CLEVELAND — Think about the prototypical Cleveland Guardians pitching project.You know the type: a college kid with great command and pedestrian velocity, and then the Guardians’ pitching wizards wave their wands and sprinkle some pixie dust, tack on a few mph to the fastball, tweak the off-speed stuff to make the pitches play off of each other and, voila, there’s another reliable mid-rotation starter.The Guardians’ first-round pick, Liam Peterson, is another pitching project. This one, however, is the antithesis to their usual assignment. Peterson, a University of Florida product who was the No. 19 selection, has undeniably intriguing stuff. He throws hard, and he has two plus off-speed offerings, with potential for a third. That stuff got whacked at times in the SEC, though.Peterson’s junior year at Florida: 84 1/3 innings, 84 hits, 11 HR, 36 BB, 111 K, 4.59 ERASo, the Guardians’ next task: How do they get him to throw more strikes and limit hard contact? How do they reverse engineer their process and make this sort of profile work?“It really starts with the physical traits: size, delivery, arm action,” said Paul Gillispie, the Guardians’ senior vice president of scouting. “All of those things provide him a really good foundation. You look at the stuff that he has: high-spin fastball, high-spin breaking options and I think we’ve seen an advanced changeup from him as well.“We’ve known him for a really long time from his days at Calvary Christian (high school in Clearwater, Fla.), where he was a top prospect as well. His mindset, his desire to get better, I think fits really well in our organization, being a development-focused organization. He’ll do quite well here.”It’s the first time the Guardians snagged a pitcher with their top pick since Gavin Williams (No. 23) in 2021. Cleveland would have had two first-round choices this year, but the club dealt the 29th pick, along with pitching prospect Matt Wilkinson, to the San Francisco Giants for catcher Patrick Bailey in early May.Cleveland’s recent first-round picks:2020: Carson Tucker, SS