The top-of-the-order, undersized prep outfielder has become something of a growing trend in recent draft classes. The obvious success story is Corbin Carroll, the Diamondbacks' first-round pick in 2019, though more recent names like Dillon Head, Slade Caldwell, and Slater de Brun have all landed first-round money as well. It feels like every draft cycle produces another player with a similar archetype and skillset, and this year is no different.
Trevor Condon has been a name to know on the travel ball circuit for quite some time. He committed to the University of Miami back in 2022 at just 14 years old, later flipping to the University of Tennessee in November of 2024. Since then, Condon has been on a continuous upward climb. Parts of his game continue to blossom, and as we near closer and closer to the MLB Draft in July, he feels like someone who could go as high as inside the top 20 picks.
In this article, we'll do a deep dive into what makes Condon so special as a prospect, evaluating every minute detail of his profile so you can get a complete picture of who he is as a player.
Starting off with maybe the most explosive part of Condon's game, he's a near top-of-the-scale runner who in the past has posted sub-4.00 second bolts from home to first, 80-grade times when he's at his best. Condon is ultra-quick out of the box, someone who takes aggressive turns and looks to turn singles into doubles and doubles into triples. He's at least a 70-grade runner, and someone who could pretty comfortably steal 20-plus bags at the next level.
The bat is where things get more interesting. Most of the criticism in Condon's game has centered on his swing, and while it's unorthodox, he's made it work throughout his amateur career. He sets up from a slightly spread base, loading early onto his back side with a toe tap and pause before firing his hips through the zone. The load and pause can be inconsistent — particularly when a pitcher tries to speed him up — though Condon controls his body well enough to adjust and get the barrel to the baseball. As a whole, his hitches and triggers have calmed themselves down as he's faced better and better pitching, though there will likely always be questions about how the timing mechanisms will work as he climbs his way up the professional ladder.
People can talk about the load and swing all they want, but the hit tool has looked for real so far. You can feel pretty comfortable calling it above-average at this stage, and wouldn't be crazy to slap a 60-grade on it. Condon makes a ton of contact and has impressive adjustability on pitches outside the strike zone. He's a guy who finds the barrel plenty, and has done so against the best arms the country has to offer. This past summer, Condon hit .318 across a healthy 109 plate appearance sample. Even when putting the summer further under a microscope, Condon hit .400 at East Coast Pro, maybe the most competitive event of the circuit, boasting a 10% whiff rate while doing so.
Better still, it's not like Condon's just a bat-to-ball artist — there's some real bat speed too. Even at 5-foot-11, he's flashed above-average raw power in batting practice with exit velocities north of 106 mph. His peak bat speeds with blast motion sit north of 81 mph. Getting to that raw power has been a main struggle for Condon in the past; inflamed ground ball rates on the summer circuit certainly held him back from slugging much. That was something he needed to go out and show improvements on this spring, and Condon has left little to no doubts.
Through 35 games and 143 plate appearances, Condon is hitting .505 with a whopping 1.009 slugging percentage. He has 31 extra base hits on the year, 9 of which have been home runs. These improvements aren't by mistake — Condon is running a ground ball rate of just 27.8%, putting the ball in the air significantly more. He's even added on some muscle mass, and as mentioned previously, he's slightly quieted down the operation at the dish. Even better, Condon is still showcasing the same strong bat-to-ball skills as he did over the summer with a 13.5% whiff rate, a strikeout rate just a shade over 9 percent.
Condon's spring so far has just been a reassurance of what everyone already knew he could do — hit. But more than that, it lets you dream on what he could look like if he ends up growing into average power output. The result is an exciting top-of-the-order type bat.
The offensive side of things is exciting, but Condon gets high marks for his defensive work as well, with some thinking he has the makings of a plus defender in center field. His 70-grade wheels help him cover plenty of ground, and he's been up into the mid-90s in workout settings, showcasing at least an above-average arm.
The tools are only one part of the picture. While it's looking more and more like he'll get drafted and paid away from school, Condon is a Tennessee commit who embodies the same attitude and flair that defined some of the best players of the Vitello era. He's one of the most electrifying players to watch in the class — always giving 110% effort with plenty of emotion that shows up on the field. He's a fun player to watch play the game, one who brings energy to whatever field he steps onto. Beyond being a spark plug as a player, Condon is the type of person who can help build a culture, and that's something pro teams are sure to value.
When projecting Condon's potential outcomes, two players come to mind. Brett Gardner is probably the comp most people will bring up — a guy with plus bat-to-ball skills who occasionally ran into 20-plus homers a few times throughout his many years in the big leagues. Gardner averaged 4.2 bWAR per 162 games over his career. If you believe Condon has a chance to get close to that outcome, that's clearly a profile worth taking in the first round, even as a high school hitter.
For a current MLB comp, Sal Frelick feels like the best fit — a player who doesn't whiff much, runs well, and does most of his damage to the pull-side. It also looks like Condon could end up with more bat speed and raw power than Frelick.
All of which is to say: Condon has one of the more exciting toolsets out of any prep bat in the entirety of the 2026 draft class. It's hard not to buy into the player he is on both sides of the ball, as well as the person. Condon currently ranks as the number 27 overall prospect on our draft board, though given the murky nature of this draft class and what Condon has looked like this spring, he's got a chance to be quite a few spots higher come next update.