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.

Jarren Purify is the kind of player whose draft profile is easy to undervalue at first glance and increasingly difficult to dismiss the more you look at the full picture. The two-year combined line at Clemson (373 PA, .308/.427/.464, 39 SB, 8 HR, 13.4% walk rate) reflects a hitter who has been one of the ACC's most consistent on-base presences. Purify is a team co-captain who led Clemson in stolen bases and on-base percentage in 2025 while posting a .950 fielding percentage at second base. The 2026 numbers before injury were the best of his career — slashing .366 with a 13.6% in-zone whiff rate, 20.1% chase rate, and 10 stolen bases through 23 games. He is currently sidelined with a non-displaced fracture on the pinky side of his hand after taking a fastball off the hand against Notre Dame, and while surgery is not required, his timeline for return remains unclear and will be worth monitoring as scouts finalize evaluations ahead of the draft. The 21.8% first-pitch swing rate reflects a passive approach that generates counts, and the 13.4% walk rate across 373 career PA confirms the patience is real and not situational. The honest evaluation question is whether the power output (8 HR combined) is enough to profile as more than a contact-speed bat at the next level. The 102.4 90th percentile exit velocity suggests the raw power is average but not a carrying tool by any means. The defensive value at second base is legitimate, the baserunning is genuinely plus, and the approach metrics at an ACC program give the profile durability. When healthy, Purify checks every box a pro organization values in a middle-infield prospect who impacts the game multiple ways.