After a great freshman season at South Carolina there were 1-1 expectations on Petry, which may have been a bit premature. There’s a long history of performance, including a Cape Code League MVP award in 2024, but the whiffs have always been an issue. Petry’s a 35.4% whiff guy who K’d at 25.5% in 2024, with issues coming against velocity and spin. There’s power and feel for the strike-zone, but the profile looks to be 1B long term which limits my ability to be forgiving on the hit tool.

Messina's physical at 6-foot and can ambush pitches to his pull side. He looks much more mature than his age and showed that in his sophomore year with 17 bombs. His swing is simple and has some lift in it. Despite the power numbers, he's a hit-over-power guy for now as the raw power is just average and his hit tool will translate better into the pro game. He graded out poorly behind the plate and will move elsewhere so the offensive production will be the driving factor here unless the catching improves.

Nawrocki hammers the baseball, running a 111 mph max EV as a sophomore at Clemson. He got an ability to loft the baseball as well, posting a 22% barrel rate with an average LA of 15.8 degrees. He has some of the better bat-to-ball skills you’ll find in the class, posting above-average whiff numbers. There’s some chase to his game, which is the reason behind a 19.7% K rate, but it’s not a major issue. The contact quality has been just alright for him, as there was some launch angle variance in 2024. He’s a great athlete and has an above-average arm, but his actions may be best suited for 3B moving forward.

Eli has a hammer of a breaking ball, and that's his signature pitch. But he's unlikely to pitch in '24 after getting tommy john surgery at the end of last season. He has a feel for supination and cuts his heater as a result, but the fastball will only get better as he learns to consistently cut it and create glove side movement. He pounds the zone with his heater and has solid control, but like most young arms he struggles with consistently landing his power breaker. It's plus sweep and slight drop is vicious when he lands it, and it could end up being a plus pitch that he turns into two distinct pitches. There's plenty of arm talent here, he was 91-95 last year and got up to 97. Some team could take the chance on him this year.

Jerzembeck’s fastball is relatively generic, getting 14” of vertical break with 3” of run. The draw with this profile is 2 plus secondaries, a change-up, and a slider. The slider has 18” of sweep with depth and drew whiffs 43% of the time. He throws the change-up hard at 87 mph and gets 13.5” of run, but still gets 39% whiff. The mix may profile best in the pen, but he has the stuff to be a high-leverage guy moving forward.

Kimball missed his sophomore season with an injury and transferred to South Carolina. Prior to that, he sat in the low-90s at Notre Dame. His four-seam comes from a low launch with ride and a flat angle that made the pitch play up. His curveball and slider are both average shapes but he hasn't shown either in the zone. He's a solid athlete with a deep hip hinge, was of interest out of high school as an arm with intriguing traits.