Griff O’Ferrall

School: Virginia
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.5
BA Grade: 45/High
Tools: Hit: 55. Power: 30. Run: 55. Field: 50. Arm: 45.

O’Ferrall is the stereotypical, steady college grinder profile who doesn’t boast loud raw tools but does everything well and helps win games. A 6-foot-1, 185-pound shortstop and righthanded hitter, O’Ferrall assumed Virginia’s everyday shortstop role as a true freshman and spent the next three seasons making tons of contact. He finished his three years with a .345/.409/.443 slash line and just a 9.7% strikeout rate. During the 2023 summer he was invited to Team USA where he assumed the coveted starting shortstop role and then was second on the team with a .463 average in 10 games. Contact is the name of the game for O’Ferrall as a hitter. He grinds at-bats, puts the ball in play and is difficult to strike out. In three years he managed an 86% overall contact rate and 93% in-zone contact rate. While he finds the barrel, he mostly hits soft line drives and the ball dies off his bat with wood, with very little power upside to project on moving forward. In one of the most power-friendly college environments, O’Ferrall hit just eight home runs in 910 UVA plate appearances. He’s a sound and reliable defender at shortstop, though he’s not flashy and his arm might be stretched on plays in the hole to his arm side. Because of that he could be a better fit for second base. He’s an above-average runner and savvy basestealer who went 50-for-58 (86.2%) in stolen bases.