Pre-draft rankings: 113th on Baseball America, 228th on MLB Pipeline, unranked on FanGraphs

This 6-foot-6, 212-pound outfielder who has been a consistent presence in the middle of ECU’s lineup since his 2022 freshman season. Over his three-year career, Jenkins-Cowart hit .323/.370/.535 with 35 home runs while cutting his strikeout rate season after season. He employs a crouched and grounded setup in the box with his weight shifted back on his back leg and a high back elbow in his handset. Many scouts expect a big league club will attempt to stand him taller in the box to create more length to his swing, get him loose and help him tap into his impressive raw power more frequently. While Jenkins-Cowart can hit the ball extremely hard and has shown all fields power, he’s never eclipsed more than 13 homers in a single season which is surprising given his raw power. He is an aggressive hitter who expands the zone more frequently than you’d like to see, but his overall contact rates are solid and perhaps he needs to dial in the approach a bit more to fully access that power.

Jenkins-Cowart has played a bit of center field, but most of his time at ECU has come in right and he profiles best as a corner outfielder in pro ball. He is probably a below-average runner with average arm strength.

 

 

 

 

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