Get to know Pirates top pick Termarr Johnson

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The Pirates selected Termarr Johnson with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. Here¡¯s everything you need to know about Johnson, MLB Pipeline¡¯s No. 4 overall prospect for this Draft class.

FAST FACTS
Primary position: 2B/SS
Height/weight: 5-foot-10, 175 lbs.
Bats/throws: Left/right
Birthdate: June 11, 2004 (Age 18 on Draft Day)
High school: Benjamin E. Mays (Ga.)
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
College commitment: Arizona State

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He has the Draft's best hit tool

Johnson¡¯s 70-grade hit tool is the best of any prospect in this Draft, and according to his MLB Pipeline scouting profile, ¡°he might be the best pure prep hitter in decades.¡±

Some scouts have even argued his hit tool merits an 80-grade, the highest mark on the 20-80 scouting scale.

He's earned lofty comparisons

How good is Johnson at the plate? One scout went as far as giving him a double Hall of Famer comparison, calling him a combination of Wade Boggs¡¯ plate discipline and Vladimir Guerrero¡¯s bat-to-ball skills.

Boggs not only won five career batting titles and hit .328 in his career but also drew 1,412 walks, contributing to a .415 on-base percentage.

Guerrero was known for his willingness to swing at -- and his ability to connect with -- any pitch, even occasionally coming up with hits on balls that bounced. But despite his free-swinging approach, he struck out in only 10.9% of his career plate appearances and was a lifetime .318/.379/.553 hitter.

Johnson has his sights set on joining them in Cooperstown one day.

¡°I want to be a Hall of Famer,¡± he said in July 2021. ¡°I don't want to just get drafted. I don't want to be just that role player. I want to be one of the best players in MLB.¡±

Small frame, above-average power

Johnson¡¯s frame is on the smaller side at 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, but he¡¯s no slap hitter.

MLB Pipeline gave his power a 60-grade and noted that he could be a 25-30 homer threat in the Majors, pointing to ¡°his ability to barrel balls along with his bat speed and strength.¡±

That type of pop is uncommon for a player his size. Only 36 players in AL/NL history listed at 5-foot-10 or shorter have hit 30 homers in a season, though five -- Ozzie Albies, Jose Altuve, Brandon Lowe, Cedric Mullins and Jos¨¦ Ram¨ªrez -- did it in 2021.

Johnson put on a show at the All-Star High School Home Run Derby at Coors Field on July 10, 2021, hitting 24 homers over two rounds, including six that traveled 450-plus feet.

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In case anyone was wondering how his power plays at sea level -- and in an actual game -- Johnson crushed a ball into the right-field bleachers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg during the Perfect Game National Showcase less than a week later.

He's expected to play second base

Johnson was a shortstop during his high school career, but he profiles as a future second baseman due to his average quickness and arm strength.

It¡¯s rare for a player listed as a second baseman to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft. It happened only 30 times before 2022, not including players who were listed at other positions at the time of the Draft before going on to primarily play second base in the Majors.

Rickie Weeks (second overall in 2003) is the only second baseman to go within the first five picks.

Another highly touted player from the Georgia pipeline

The Peach State has earned a reputation as a hotbed for highly touted Draft prospects.

From 2000-21, 15 players who were products of a Georgia high school, college or junior college went within the first 10 picks in the first round, including Mark Teixeira, Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters, Tim Beckham, Zack Wheeler, Byron Buxton, Austin Meadows, Clint Frazier, Joey Bart and C.J. Abrams. (Dansby Swanson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2015, went to Vanderbilt, but he was born in Georgia and attended high school in the state.)

Three of MLB Pipeline¡¯s top six Draft prospects in 2022 hail from a Georgia school, with Druw Jones (No. 1) and Kevin Parada (No. 6) joining Johnson.

He credits MLB's diversity initiatives with helping his development

MLB has sought to increase Black participation in the game at a grassroots level with a number of youth and amateur development programs, and this year's crop of Draft-eligible prospects shows the impact those programs are having.

Three of the top four 2022 Draft prospects are players of color with experience in MLB Diversity Development programs, including Johnson, who has participated in the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program, as well as the DREAM Series, Breakthrough Series and Hank Aaron Invitational.

¡°RBI, Breakthrough Series and Dream Series gave me a lot,¡± Johnson said on MLB Network in December. ¡°I feel like without them, I don¡¯t know where I would be.¡±

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