Virginia's Pavin Smith (Aaron Fitt)

Draft Primer: Top College Hitters

With the 2017 MLB Draft rapidly approaching, it’s time to take a closer, more targeted look at the talent that makes up this year’s crop. We’ve ranked college players among their peers, up against high school players, and we’ll continue to have updated overall rankings as the draft approaches. But, how do these top prospects stack up in more specific tool categories? As part of our countdown to the draft, we’ll be ranking the best players in categories like “best power”, or “best fastballs”, and in this latest installment, we are stacking up the best pure hitters in college baseball.[…]