Rich Poythress

Rich Poythress is a pure hitter who offers outstanding power and excellent plate discipline. Despite his power stroke, he has managed to walk more times than he has struck out for the second season in a row, an impressive feat. Poythress' bat is bettered by no one in the entire draft class, on par with the other top sluggers in college baseball. Poythress was named to the 2009 All-Southeastern Conference First Team, despite being a relative unknown before the season began. He's shown this spring that overlooking him was quite a mistake, and it's now very probable that he will be drafted in the first round in June.