Parker Chavers Stats & Scouting Report

AB	42
AVG	.19
OBP	.306
SLG	.19
HR	0

Full name Parker Jake Chavers
Born 07/25/1998 in Montgomery, AL
Profile Ht.: 5'9" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: L / Throws: R
School Coastal Carolina
Drafted in the 7th round (214th overall) by the Chicago Cubs in 2021 (signed for $125,000).

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Chavers ranked as the No. 167 prospect in the 2020 class and likely would have ranked higher than that if it wasn’t for an arm issue that prevented him from playing at all in the shortened season. Plenty of scouts really liked the five-tool ability Chavers has shown, but they wanted to see more collegiate production and were a bit worried about some of his swing-and-miss tendencies. This spring, Chavers led the Chanticleers in hitting and posted a .318/.407/.477 line with five home runs and lowered his strikeout rate from 18% in 2019 to 13%. Listed at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, Chavers is a plus-plus runner with above-average defense, above-average arm strength and at least solid raw power. He didn’t tap into as much in-game juice this spring as he showed in 2019, but that overall tool set from a lefthanded-hitting center fielder is typically coveted by scouts. What could complicate Chavers’ draft stock is his age. He’ll be 23 just after the draft and how teams decide to weigh that could lower him on some boards. While Chavers does have the tools for an everyday profile, he has struggled throughout his collegiate career against lefthanders, and this spring hit just .246/.313/.328 against them in an admittedly small sample—though he also struggled against southpaws in 2019.

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Chavers ranked as the No. 167 prospect in the 2020 class and likely would have ranked higher than that if it wasn’t for an arm issue that prevented him from playing at all in the shortened season. Plenty of scouts really liked the five-tool ability Chavers has shown, but they wanted to see more collegiate production and were a bit worried about some of his swing-and-miss tendencies. This spring, Chavers led the Chanticleers in hitting and posted a .318/.407/.477 line with five home runs and lowered his strikeout rate from 18% in 2019 to 13%. Listed at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, Chavers is a plus-plus runner with above-average defense, above-average arm strength and at least solid raw power. He didn’t tap into as much in-game juice this spring as he showed in 2019, but that overall tool set from a lefthanded-hitting center fielder is typically coveted by scouts. What could complicate Chavers’ draft stock is his age. He’ll be 23 just after the draft and how teams decide to weigh that could lower him on some boards. While Chavers does have the tools for an everyday profile, he has struggled throughout his collegiate career against lefthanders, and this spring hit just .246/.313/.328 against them in an admittedly small sample—though he also struggled against southpaws in 2019.
A Freshman All-American after hitting .316 and helping lead Coastal Carolina to a Sun Belt title in 2018, Chavers likely would have ranked higher if it weren’t for an arm issue that prevented him from playing at all in an already shortened 2020 season. His collection of tools are exciting with plus-plus running ability, above-average arm strength when healthy, above-average defense in center field and at least average power. A career .319/.435/.554 hitter with 22 home runs, 24 doubles and 19 stolen bases, Chavers has a power-speed combination from the left side that teams typically covet. However, there are some scouts who are worried about the amount of swing-and-miss that he’s shown, including a 19 percent rate with Coastal and a 25 percent whiff rate last summer in the Cape Cod League. Chavers needed to come back from his injury and show more progress as a pure hitter this season. If he had the chance to do that and was successful, he likely would have been a factor among the top three rounds for many teams. It’s still possible a team is intrigued enough with his raw tools to take a shot, but his status is murkier thanks to his health.