Shawn Guilliams Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Shawn Patrick Guilliams
Born 06/10/2002 in Ocala, FL
Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School College Of Central Florida
Drafted in the 11th round (330th overall) by the Cincinnati Reds in 2021 (signed for $272,500).

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Guilliams is one of the younger collegiate players in the class after graduating high school in 2020—he ranked as the No. 217 player in the class at the time. Now draft-eligible a year later out of JC of Central Florida, Guilliams struck out 49 batters in 33.2 innings this spring and posted a 2.41 ERA over six starts. He impressed scouts with a fastball in the 92-95 mph range and a curveball around 80 mph that has impressive late power through the zone and got plus grades from scouts. He’s also thrown a firm, upper-80s changeup that has significant arm-side running action and looks like a potential weapon against lefthanded hitters. Guilliams is listed at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, and will have just turned 19 on draft day. He throws from a higher, three-quarter arm slot and has plenty of arm speed and a short arm action in the back, but there’s plenty of effort and recoil in his delivery that could portend a future bullpen role. He is committed to Florida.

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Guilliams is one of the younger collegiate players in the class after graduating high school in 2020—he ranked as the No. 217 player in the class at the time. Now draft-eligible a year later out of JC of Central Florida, Guilliams struck out 49 batters in 33.2 innings this spring and posted a 2.41 ERA over six starts. He impressed scouts with a fastball in the 92-95 mph range and a curveball around 80 mph that has impressive late power through the zone and got plus grades from scouts. He’s also thrown a firm, upper-80s changeup that has significant arm-side running action and looks like a potential weapon against lefthanded hitters. Guilliams is listed at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, and will have just turned 19 on draft day. He throws from a higher, three-quarter arm slot and has plenty of arm speed and a short arm action in the back, but there’s plenty of effort and recoil in his delivery that could portend a future bullpen role. He is committed to Florida.
A projectable 6-foot-2, 170-pound righthander committed to North Florida, Guilliums was getting plenty of crosschecker attention this spring after taking a bit of a jump. He got his fastball up into the low 90s last fall at Jupiter, where he struck out five batters over three innings and could have become a household name in draft conversations with a full season to pitch at The Villages (Fla.) Charter High. Scouts currently see Guilliums as a 5-10 round sort of talent, with his velocity trending in the right direction, a developing breaking ball and a good arm action. His fastball sits in the 88-89 mph range for the most part, but he gets up to 92 earlier in outings. His breaking ball is slurvy presently, but there are scouts who think it could become an above-average curveball. Guilliums is certainly a player-development project for now, so he could be tougher for a team to sign in a shortened 2020 draft, but a number of teams seem to like his upside after seeing him perform well early this spring.