Payton Green Stats & Scouting Report

AB	49
AVG	.184
OBP	.359
SLG	.224
HR	0

Full name Payton Emmett Green
Born 01/17/2003 in Cary, NC
Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 190 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School North Carolina State
Drafted in the 6th round (184th overall) by the Miami Marlins in 2024 (signed for $328,800).

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School: Georgia Tech
Commit/Drafted: Red Sox ’21 (15)
Age At Draft: 21.5
BA Grade: 40/High
Tools: Hit: 40. Power: 45. Run: 50. Field: 50. Arm: 50.

Green was a tooled up high school player in the 2021 draft class who ranked as the No. 112 overall prospect but made it to campus at NC State. After two seasons with NC State, Green transferred to Georgia Tech for the 2024 season where he put together a career-year and hit .308/.407/.577 with 12 home runs and a 15% strikeout rate that was significantly lower than his 2022 and 2023 seasons. A 6-foot-3, 192-pound righthanded hitter, Green is athletic with lots of raw power, though scouts question his pure hitting ability and approach. While he improved his contact rates this spring, he remains a fairly aggressive hitter who expands the zone and employs a pull-heavy approach with most of his in-game power going to the pull side. Green is a fair runner underway but projects for average speed especially if he continues to fill out his tall and still lean frame. If and when he does that, he will likely need to move off shortstop and scouts think he’ll be a better fit at third base where his lack of a quick first step and moderate range won’t be as much of an issue. He does have solid-average arm strength and should have the hands to be an average defender at the hot corner.

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School: Georgia Tech Commit/Drafted: Red Sox ’21 (15)
Age At Draft: 21.5
BA Grade: 40/High
Tools: Hit: 40. Power: 45. Run: 50. Field: 50. Arm: 50.

Green was a tooled up high school player in the 2021 draft class who ranked as the No. 112 overall prospect but made it to campus at NC State. After two seasons with NC State, Green transferred to Georgia Tech for the 2024 season where he put together a career-year and hit .308/.407/.577 with 12 home runs and a 15% strikeout rate that was significantly lower than his 2022 and 2023 seasons. A 6-foot-3, 192-pound righthanded hitter, Green is athletic with lots of raw power, though scouts question his pure hitting ability and approach. While he improved his contact rates this spring, he remains a fairly aggressive hitter who expands the zone and employs a pull-heavy approach with most of his in-game power going to the pull side. Green is a fair runner underway but projects for average speed especially if he continues to fill out his tall and still lean frame. If and when he does that, he will likely need to move off shortstop and scouts think he’ll be a better fit at third base where his lack of a quick first step and moderate range won’t be as much of an issue. He does have solid-average arm strength and should have the hands to be an average defender at the hot corner.
Green has been one of the more difficult players to place in the 2021 class, because the industry seems to have as wide a split on him as any player in the class. There are teams who view him as a top-50 player in the class and others who think he needs more time to refine and develop his game and would prefer to see how he performs in college at North Carolina State. Carolina area scouts have a solid history with Green, who played at Green Hope High in Cary, N.C. before leaving the school to take classes at Crossroads Flex High and play with Pro 5 Academy. Green Hope produced Jordyn Adams as a first-rounder in 2018 and Liam Norris as a third-rounder in 2020. Green has a projectable, 6-foot-3, 180-pound frame with impressive bat speed that could help him grow into solid or better power in the future, and he’s also a good runner with above-average arm strength. A shortstop now, Green has solid actions and should be able to play either second or third base if he outgrows the position. The teams that like Green are buying into his improved swing this spring and believe he has the skill to turn into a solid-average or better hitter, while those that are more skeptical saw a lot of swing and miss last summer on the showcase circuit, with a bat path that was too steep at times. Green has a solid tool set and enough teams seem to be on him that he could be selected in a signable range among the first few rounds.