Max Clark
19-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
0
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Clark came into the 2023 draft with a common skill set for premium prep center fielders: plus hit, plus-plus speed, questionable power. He hit .261 with 16 steals and two home runs over his first 47 games at Single-A last year and hit .292 with 13 steals and seven homers in his last 60 games, which included 34 games at High-A to close his age-19 season. Just that small power bump is enough to suggest Clark will be at least a 15-20 homer threat at peak, which should allow for him to be a leadoff or No. 2 hitter who contributes in all five categories. If he were to access another level as a power hitter, we could be talking about a No. 1 overall prospect in the Corbin Carroll mold, but as things stand, Clark projects for a Starling Marte type of career. He should debut sometime in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Promoted to High-A
Clark was promoted to High-A West Michigan on Sunday, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
ANALYSIS
Clark will take a step up to High-A after he produced a .279 average with six home runs, 56 RBI, 52 runs scored and 25 stolen bases over 276 at-bats in 72 games with Single-A Lakeland this season. The 19-year-old was selected third overall in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft, but unlike Paul Skenes, who went first overall, Clark will likely need to slowly work his way up the minor-league levels before making his major-league debut in the distant future.
Clark will take a step up to High-A after he produced a .279 average with six home runs, 56 RBI, 52 runs scored and 25 stolen bases over 276 at-bats in 72 games with Single-A Lakeland this season. The 19-year-old was selected third overall in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft, but unlike Paul Skenes, who went first overall, Clark will likely need to slowly work his way up the minor-league levels before making his major-league debut in the distant future.
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Clark was widely considered one of five elite real-life prospects at the top of last year's draft, but after everyone's pro debuts, he isn't an elite first-year player draft target in dynasty leagues relative to the other four prospects in that consensus top five. A 70-grade runner with elite defensive tools and a hit tool that got 70-grade projections by some scouts when he was an amateur, Clark's power is his one tool that lags behind. He slashed .224/.383/.377 with two home runs, five steals, a 19.6 percent walk rate and a 23.4 percent strikeout rate in 23 games split evenly between the Florida Complex League and Single-A. Meanwhile, the two outfielders selected directly behind him, Wyatt Langford and Walker Jenkins put up video game numbers at every level they played at. There's nothing overly concerning about Clark's plate discipline, but it's still to be determined how much of an impact he'll make and whether he will hit for a very high average or just post high OBPs via a selective approach. Clark figures to have a long, productive big-league career, but he probably needs to be a speed maven to turn into a fantasy difference maker.
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Patience, speed for Flying Tigers
Clark is hitting .250 with a .362 OBP, one home run and eight steals in 28 games for Single-A Lakeland.
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Goes third overall to Detroit
The Tigers have selected Clark with the third overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft.
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