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Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 45 | Overall: 40

After playing two sports at Lake Howell High School outside of Orlando, Fla., Levenson first went the junior college route, playing a year at Seminole State College of Florida and earning Second-Team All-Conference honors. His performance earned him a spot at Miami, and he showed off his offensive potential, often coming off the bench or serving as the DH. He finished with a .951 OPS. After hitting well in the wood-bat Northwoods League, he’s once again displayed some right-handed thump as a regular in the Hurricanes’ lineup this spring.

Most of Levenson’s value comes in his bat and power potential. He’s slugged well over .500 in his Miami career and reached double-digit homers this spring. The over-the-fence pop has come to his pull side, and while he doesn’t strike out a ton, especially for someone with that kind of power, it’s a bit of a grooved swing. He has punished fastballs but struggled more with breaking stuff.

Levenson gets high marks for how hard he plays the game and how he competes, but he’s just an adequate defender who has a fringy arm. That might limit him to left field at the next level, but the power production in a big college conference should have him in play at some point on Day 2 of the Draft.

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 45 | Overall: 40 

Levenson went from a junior college standout at Seminole State College of Florida in 2021 to a solid DH/bench option for Miami in 2022 to a starting outfielder/team captain for the Hurricanes in 2023. He made the most of his playing time in his final spring on campus, slashing .292/.397/.554 with 14 homers and a decent 18.8 percent strikeout rate over 63 games. The Cardinals selected Levenson in the fifth round in July and signed him for exact slot at $381,300. He was an above-average hitter during a 34-game spin with Single-A Palm Beach, slashing .268/.331/.480 with six homers and a 114 wRC+. 

The right-handed hitter’s setup at the dish isn’t overly complicated. He stays back in his stance, slightly lifts his legs and lets his arms and hands fire. It’s a process that works for him as he pulverized fastballs as a Miami junior and didn’t even whiff on a pitch 95 or above in that collegiate season. The misses he did experience came more on breaking stuff, and that trend continued in the Florida State League. Levenson will show average power -- standing more to the pullside -- and ran a 40 percent hard-hit rate at Single-A at a time when many other college picks show fatigue. 

The Florida native needs to hit because with speed and arm strength that can both be called fringy, he’s likely locked into left field long-term. That’s where he made 21 of his 27 defensive starts with Palm Beach with fellow 2023 picks Chase Davis and Travis Honeyman also on the roster.  

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	09/24/2024	Peoria Chiefs activated OF Zach Levenson from the 7-day injured list.
	04/03/2024	Peoria Chiefs placed OF Zach Levenson on the 7-day injured list.
	04/03/2024	OF Zach Levenson assigned to Peoria Chiefs.
	03/13/2024	OF Zach Levenson assigned to St. Louis Cardinals.
	03/07/2024	St. Louis Cardinals Prospects activated OF Zach Levenson.
	07/21/2023	Palm Beach Cardinals activated OF Zach Levenson.
	07/21/2023	OF Zach Levenson assigned to Palm Beach Cardinals.
	07/16/2023	St. Louis Cardinals signed OF Zach Levenson.
	06/15/2023	OF Zach Levenson assigned to College Workout.
	05/26/2023	College Workout activated OF Zach Levenson.
	05/24/2023	College Workout activated OF Zach Levenson.
	05/20/2023	OF Zach Levenson assigned to Miami Hurricanes.
	05/20/2023	Miami Hurricanes activated OF Zach Levenson.
	05/21/2022	OF Zach Levenson and assigned to Miami Hurricanes.