2025 Prospects Thread

[desbcoach]

Arroyo is back after a few days off. 2-4 with a double. Picks up,where he left off

[Vogelbomb]

Arroyo is back after a few days off. 2-4 with a double. Picks up,where he left off

beast

2b battle in ST is going to be awesome to watch if neither Young or Arroyo are moved at deadline. Does Arroyo slide to 3b in camp if no 3b is signed? I wonder

[desbcoach]

Arroyo is back after a few days off. 2-4 with a double. Picks up,where he left off

beast

2b battle in ST is going to be awesome to watch if neither Young or Arroyo are moved at deadline. Does Arroyo slide to 3b in camp if no 3b is signed? I wonder

Prospect status say 50 grade arm, he hasn’t played 3rd this year but maybe he can work there

[Juliooooo]

McGraw had another good start. 3 ip, 1 ER, 4 k. Hope he can stay healthy. Might be the best pitching prospect this time next year if he does

[D-train]

I think Kade Anderson will go #1 to the Nationals. The Angels at #2 could go with Liam Doyle and bring him straight to the majors, maybe in the bullpen. Doyle's so max effort he just really scares me. It's hard to imagine him not blowing out his arm in the near future.

And so at #3, the Mariners will have the world at their feet, possibly including Ethan Holliday. But it isn't really clear that Holliday stands out from the pack, so the M's may not be on him. My guess is they sign someone overslot to save money and sign guys farther down in the draft.

A #2 pick on a relief pitcher??? No chance. Besides they are barely in the playoff hunt. They should be picking guys based on proximity to the Big leagues.

[Donn Beach]

I think Kade Anderson will go #1 to the Nationals. The Angels at #2 could go with Liam Doyle and bring him straight to the majors, maybe in the bullpen. Doyle's so max effort he just really scares me. It's hard to imagine him not blowing out his arm in the near future.

And so at #3, the Mariners will have the world at their feet, possibly including Ethan Holliday. But it isn't really clear that Holliday stands out from the pack, so the M's may not be on him. My guess is they sign someone overslot to save money and sign guys farther down in the draft.

A #2 pick on a relief pitcher??? No chance. Besides they are barely in the playoff hunt. They should be picking guys based on proximity to the Big leagues.

He gets mocked to the Angels for that reason

Doyle (10-4) totaled 164 strikeouts and a 3.20 ERA in his only season at Tennessee in 2025. He was named 2025 SEC Pitcher of the Year.

Pick: No. 2

Team: Angels

"The Angels love to expedite their first-rounders to the Majors and could do so with any of the top college southpaws (Anderson, Doyle, Arnold), all of whom are in their sights."

[Vogelbomb]

We haven't talked much about this, but it's really cool and refreshing frankly to see nearly all of our top prospects doing their thing in the minors.

We've hit on Harry Ford, Arroyo and Montes who were recently promoted, but you also have Walter Ford and Ryan Sloan carving opponents up on the bump, Colt Emerson and Felnin Celesten waking up and tho one CF 1st rounder is hurt (Farmelo) the other (Tai Peete) has 12 homers last I looked. So Peete making some progress. Has the power and speed tool you covet (14 SBs) and still super young at 19 in High A. Celesten also 19 still at A ball.

Celesten's numbers this year by month:

[Donn Beach]

Read an article awhile ago, it was about basically DR player development. ML franchises are fielding two teams now in the DR league when before it was one, they have prospect capacity now. The mariners were criticized for continuing to have a single team. But it was also pointed out the impressive number of premier prospects they have in the pipeline even with the more limited investment.

And there's the complaining about Arroyo not getting the attention he deserves from the ranking systems. That's because as I understand it flew under the radar being from Colombia rather than the DR. But he must not have been under the mariners radar even with their more limited scouting resources

[GL_Storm]

This guy has an interesting take on Colt Emerson: https://tylerpride.substack.com/p/scout ... om-6292025

[GL_Storm]

Read an article awhile ago, it was about basically DR player development. ML franchises are fielding two teams now in the DR league when before it was one, they have prospect capacity now. The mariners were criticized for continuing to have a single team. But it was also pointed out the impressive number of premier prospects they have in the pipeline even with the more limited investment.

And there's the complaining about Arroyo not getting the attention he deserves from the ranking systems. That's because as I understand it flew under the radar being from Colombia rather than the DR. But he must not have been under the mariners radar even with their more limited scouting resources

[I'd like to read that article if you have a link.]

I suppose having two teams would open up playing time but from what I can see there's plenty of playing time for the prospects that matter, which is usually no more than a few guys. Having two teams would mean managing twice as many players at the facility, most of whom would never amount to much. On the other hand, it's a bigger net and maybe you get lucky and catch something. But the Mariners having just one team in the Dominican seems reasonable to me.