Cannarella is a top of the scale runner with an above-average arm and projects to play plus CF defense. The body is still wiry and athletic with minimal strength, and the power has yet to come on in full. He’s a gap-to-gap guy with some pull-side authority, but could mature into more physicality. The bat-to-ball skills are of the best in the class, with a 17.8% whiff rate, 8.5% in-zone, coming against ACC competition. There’s some injury track record, notably a labrum surgery last summer that may act as a hurdle to clear early in the year for him.

Aidan Knaak is a junior out of Clemson who was the first pitcher in program history to earn All-ACC first-team honors in each of his first two seasons and the first to crack 100 strikeouts in back-to-back years. Despite some early season struggles in 2026, his resume is as consistent as they come. His calling card has always been the changeup, a 77-78 mph offering with depth and arm-side run that he throws with elite feel and velocity manipulation. His 91-94 mph run-ride fastball is a reliable zone-setter rather than a true swing-and-miss offering on its own, but the command he applies to it elevates its effectiveness considerably. The cutter and curveball open the glove side of the profile in theory, but the cutter is thrown too slowly to be a genuine weapon at the next level and the curveball is average. Knaak lacks a bit of size and velocity projection, but he is strong, competitive, and projects as a high-floor arm with a two-pitch core good enough to carry a rotation spot.