Michael Braswell

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #110 prospect in 2021 draft
  Braswell is an advanced two-way player committed to South Carolina, where he would have a chance to pitch and hit if he made it to campus. MLB scouts seem to prefer the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Georgia product as a hitter, where he has an advanced game on both sides of the ball, despite a tool set that’s more average or solid-average across the board. Braswell has a fluid, righthanded swing with solid bat speed, good feel for the barrel and an advanced, all-fields approach. His strength has developed a bit over the offseason and he has more leverage in his swing with a whippy finish, while still showing an impressive understanding of the strike zone for a high school hitter. Braswell aggressively hunts fastballs early in the count but will spit on good breaking balls that aren’t hitter’s pitches. Defensively he has the athleticism and actions to stick at shortstop, and while he’s not a burner in terms of running ability, he can cover enough ground to be an everyday defender there. He could grow into plus arm strength in the future as well. Braswell is a solid pitchability arm at the moment, with a fastball that gets into the lower 90s and two breaking balls from multiple slots. He could be a shortstop and relief pitcher for the Gamecocks if he made it on campus—similar to the way Nebraska uses shortstop and righthander Spencer Schwellenbach.