{"id":32231,"date":"2020-06-02T14:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=32231"},"modified":"2020-06-02T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:23:00","slug":"drew-bowser-2020-mlb-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/06\/02\/drew-bowser-2020-mlb-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Bowser 2020 MLB Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third baseman\/shortstop Drew Bowser <\/strong>is one of the top high school infielders available in the 2020 MLB Draft. Bowser, who is listed at 6\u20323\u2033 205-pounds, attended Harvard-Westlake High School, where he was teammates with projected first-round pick Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/strong><\/a>. Along with Crow-Armstrong, Bowser has a chance to one day join Harvard-Westlake alumni Jack Flaherty<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Max Fried<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0Lucas Giolito<\/a><\/strong> in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

Bowser comes into the draft after improving his stock over the summer with an impressive showing at the Perfect Game All-American Classic. In that event, he won the home run derby and took home the MVP honors at the PG All-American Game. The 18-year-old is currently listed as the 64th-best prospect on MLB.com\u2019s 2020 Prospect Rankings<\/a>\u00a0and will likely be a third or fourth round pick.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h3>\n

At the plate, Bowser bats from the right side and does a good job of using his strength and\u00a0 big frame to hit for power and to drive the ball into gaps. Scouts don’t consider his bat speed to be otherworldly, but he has worked hard to make his swing more compact. At the 2019 Perfect Game National Showcase<\/a>, he demonstrated his improved bat speed with a max barrel speed of 83.951<\/span> mph. That barrel speed ranked him in the 99.66 percentile and was much higher than the class average of 66.75 mph. In that same event, he posted an exit velocity of 100 mph — exceeding the class average of 83 mph. On MLB.com’s<\/a> scouting report, his hit tool received a grade of 50\/80, and his power received a grade of 55\/80.<\/p>\n

Obviously, he still has a lot of work to do at the plate. But as he continues to fill out and gets into professional training, he has the potential to be a middle of the order bat and hit 25-30 home runs on an annual basis.<\/p>\n