-and-drive in his motion to go along with some effort, but he has plenty of arm speed.

Leaman’s fastball sits in the 91-94 mph range, but it was up to 96 this summer and 98 this fall. It explodes out of his hand from around a 5-foot-3 release height and flashes riding life through the zone. This summer, it averaged 15 inches of carry and north of 2,350 rpm. It gets over the barrels of opposing hitters when located in the top half of the zone, which is where the pitch is at its best. His most used offspeed pitch is a high-70s-to-low-80s curveball. Its shape is inconsistent, and it can get a little slurvy at times, but he snapped off a handful of really good ones between the spring and summer. When it’s at its best, it will flash a bigger shape with sharp, downward tilt.

Leaman will also mix in a low-to-mid-80s slider that’s distinct in shape from his curveball. It’s  another pitch for which he’s still gaining a feel, but like his curveball it’s also shown big-time flashes. Shape of it will vary, but it will sometimes flash plus with sharp, two-plane break with more sweep than depth and essentially take a late, hard left turn.

He rounds out his arsenal with a high-80s cutter and a mid-to-high-80s changeup. The former is more intriguing than the latter. I’m curious to see how much he uses the cutter this spring and he threw a couple this summer that had late gloveside life. Leaman has an enticing blend of athleticism and stuff, though he’ll need to iron out his command and control in order to maximize his upside. As mentioned, it’s a bit scattered right now and has hindered him in some starts.

Cam Maldonado, OF, Northeastern

Maldonado exploded onto the scene as a freshman in 2023 and hit .354/.434/.642 with 13 doubles, five triples, 13 home runs, 45 RBIs and 32 stolen bases across 56 games. He was one of the buzziest sophomores in the country in the lead up to last season, but got off to an extremely slow start and was hitting just .196 on May 4. What impressed me, however, is that Maldonado didn’t roll over, weathered the storm and finished the season with a more respectable .265/.411/.469 line with six doubles and eight home runs. He rode that momentum into what was an all-star summer on the Cape and hit .258/.357/.427 with 10 extra-base hits, 24 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.

He has a pro body and a strong, athletic build at 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds. Maldonado stands fairly tall in the box and rests the bat on his back shoulder. He has a minimal load in which he wraps his bat ever-so-slightly and takes a normal stride. Maldonado has plenty of hand speed and hits against a closed-off front side. It’s a simple, compact operation.

Maldonado has average contact skills and a sound approach. He uses the entire field, but has displayed an impressive knack—due in part to being closed-off—of driving the baseball to the opposite field. Maldonado’s biggest bugaboo right now is spin, and last spring he posted a miss rate of at least 38% against each individual secondary offering. However, that mark improved drastically this summer, and he didn’t post a miss rate above 25% against any secondary. Those marks this summer were a lot more like the 2023 iteration of Maldonado and hopefully a harbinger of this spring.

Maldonado has present impact and unlike the vast majority of hitters, his highest quality of contact arguably comes to the opposite field. His ability to generate impact to all fields is impressive, and there’s perhaps more game power in the tank if he’s able to pull the ball in the air more. Maldonado’s speed and athleticism translate well to right field where he has range in either direction, but his arm is fringy. As a nice cherry on top, Maldonado is a plus runner who has also proven to be a mighty effective basestealer.

Anthony Martinez, 1B, UC Irvine

Martinez is an intriguing college bat to keep an eye on this season. He was one of the best freshmen in the country in 2023 and posted a gaudy .394/.471/.619 slash line with 19 doubles, 11 home runs and 60 RBIs. Martinez enjoyed another productive season last year and hit .316/.422/.492 with 18 doubles, nine home runs, 74 RBIs and more walks (36) than strikeouts (29). This summer he did what very few players do nowadays, which is start on the Cape, leave for Team USA and finish out the summer on the Cape.

