AB | 49 |
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AVG | .327 |
OBP | .444 |
SLG | .388 |
HR | 0 |
- Full name Ryan Peter Stafford
- Born 01/15/2003 in Folsom, CA
- Profile Ht.: 5'10" / Wt.: 180 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Cal Poly
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Drafted in the 5th round (160th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles in 2024 (signed for $404,500).
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School: Cal Poly
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age at Draft: 21.5
Stafford has been a solid performing catcher since the first day he got to campus at Cal Poly. He was a first-team freshman All-American after a .321/.384/.431 season in 2022 and followed that up by slashing .313/.393/.500 with 20 doubles in 2023. Stafford also made Team USA’s college national team in 2023—along with Stanford’s Malcolm Moore as the two catchers on the roster—and threw out 28% of baserunners in 2023. He is a shorter righthanded hitter with a contact-over-power offensive profile, but should stick behind the plate as an average defender with fringe-average arm strength but a quick exchange and solid accuracy.
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School: Cal Poly Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.5
Stafford has been a solid performing catcher since the first day he got to campus at Cal Poly. He was a first-team freshman All-American in 2022, followed that up by leading the team in doubles in 2023 and had a career-best offensive season in 2024. In total the 5-foot-10, 180-pound catcher is a career .334/.444/.568 hitter with 16 home runs, 59 doubles, a 13.5% strikeout rate and 9.5% walk rate. He also has a solid track record in both the West Coast League and Cape Cod League and played with Team USA in 2023. As in college, Stafford projects for more doubles than homers in pro ball with below-average raw power and a smaller frame though he makes plenty of contact, limits his strikeouts and does a nice job hitting line drives into both gaps. Stafford is a strong athlete who moves well behind the plate and down the line to first base and has a chance to be an average defender with an arm that plays up thanks to his quick exchange and accuracy.
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- C Ryan Stafford assigned to Cal Poly Mustangs.