As we turn the calendar to May, the MLB Draft is in sight. There's a faint resemblance of its light on the horizon.
The 2024 Draft is shaping up to be intriguing, specifically at the top of the class. Five college bats are vying for position at the top with just a handful of weeks remaining in the college baseball season. It's safe to assume the vast majority of these guys have less than 20 games remaining. So where do things stand from a metrics standpoint? Where are guys' strengths and weaknesses and how should teams weigh the pros and cons of each data point?
From this chair, each marker is a component in a much larger evaluation. But if nothing else it's interesting to see how the Big 5™ stack up.
Also a highly-important distinction? The road likely only gets more difficult; Regionals, Super Regionals, and Omaha tend to bring down numbers as hitters consistently see better pitching. Crews, for example, saw his bat-to-ball numbers fall precipitously in the final few weeks of the 2023 season.
NOTE: Included Dylan Crews and Wyatt Langford as reference points from the 2023 Draft