At 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, Martinez is plenty physical with present natural strength. He has a relaxed setup in the box and stands upright with a slightly open front side and a medium-high handset. Martinez has a rhythmic load that includes a small barrel tip. His hands hardly drift and he’s a small-strider. It’s a compact operation in which he consistently takes a direct path to contact with some quickness in his hands. In general, there’s a real hitterish look to how Martinez carries himself in the box.

Martinez has a bit of an interesting profile for his position in that he’s a hit-over-power guy. He has a highly advanced feel for the barrel and double-plus contact skills. Martinez last season worked an 86% overall contact rate and an eye-popping 96% overall in-zone contact rate. He has an all-fields approach and sprays line drives from foul pole to foul pole. Martinez has advanced pitch recognition skills and swing decisions, but he will sometimes expand the zone against secondaries down. However, it’s far from a hindrance. He’s not afraid to get aggressive early in counts. 

While he’s hit-over-power, Martinez doesn’t come without some thump. He can drive the baseball into either gap, though the vast majority of his home run power is to the pull side. Long term, it’s more extra-base hit power than home run power. Martinez is without a doubt a first base-designated hitter type professionally, so you’re buying the bat. While he’s a finished product physically, I believe in the hit tool.

Ben Moore, LHP, Old Dominion

Moore is a name to keep close tabs on in the DMV this spring. He had a productive freshman year to the tune of a 1.88 ERA with 24 strikeouts across 28.2 innings, and followed with a successful 2024 campaign in which he worked a 2.68 ERA with 39 strikeouts to 11 walks in 37 innings. Moore took on a more prominent role last spring and made a handful of starts, so expect him to do the same in 2025 and potentially pitch in the Monarchs’ rotation full-time.

At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Moore has a large and imposing frame with strength throughout. He side steps with his front foot towards the third base side which leads into an ultra-high leg lift. Moore attacks from a 3/4 slot with present arm speed, though he could get more into his lower half.

Moore’s fastball sits in the low 90s and has been up to 94 mph with life through the zone, particularly to his arm side. While it doesn’t miss a ton of bats right now, Moore has done a nice job of staying off the barrel of opposing hitters and keeping the ball on the ground. His bread-and-butter pitch is his low-to-mid-80s slider, and it’s a pitch for which he has an advanced feel. Moore has shown to manipulate its shape, and it’s effective against both left and righthanded hitters. Against the former, it will take on a two-plane look with more depth than sweep and Moore can back-foot it for whiffs. Against the latter, it looks like a legitimate plus pitch with plenty of sweep and bite. Moore will drop to a low 3/4 slot when delivering the pitch, which makes for an extra tough look for lefties. Last spring, it held opposing hitters to a .125 average and generated a 47% miss rate.

Moore rounds out his arsenal with an upper-70s-to-low-80s changeup that he threw just 8% of the time last season. He’s still harnessing his feel for it, but he has demonstrated he can kill spin on it and it will flash tumbling life at times. I’ll be curious to see how Moore fares as a Stalwart within Old Dominion’s rotation and he has 4th-to-7th round upside this July.

Braden Osbolt, RHP, Kennesaw State

Osbolt is one non-power four conference arm I’ll be following closely this spring. A two-year member of Kennesaw State’s rotation, Osbolt last season worked a 4.48 ERA with 51 strikeouts to 25 walks across 70.1 innings. That success carried over to the Cape League, where he pitched his way to a 2.28 ERA with 15 strikeouts to 8 walks in 23.2 innings. Osbolt was named the starting pitcher for the East Division All-Stars, but he was shut down prior to the all-star game.

Osbolt has a prototypical pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds with some present physicality in his lower half. He starts with his body turned slightly towards the third base side and has a simple operation. Osbolt takes a small side step with his front foot and has an abbreviated, loose and whippy arm stroke with above-average arm speed out of a low 3/4 slot. It’s an easy and low-effort delivery.

