Brandon McIlwain Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Brandon Fitzgerald McIlwain
Born 05/31/1998 in Newtown Square, PA
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 205 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School California
Drafted in the 26th round (771st overall) by the Miami Marlins in 2019.

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One of the best athletes in the class, McIlwain was a four-star football recruit out of high school who signed with South Carolina and made three starts for the Gamecocks in 2016 before transferring to Cal in 2017. After sitting out a year, McIlwain returned to both the football field and the baseball field. On the diamond, McIlwain is very much a project. The rawness in his game is apparent after missing so much time and being a dual-sport athlete, but he’s a plus runner and has some upside in center field if he can improve his feel for tracking balls and running routes. At the plate, McIlwain’s swing is stiff and choppy, and his pitch recognition needs plenty of work. He struck out 22 times and walked just five times this spring in 20 games before a broken foot ended his season. If a team drafts McIlwain after limited looks this spring, it would be with the understanding that McIlwain would need plenty of time in the lower levels to catch up on at-bats and start adding polish, but his athleticism means there’s some upside to mine.

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One of the best athletes in the class, McIlwain was a four-star football recruit out of high school who signed with South Carolina and made three starts for the Gamecocks in 2016 before transferring to Cal in 2017. After sitting out a year, McIlwain returned to both the football field and the baseball field. On the diamond, McIlwain is very much a project. The rawness in his game is apparent after missing so much time and being a dual-sport athlete, but he's a plus runner and has some upside in center field if he can improve his feel for tracking balls and running routes. At the plate, McIlwain's swing is stiff and choppy, and his pitch recognition needs plenty of work. He struck out 22 times and walked just five times this spring in 20 games before a broken foot ended his season. If a team drafts McIlwain after limited looks this spring, it would be with the understanding that McIlwain would need plenty of time in the lower levels to catch up on at-bats and start adding polish, but his athleticism means there's some upside to mine.

One of the best athletes in the class, McIlwain was a four-star football recruit out of high school who signed with South Carolina and made three starts for the Gamecocks in 2016 before transferring to Cal in 2017. After sitting out a year, McIlwain returned to both the football field and the baseball field. On the diamond, McIlwain is very much a project. The rawness in his game is apparent after missing so much time and being a dual-sport athlete, but he's a plus runner and has some upside in center field if he can improve his feel for tracking balls and running routes. At the plate, McIlwain's swing is stiff and choppy, and his pitch recognition needs plenty of work. He struck out 22 times and walked just five times this spring in 20 games before a broken foot ended his season. If a team drafts McIlwain after limited looks this spring, it would be with the understanding that McIlwain would need plenty of time in the lower levels to catch up on at-bats and start adding polish, but his athleticism means there's some upside to mine.