Bobby Seymour

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #434 prospect in 2021 draft
  Seymour was the 2019 ACC Player of the Year after hitting .377/.439/.576 with nine home runs and 20 doubles. Scouts have always liked his bat-to-ball skills, above-average raw power and standout exit velocities but wanted to see him hit for more power in games at a hitter-friendly park. He did just that this spring, tallying a career-best 21 homers that put him among the nation’s leaders in the category, while hitting .302/.400/.709. Seymour has good on-base abilities as well, with tolerable strikeout rates given his power and a 13% walk rate this spring. He’ll be limited to first base as a well below-average runner, so there’s pressure on his bat to perform at the next level, but his wood bat history has always been worse than his production at Wake.
• Ranked #206 prospect in 2020 draft
  Seymour was named the 2019 ACC Player of the Year after an exceptional offensive campaign that included a .377/.439/.576 line with nine home runs and 20 doubles. He led the ACC in hitting by 16 points and tallied an NCAA-best 92 RBI, just two shy of the Wake Forest program record. A big, 6-foot-4, 250-pound first baseman, Seymour’s bat-to-ball skills are his most impressive attribute, though he does bring above-average power to the table as well. Seymour hits the ball hard and puts up big exit velocity numbers, but scouts have wondered why he hasn’t hit for more power at David F. Couch Ballpark. His nine home runs are the most he tallied in a full season after hitting seven as a freshman. Seymour also struggled in the wood bat Cape Cod League, hitting .250/.294/.281 with a strikeout rate north of 30 percent. As a well below-average runner, Seymour will be limited to first base only, putting all the pressure on his bat, and he will need to improve his in-game power.