Tiger Star Tabbed as No. 1 Overall Draft Prospect
By: Staff Report December 12, 2023

This week, a Clemson star was tabbed as a top overall draft prospect.

Baseball America named the Tigers’ Cam Cannarella as the No. 1 college prospect for the 2025 MLB Draft regardless of position.

Here’s what Baseball America’s Peter Flaherty wrote about the outstanding sophomore outfielder:

Cannarella has a wiry and athletic frame at 6’, 175-pounds. He has an open stance in the box with a semi-high handset. While there are some moving parts in his swing, he is consistently on time and in a good hitter’s position. Bottom line, he makes it work. Cannarella has above-average bat speed and uses all fields, but his ability to generate quality contact to the opposite field is especially impressive. He has excellent bat-to-ball skills, as in 2023 he had a 93% IZ contact rate, including a video game–like 97% IZ contact rate against fastballs. Simply put, you are not going to beat him with the heater.

Cannarella is an outstanding defender in center field and has a quick first step with great instincts. Both his speed and raw athleticism shine. He is able to cover a ton of ground in all directions and makes big-time plays on a regular basis. While his arm is average, his speed, athleticism and baseball sense will allow him to stick at the position. Cannarella is ultra-competitive and plays the game with his hair on fire.

Cannarella showed consistency at the top of the lineup as a true freshman in 2023, when he was an everyday starter in center field despite having never played in the outfield prior to spring practice in 2023.

Cannarella earned first-team freshman All-American honors by multiple outlets in addition to being named the ACC’s Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-ACC selection, among numerous other accolades.

For the Tigers last season, the Hartsville (S.C.) High School product hit .388 with 72 runs, 16 doubles, three triples, seven homers and 47 RBIs while posting a .560 slugging percentage, .462 on-base percentage and 24 steals in 59 games (59 starts in center field). He ranked first in the nation in hits among freshmen and was third in the nation in batting average among freshmen (first among Power 5 Conference freshmen).

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