Cleveland Guardians' 2022 Draft Summary Stats

 Here are the stats from this year's Guardians draft

college outfielders - 5, all hit left-handed, 1 (DeLayter) is a power hitter.  The rest are contact-first guys who possibly could play all outfield positions (thisn Steven Kwan as upside). Selected in rounds 1,3

college middle infielders - 2 (4th, 13th round), one hits left-handed, one switchhitter).  Both are contact-first hitters.  The swtchhitter profiles as a secondbaseman and the lefty may end up in the outfield.

catchers - 1 (HS, round 16)

High School pitchers - 3 - two rated in the top 150 2022 draft prospects by mlb.com

high school position players - 0

college corner infielders - 0

college pitchers - 10, 3 in the last 3 rounds of the draft.

Over/under drafts (defined as being drafted 20% higher or lower than their draft slot would indicate (based on mlb.com top 250) - only applies for first 10 rounds.)

overdraft (drafted too early) - 4 (Furman, Lipscomb, DeLucia, Santos)

underdraft (drafted later than expected) - 2 (Humphries, Zibin)

Interesting picks in terms of potential:

DeLauter (potential top 5 selection at beginning of year before a couple of bad games and season ending injury in April)

DeLucia (big game pitcher for NCAA champion, Ole Miss)

Santos (big fastball)

Humphries

Peterson (Friday starter)

Zibin

Ellerts (big guy, huge K numbers)

Jasiak (Friday starter but hurt most of year with shoulder injury)

Rivera (big fastball)