Alex Milazzo

Draft Prospects

• Ranked # prospect in 2024 draft
  Milazzo is a 5-foot-11, 190-pound catcher who has a light bat, but has done enough defensively to become a key piece of a talented LSU lineup over the last four seasons. He became the team’s everyday catcher as a sophomore in 2021 despite hitting under .200 in each of his first two seasons with LSU. He was limited by a knee injury in 2022 but showed a pesky offensive approach in 2023 and 2024 that made him less of an automatic out in the lineup. Milazzo receives well and has thrown out 31-of-94 (33.0%) of basestealers over his career with a quick exchange that helps a solid arm play up.
• Ranked #260 prospect in 2019 draft
  Most scouts expect Milazzo to make it to Louisiana State, where they also expect he'll show himself to be one of the better defensive catchers in college baseball. He brings a grinder's mentality to the position and he loves to use his plus arm, back picking baserunners whenever they stray a little far from the bag. He's a polished receiver for a high school catcher and he loves to work with pitching staffs. But the track record of great glove, light bat catchers is very erratic, which is one of the reasons he'll probably make it to school. Milazzo projects as a below-average hitter with well-below average power thanks to timing issues and less than average barrel feel. He'll have to show improvements at the plate to escape a future backup catcher profile.

• December, 2018 Scouting Report
  Most scouts expect Milazzo to make it to Louisiana State, where they also expect he'll show himself to be one of the better defensive catchers in college baseball. He brings a grinder's mentality to the position and he loves to use his plus arm, back picking baserunners whenever they stray a little far from the bag. He's a polished receiver for a high school catcher and he loves to work with pitching staffs. But the track record of great glove, light bat catchers is very erratic, which is one of the reasons he'll probably make it to school. Milazzo projects as a below-average hitter with well-below average power thanks to timing issues and less than average barrel feel. He'll have to show improvements at the plate to escape a future backup catcher profile.