Griff O'Ferrall. SS, Virginia.
Griff O'Ferrall
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, Jul 14 2024 08:57 PM
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Posted 14 July 2024 - 08:58 PM
Looks like a contact-first SS without any particular strengths, but who also lacks major weaknesses outside of power.
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Posted 14 July 2024 - 09:02 PM
Don't know anything about him. Doesn't sound like an overwhelming pick, but I defer to the Orioles evaluation staff. They've earned that much.
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Posted 14 July 2024 - 09:04 PM
Don't know anything about him. Doesn't sound like an overwhelming pick, but I defer to the Orioles evaluation staff. They've earned that much.
They have a pretty good track record so far of developing shortstops.
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Posted 14 July 2024 - 10:10 PM
Super safe pick. Have to see if they can get an extra gear out of him.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 12:29 AM
They went high ceiling with Honeycutt. O'Ferrall is high floor.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 05:37 AM
Meh pick. Dont hate it but dont understand why we passed on Brecht here.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 06:43 AM
Right handed Terrin Vavra that can play SS.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 06:59 AM
You never know how development goes, but I don't remember anyone being all that excited about Westburg in 2020, he was just an all around solid guy. Power is obviously important and needs works, but it is also sometimes improvable.
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Jordan Westburg's MLB Pipeline scouting grades when Orioles drafted him No. 30 in 2020:
Hit: 45, Power: 50, Run: 55, Arm: 55, Field: 50, Overall: 50
Griff O'Ferrall's grades with Orioles drafting him No. 32 tonight:
Hit: 55, Power: 40, Run: 55, Arm: 55, Field: 50, Overall: 50
10:08 PM · Jul 14, 2024
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 07:25 AM
I know nothing about this guy. But a guy named Griff from UVA...just sounds like he ain't my kinda dude. 
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 07:29 AM
Law had him at #32
Scouting Report
Bats: R, Throws: R
O’Ferrall might have ended up in the first round if he’d stuck with his swing and approach from 2023, when he hit .396/.453/.495 for the Hoos while playing strong defense at short. Instead, he tried to get all launch angle-happy and pull the ball for more power, instead of using the whole field, losing 86 points off his OBP for the sake of four extra home runs (in a year when homers are up all over the place). The swing is very forced, like he’s trying to catch the ball and lift it out to his pull side, when he’s already shown strong contact skills and has enough strength to hit for average in pro ball with plenty of doubles. He can still play above-average defense and at least continued to make contact at a high rate, striking out just 7.4 percent of the time this spring, so there’s at least some floor here for a team that takes him and tries to restore his old swing.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 10:05 AM
Right handed Terrin Vavra that can play SS.
Right handed Terrin Vavra doesn't inspire much confidence when there were much higher upside picks still on the board, like Brecht.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 10:23 AM
Right handed Terrin Vavra doesn't inspire much confidence when there were much higher upside picks still on the board, like Brecht. M
that can play shortstop is the key part of that.
Cadyn Grenier is the comp that sprang to mind when reading about O'Ferrall. That didn't work out well, but doesn't mean it can't work out this time.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 10:33 AM
Sounds like the bat control is legit. Tough out. A baseball rat. Not sure how close that was to Grenier coming out. Probably pretty similar.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 10:45 AM
Grenier was also considered, maybe, the best defensive SS in his draft class.
Griff just sounds like a solid guy all around, minus power.
Griff just sounds like a solid guy all around, minus power.
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 10:54 AM
Yeah, O'Ferrall probably has a better bat but worse glove.Grenier was also considered, maybe, the best defensive SS in his draft class.
Griff just sounds like a solid guy all around, minus power.
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