2025 MLB DRAFT THREAD

[D-train]

When somebody says something is going to happen within 5 years it tells me it will likely never happen.

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Pick #122 - Mason Peters, LHP

Blurb from Baseball America:

School: Dallas Baptist Drafted/Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.6

Peters spent two seasons at Temple (Texas) JC before transferring to Dallas Baptist for his 2025 junior year, where he became a key piece in the bullpen. He logged 42.1 innings across 23 appearances with a 4.25 ERA, 58 strikeouts and 16 walks. An undersized 5-foot-11, 175-pound lefthander, Peters attacks from a three-quarters slot with big stuff and intent. His fastball sits at 93 mph and touches 96, but his best pitch is a high-spin, upper-70s curveball with sharp depth and plus potential. Despite its modest velocity, the curveball features heavy bite and late action, making it difficult for hitters to square up—though at times it’s just as hard for Peters to command. He also flashes a low-80s slider with more lateral movement, but uses it sparingly compared to his fastball and curve. Peters is a high-probability reliever in pro ball.

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Pick #152 - Korbyn Dickerson, OF

Blurb from Baseball America:

School: Indiana Drafted/Committed: Twins ’22 (20)
Age At Draft: 21.7

BA Grade: 45/High

Dickerson reinvented himself in 2025, transforming from a seldom-used reserve at Louisville into a middle-of-the-order masher at Indiana. He hit .314/.381/.632 with 19 home runs, 14 doubles, three triples and five stolen bases over 56 games—career highs across the board—and earned Third-Team All-America honors. Dickerson hit .235 with no home runs and one double in 21 games prior to the 2025 season. With added strength on his 6-foot-1, 205-pound frame, Dickerson tapped into plus power to all fields and posted elite batted-ball metrics, including a 93 mph average exit velocity and 110 mph 90th percentile mark. He starts from a crouched stance with a tucked front shoulder, then unleashes a quick, powerful swing with a keen feel for the barrel. Dickerson’s approach can get overaggressive—he posted a below-average chase rate (27%) and zone contact rate (82%)—and velocity occasionally gives him trouble. Dickerson has been Indiana’s everyday center fielder and has a chance to stick there with plus speed, solid athleticism and an average arm. While there’s still refinement needed, Dickerson offers power, physicality and projection, and his 2025 breakout could be a sign of more things to come for a player who ranked as a standout across the board coming out of high school in the 2022 class. He fits in the first four rounds on draft day.

Scouting Grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run:60 | Field: 50 | Arm: 50.

[DavidGee24]

Personally, I almost never get excited about the draft (and don't understand why anyone does beyond the earliest part of it) due in large part to this being the history of Mariner first-round draft picks that were in the top three of the draft:

Al Chambers (1979 - 1)
Mike Moore (1981 - 1)
Bill Swift (1984 - 2)
Junior (1987 - 1)
Roger Salkeld (1989 - 3)
A-Rod (1993 - 1)
Jose Cruz Jr. (1995 - 3)
Jeff Clement (2005 - 3)
Dustin Ackley (2009 - 2)
Danny Hultzen (2011 -2)
Mike Zunino (2012 - 3)

Hit it huge with Junior and A-Rod, three good seasons out of Moore, two or three good seasons out of Zunino, two good seasons out of Swift, one good rookie season out of Cruz and Ackley, and four total busts.

That said, I think we should feel really good about Anderson. He really does look like a special kind of pitcher.

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Pick #182 - Lucas Kelly, RHP

Blurb from Baseball America:

School: Arizona State Drafted/Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 22.0

Kelly began his career at Texas A&M but never saw action, then transferred to McLennan (Texas) JC in 2024 where he was a two-way player, before transferring again to Arizona State and exclusively working out of the bullpen in 2025. Listed at 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, Kelly posted a 4.05 ERA in 26.2 innings with a 27.9% strikeout rate and 7.4% walk rate. He’s a sidearming righthander who primarily works off his mid-90s fastball. Kelly averaged 95-96 mph and touched 99, while using his fastball around 80% of the time. Hitters missed it nearly 32% of the time, and he spots it for strikes well. When Kelly doesn’t throw his fastball, he most often breaks out an inconsistent, low-to-mid-80s slider. Kelly’s power fastball, solid control and low arm slot could allow him to be an effective pro reliever, especially for a team that covets flatter approach angles. His talent could fit in rounds seven to 10.

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LL on picks in rounds 7 through 10: https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2025/7/1 ... -7-10-pick

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LL on rounds 11-15: https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2025/7/1 ... uke-heyman

[desbcoach]

They have taken 5 pitchers and a OF so far on day 2, Dickinson from Indiana could be interesting

Yeah, most seem like they are money saving picks, but who are they saving the money for? Is Dickerson over slot? Becker is, but can’t be that far over slot, right? They saved 700 K with Anderson is 1.6 million, with Anderson that puts them at 2.3

Slot value 1.6 mil and bet it takes 3 mil to make him break his commitment to University of Virginia where is his brother plays.

[desbcoach]

19th round pick is a HS pitcher ranked number 58 in draft Cameron Appenzeller, wonder if draft and follow or potential slot money saved to spend?

Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50

Illinois has spawned four high school pitchers who signed for first-round money in the last three Drafts -- Owen Murphy, Noah Schultz, Blake Wolters, Ryan Sloan -- and has another possibility for 2025. Appenzeller is one of the more projectable left-handers available and has a higher ceiling at the same stage than fellow Glenwood HS (Chatham) product Reid Detmers, who became a first-rounder after three years at Louisville. His stuff took a step forward in 2024 and teams believe he has much more left in his tank, though his late start this spring after playing basketball has limited the ability to evaluate him.

Appenzeller boosted his fastball from the mid-80s as a sophomore to the upper 80s as a junior to the low 90s last summer, topping out at 94 mph, but then operated at 84-89 this spring. He can generate carry on a four-seamer and armside run and sink on a two-seamer. He gets plenty of horizontal action on an upper-70s slider, and his low-80s changeup fades in the opposite direction.

[Juliooooo]

19th round pick is a HS pitcher ranked number 58 in draft Cameron Appenzeller, wonder if draft and follow or potential slot money saved to spend?

Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50

Illinois has spawned four high school pitchers who signed for first-round money in the last three Drafts -- Owen Murphy, Noah Schultz, Blake Wolters, Ryan Sloan -- and has another possibility for 2025. Appenzeller is one of the more projectable left-handers available and has a higher ceiling at the same stage than fellow Glenwood HS (Chatham) product Reid Detmers, who became a first-rounder after three years at Louisville. His stuff took a step forward in 2024 and teams believe he has much more left in his tank, though his late start this spring after playing basketball has limited the ability to evaluate him.

Appenzeller boosted his fastball from the mid-80s as a sophomore to the upper 80s as a junior to the low 90s last summer, topping out at 94 mph, but then operated at 84-89 this spring. He can generate carry on a four-seamer and armside run and sink on a two-seamer. He gets plenty of horizontal action on an upper-70s slider, and his low-80s changeup fades in the opposite direction.

That’s interesting, they don’t tend to draft if they don’t like the chances of signing. If they did have a deal, it’s weird they didn’t take him before the 19th round though. They get 150 K I believe, plus whatever they saved in rounds 1-10