Well-Rounded Offensive Profiles

The Upper-Right Corner of the Graph Is the Place You Want to Be in This Chart, and You’d Also Like to Be There with a Plot Point That Is as Dark Green as You Can Get. This Group of Players Primarily Includes Kurtz, Jj Wetherholt, Travis Bazzana and Cole Mathis. Each of the First Three Names Are Not Much of a Surprise. Kurtz, Wetherholt and Bazzana Top Our Draft Board—in That Order—and Have Developed Fantastic Reputations as Well-Rounded Hitters. Kurtz Has the Best Power of the Trio, Wetherholt Has Made the Most Contact, and Bazzana Narrowly Edges Kurtz for the Best Chase Rate of the Group. Pick Your Preference There.

The Ball Goes Far If the Bat Ever Finds It

This Is the Same Cluster That Players Like Kemp Alderman, Caden Grice and Nolan Mclean from the 2023 Class Occupied. Each Player in This Bucket Has a 90Th Percentile Exit Velocity Greater Than 108 Mph and a Contact Rate Less Than 73%.

There Was a Fairly Distinct Grouping of Heavy-Contact, Light-Power Hitters at the Bottom Right Side of the Graph in the 2023 Class, Including Names Like Jacob Wilson, Christian Knapczyk, Tommy Hawke, Eddie Park and Michael Carico. That Phylum of Hitters Isn’t Quite as Obvious in 2024, Though Both Kyle Debarge (Louisiana-Lafayette) and Jared Thomas (Texas) Managed Contact Rates Greater Than 85% and 90Th Percentile Exit Velocities Less Than 102 Mph.

Questionable Offensive Profiles

In Contrast with the First Bucket of Players We Looked At, You Don’t Want to End up in This One. Again, Unlike the 2023 Class, the Questionable Offensive Profiles of the 2024 Class Aren’t Quite as Distinct and Are More Connected to the Main Cluster of Players, but There Are a Few Names to Mention Here with Various Concerns. the Player Group in Descending Order of Exit Velocity Is: Florida State Third Baseman Cam Smith, Florida State First Baseman James Tibbs, Florida Third Baseman Colby Shelton, Vanderbilt Shortstop Chris Maldonado, Ucla Shortstop Cody Schrier and Texas A&M Shortstop Ali Camarillo.

Mlb Draft Prospects: Plotting Power, Contact & Chase Rates for Top 2024 College Hitters — College Baseball, Mlb Draft, Prospects

By Sophia Al-Mansoor

• Oct 8, 2026 • 9 min read

Mlb Draft Prospects: Plotting Power, Contact & Chase Rates for Top 2024 College Hitters — College Baseball, Mlb Draft, Prospects

Direct Answer • Key Takeaway

With More Batted Ball Data Available at the College Level, We Can Dig into the Numbers and See Which Players Hit the Ball Hardest, Which Players Make the Most Contact and Even Dig into the Swing Decision Quality of the Top Hitters in the Country—Three Elements That Make up Great Hitters.

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