Pre-draft rankings: unranked on Baseball America, 228th on MLB Pipeline, unranked on FanGraphs, 260th on Just Baseball

McCutcheon homered just twice in his first two seasons at Missouri State, the second of which was cut short when he broke his right arm running into an outfield fence. He concentrated on adding strength during his recovery, and that has paid off with off with 15 homers and a .358/.444/.647 junior year.

His swing decisions, contact and exit velocities are all better than average. McCutcheon employs a leg kick yet usually is on time with his quick left-handed swing. His bat speed and ability to square up balls produces solid raw power, with most of his homers traveling to his pull side. He does damage against all types of pitches and lefties as well as righties, though his tendency to hit the ball on the ground may limit him to 15 homers per year with wood bats.

While he can be slow out of the batter's box, McCutcheon has fringy to average speed once he gets going and shows some savvy on the bases. Counting summer leagues, he has played everywhere on the diamond but catcher, and he spent most of the last two seasons in left field after playing mostly second and third base as a freshman. More of a gritty than a smooth defender, he'll probably get another shot at second base in pro ball, with left field as his fallback position because he has fringy arm strength and range.