Last weekend, the Seattle Mariners selected Mississippi State third baseman Ace Reese with the No. 24 overall pick in the MLB Draft.

Reese, a power-hitter, hit 24 home runs for the Bulldogs and profiles as a future middle-of-the-order bat for the Mariners, who are constantly longing for offense.

We spoke earlier this week to Mississippi State baseball coach Brian O'Connor, who had high praise for his former player, and on Friday, we caught up with OverSlot Baseball founder Joe Doyle on the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast, who also had thoughts on the M's selection.

Doyle was asked if Reese is more of a "control the zone" guy, or a guy who will run a low batting average, but features prodigious power as a trade-off:

"I think it's probably closer to the latter.

He had a pretty high chase rate in 2026. He had a pretty high swing rate in 2026. I would call him an aggressive, ambush-type hitter. He's going to try and do his damage early in counts and then try and adjust from that point forward.

It's a guy that had fringy bat-to-ball skills this season. It's a guy that ran a 22 percent strikeout rate, which is on the higher side for a first-round pick. It's a guy that ran a 26 percent chase rate. I wouldn't say that he is a control-the-zone type of a guy. I think he's more of what you see now from the Seattle Mariners offensively.

If you wanted to lump Ace Reese into a comparison, I truly think the final four or five years of Kyle Seager's offensive career, I think that's what Ace Reese is. I think he's a guy that's going to hit—and I could be totally wrong—but I think he's going to be a guy that hits .235, .240. But like you said, I think he's got the chance to hit, at least at his peak, 30 to 35 home runs just because he understands how to get to the pull side, how to get to his power so well.

So yeah, Ace Reese might be a guy that runs a 27 or 28 percent strikeout rate. He'll probably not run the heftiest walk rates, but I think so much of his value, so much of his profile, is going to be dependent on whether or not he proves that he can play the third base position because I think this guy's going to be a thumper, and there's some redundancy with Ace Reese if Josh Naylor still exists."

Naylor is under contract through 2030, so he should still be in the organization at the time that Reese is ready to come up.

As for the Seager comparisons, those will likely make M's fans happy. A beloved former player, Seager hit 242 career home runs. He hit .251 for his career, and he had nine seasons of 20 homers or more, including two of 30 or more.

The latest 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast is out now, featuring MLB Draft and prospect guru Joe Doyle. You can listen here, or you can watch in the YouTube player below.

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