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Red Sox draft pick with ‘big velocity’ listed as candidate to make MLB debut in 2026
Baseball America listed Red Sox first round pick Kyson Witherspoon as one of 12 prospects from the 2025 MLB Draft who could reach the majors in 2026. The 15th overall pick out of Oklahoma, is up to 99 mph with his fastball and has a five-pitch mix. Baseball America wrote, “College starters who saw sizable workloads like Witherspoon are typically …
Read More »Dodgers Named Biggest Loser of MLB Draft First Round
Among some MLB Draft wonks, the 2025 class was seen as a relatively weak one. Only time will tell just how weak or strong it is, but the lack of a consensus around the top pick — even the order of the top 10 picks — was unusual. Projections about who would be the best player to emerge from this …
Read More »How did Tennessee show in the 2025 MLB Draft?
Tennessee baseball was well represented in the 2025 Major league Baseball Draft over the past two days. With current players, transfer portal commits, junior college commits and high school signees, Tennessee witnessed 18 players getting their name called. With that comes some big-time wins, head scratching questions, a few tough losses and some noteworthy stats from the past two days. …
Read More »MLB Draft: A recap of all the Phillies’ picks, rounds 1-20
The 2025 MLB Draft is a wrap. With rounds 1-3 on Sunday night, the Phillies stocked up on college pitchers, highlighted by the selection of Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood and his overpowering fastball at 26th overall. Then, on Day 2 for rounds 4-20, the Phils continued to lean heavily in favor of taking college prospects, and especially more pitchers. Now …
Read More »2025 MLB Draft Day 2: Atlanta Braves Tracker and Open Thread
It’s going to be a long day for those of you who want to keep up with the 2025 MLB Draft, as the second day is now going to cover the final 17 rounds of the draft. You can follow along with live coverage of the event on MLB.com, and here we will be updating with each of the Atlanta …
Read More »2025 MLB Draft Day 2 Results Complete Coverage
Day 2 of the Draft looks a little different. This time around, we’re going to finish the whole thing. After Day 1 brought 105 picks, today we’re covering Rounds 4-20 to complete the 2025 MLB Draft. Day 2 is live right now, streaming on MLB.com, MLB.TV and in the video player atop this story. As always, there’s still tons of …
Read More »The Opener: Home Run Derby, Draft Day 2, Rodriguez
Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today: 1. 2025 Home Run Derby: All-Star week is officially underway, and with it comes the return of an All-Star week staple: the Home Run Derby. Eight sluggers will battle it out for the $1MM prize, and this year’s participants are Byron Buxton …
Read More »MLB Draft Day 1 takeaways: Bowden on the biggest winners and losers — teams, players, more
ATLANTA — With the first day of the MLB Draft behind us, let’s assess what stood out. From teams to players to positions to the venue, here are my biggest winners and losers after the first three rounds on Sunday. Winners 1. The Orioles The Orioles were the clear winners of Day 1 by virtue of having six picks among …
Read More »As camps prepare to open, 32 draft picks remain unsigned
With training camps opening, more draft picks than usual remain unsigned. The official number stands at 32. Thirty of them come from round two, thanks to the fact that the first two players taken in the round received fully-guaranteed deals. The third through 32nd players remain unsigned. There’s a way for them to band together and pressure the teams, if …
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