Osbolt throws both a four- and a two-seam fastball, but the latter is better than the former. His fastball sits in the low 90s, but has been up to 96 mph. It flashes some riding life at the top of the zone, but it consistently flashes natural armside run as well as a bit of sink. However, it doesn’t miss many bats right now, and he’ll need to refine and maximize the shape of it. From this chair, Osbolt’s best secondary offering is his mid-80s changeup. It’s a pitch he’s comfortable throwing against both right and lefthanded hitters, and it regularly displays plenty of diving life as well as fade to the arm side. Osbolt throws it with conviction and does a nice job of maintaining his arm speed.

He rounds out his arsenal with a low-to-mid-80s slider. It lacks teeth right now, but it will flash tight two-plane break with more depth than sweep at times. The shape of it varies, and Osbolt’s best sliders will have almost a true sweeper look and take a late left turn as it approaches the plate. Osbolt is a tick above-average strike-thrower who looks the part of a starter professionally. While he doesn’t miss a lot of bats at the moment, there’s present stuff to work with and develop. Osbolt has top-five round upside this July.

Tanner Thach, 1B/LHP, UNCW

The great nephew of hall of famer Catfish Hunter, Thach was drafted by the Giants in the 18th round of the 2022 draft but decided to honor his commitment to the Seahawks. Thach made a significant impact in his first year on campus and posted a .290/.356/.544 slash line with 11 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs—a UNCW single-season freshman record—and 68 RBIs. He outdid himself in 2024 and hit .324/.406/.700 with 11 doubles, a UNCW single-season record 27 long balls and 75 RBIs in 61 games. Thach’s production didn’t end there, though, as he was named a Cape League all-star, hitting .275/.367/.493 with six doubles, eight home runs and 25 RBIs.

Thach has a strong, physical build at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds. He has a crouched stance in the box with an open front side and a medium-high handset. It’s a bit of a noisy load in which he drops and drifts his hands, but Thach’s thunderous bat speed helps compensate for it. He has a steep, uphill swing path, and it’s a violent operation that is geared towards getting the ball up in the air and doing damage. However, it can get long at times.

Thach’s carrying tool is undoubtedly his immense power. He has established a now-lengthy track record of power production with both metal and wood, and he has zero issue tapping into it on a game-to-game basis. Thach has home run power to all fields, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. He gets the ball up in the air on a consistent basis, and when he catches the baseball on the sweet spot, it flies. Thach posted maximum exit velocities during the spring and summer of 113.5 mph and 103.1 mph, respectively. At the start of the summer, he would sometimes unnecessarily sell out to get to his power which caused him to top-spin line drives to the pull side, but as the season progressed he was able to break that habit. Thach has plus in-game power to all fields, though it’s closer to double-plus to the pull side.

The biggest key going forward for Thach is for him to continue to make enough contact to get to his power on a regular basis. His bat-to-ball skills are fringy, though he did post a 90% in-zone contact rate against all fastballs. Like a lot of hitters, the root of Thach’s contact struggles are secondary offerings. He’ll have difficulty at times picking up spin out of the hand which leads to both miss and chase. Thach will also tend to whiff and chase against heaters that are either elevated or on the outer-half of the plate. However, he does handle velocity well and last season he hit .533/.588/1.033 against all fastballs 92+. While Thach feasts on righthanded pitching, he hit just .246/.321/.551 last season against lefties. Thach’s power is tremendous, but he’ll need to add a coat or two of polish to his hit-ability as he transitions into professional baseball.

First base isn’t the prettiest defensive profile, but Thach moves well around the bag and is a strong athlete at the position. He’s not afraid to range into the four-hole and he is a reassuring anchor on the right side of the infield. Thach has an advanced baseball sense, a trait that shines on a game-to-game basis. While he won’t pitch professionally, expect Thach to log some innings this spring for UNCW. His fastball tops out in the low 90s and flashes some hop in the top of the zone, but he’ll also mix in a mid-70s curveball and a low-80s changeup. The cherry on top with Thach is his makeup, both on and off the field. It’s impossible to stick a grade on it because it’s a 90 on the 20-80 scale.

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