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Maybe it’s from watching Moneyball too often. But the tendency is to look at drafts now and figure out a team’s strategy. In the case of the Rangers, it seems to be kind of a novel approach: Take the hurt pitchers. Well, that’s not quite the way they would put it, but they do seem to see some level of …

Wake Forest shortstop Marek Houston is widely considered one of the elite fielders in a shortstop-heavy 2025 MLB Draft class, and the Minnesota Twins are big enough believers in the strides he made offensively this season to select the 21-year-old with the No. 16 pick on Sunday. Even first-round picks drafted as shortstops often wind up sliding down the defensive …

MLB organizations share thoughts on selecting Florida State Seminoles in the 2025 MLB Draft  247SportsView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Corona High School — located in Riverside County in Southern California — made MLB Draft history on Sunday. Corona HS was just getting started. With the 32nd pick, the Brewers selected Corona shortstop Brady Ebel — the son of Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel — giving Corona three picks on the first day of the Draft. They became the first …

The Pittsburgh Pirates made four picks on the first day of the 2025 MLB Draft, which covered the first three rounds as well as all the compensation picks. The Pirates took two high school pitchers to start the draft and followed with a pair of college position players. How did they do? Let’s evaluate all four picks. Round 1 Pick …

Over the course of nine hours, the White Sox made their final 17 selections to round out their 2025 MLB draft class. In case you missed the first three … Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (Calif.) Jaden Fauske, OF, Nazareth Academy (Ill.) Kyle Lodise, SS, Georgia Tech … and the prep picks and/or shortstops didn’t stop there. Fourth round (106th …

More on the Cubs’ First Three Draft Picks: Ethan Conrad, Kane Kepley, and Dominick Reid  Bleacher NationView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Tennessee baseball was well represented in the 2025 Major league Baseball Draft and it wasn’t just by players on the roster. Five Tennessee class of 2025 signees and three transfer portal commits were also selected in the draft, bringing the grand total of Tennessee-related draft picks to 18 for the summer showcase. Below is a list of Tennessee high school …

The Red Sox used 15 of their 21 picks in the 2025 MLB Draft on pitchers, including 10 from the SEC. All 15 are 6-foot-2 or taller. It continued chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s trend of prioritizing pitchers. Twenty-nine of his 41 picks over two drafts have been hurlers. “Big frame, big velo and stuff — that’s kind of how …

All about upside as Nationals stock up at the MLB draft  The Washington Post Draft Day 1: Pick-by-pick rundown, analysis  MLB.com Nats surprise at top of MLB draft with SS Willits  ESPN 2025 MLB Draft tracker: Full round-by-round list of every pick after Nationals select Eli Willits No. 1  Yahoo Sports 2025 MLB Draft: Five teams with the best classes, including the Nationals with …