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Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 30 | Arm: 55 | Field: 30 | Overall: 50Petry interested scouts as both a slugger and a pitcher during his Florida high school days but has focused on hitting since turning down pro overtures and arriving at South Carolina. He set a Gamecocks freshman record with 23 homers in 2023 and went deep 21 times more as a sophomore before annihilating the Cape Cod League. He led the Cape in homers (11 in 31 games), on-base percentage (.480), slugging (.760) and OPS (1.240) while winning MVP honors from the league and top prospect accolades from scouts. A sprained left shoulder joint limited him to 10 homers as a junior and just one game after April.Petry generates plus-plus raw power with massive strength and leverage from his 6-foot-4, 235-pound frame and an uphill right-handed stroke, and he's capable of homering to any part of any ballpark. The caveat is that he chases pitches excessively, swinging and missing inside and outside of the zone, though he will take walks when opponents pitch around him. He struggled with pitches at the top of and above the strike zone last spring but made adjustments and hammered them with wood bats on the Cape.With his power-over-hit profile and lack of athleticism, Petry draws comparisons to Pete Alonso (with less bat speed) on the high end and Seth Beer (with less plate discipline) on the low end. He's a well-below-average runner with extremely limited range in right field, though he does have solid arm strength and was clocked up to 96 mph off the mound as a prepster. He has played a serviceable first base at South Carolina and likely will move there full-time once he turns pro.
Ethan Petry, OF/1B, South Carolina (No. 52): After smashing 24 home runs over his first two years at South Carolina, then winning Cape Cod League MVP honors last summer, Petry looked like one of the best college power bats in the class. But a sprained left shoulder joint hampered him this year and he only played one game after April. He can show off a healthy swing at the Combine to help assuage fears about his shoulder.
It looks like an under slot pick.
Yep, I was disappointed in this. Adam Dunn light?But Harmon will be way over slot, exciting pick.Slot for 49 is - $1,984,200For the 80th pick - $1,010,600
Hate to disagree on the Dunn comparison probably more like blue911
I hear ol' blue was a legendary fast pitch slugger! Very stable center of gravity, developed over years of post-game training sessions.
Maybe he’s the next Adam Dunn?
no. Dunno was closer to James Wood than an plodder when he came up.
He stole 19 bases his rookie season. Which still blows my mind.
I’d take a poor man’s Mike trumbo career from petry
I thought Tyler Moore was a poor man’s Mark Trumbo.
Well than Petry falls somewhere on the Tyler Moore — mark trumbo— Pete Alonso spectrum
Kiley McDaniel likes the kid and thinks he’s a quick riser.
that's interesting. Can you post a link or a quote if there's some sort of evaluation?It's a gamble pick, but 2d rounders with holes but some very good skills are reasonable picks even if it turns out they don't pan out. The dude hit very well in the SEC his first 2 years and on the Cape. Even if the Ks end Elijah Green level problems, it's worth a shot on the 49th puck, just not the 5th. Not the perfect analogy b/c EG had great speed and D on top of the power so he'd have been a steal at 29, not 49, but the gist here is we need to take a shot at finding power even at a 30% MLB K%.
Has started 3 games - 2 as DH and one as LF. In 12 PA's, 2 singles and 4 BB.
