The Pirates couldn't go 20 rounds without drafting a utilityman and they got their guy at No. 323 in the seventh round with Hofstra's Dylan Palmer.
Palmer is 5-9, 170 pounds and spent the bulk of 2025 at third base, but played all over the field during his career. He doesn't possess much power, as his frame might suggest. He hit two home runs over three seasons. However, he hit above .369 in all three and finished his college career slashing .400/.449/.536 with 13 doubles and seven triples. He drew 16 walks and struck out 18 times.
Baseball America called Palmer a "contact savant, who rarely misses and likes to swing the bat."
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The Pirates couldn't go 20 rounds without drafting a utilityman and they got their guy at No. 323 in the seventh round with Hofstra's Dylan Palmer.
Palmer is 5-9, 170 pounds and spent the bulk of 2025 at third base, but played all over the field during his career. He doesn't possess much power, as his frame might suggest. He hit two home runs over three seasons. However, he hit above .369 in all three and finished his college career slashing .400/.449/.536 with 13 doubles and seven triples. He drew 16 walks and struck out 18 times.
Baseball America called Palmer a "contact savant, who rarely misses and likes to swing the bat."
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