Last Chance Saloon: 2025 MLB Draft

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

 

[LongLiveMaroth]

Fangraphs

[1984Echoes]

Wood or de Brun? Or Summerhill?

[Tigerbomb13]

Jordan Yost

[1984Echoes]

Hmmmm...

Jordan Yost.

Might be getting him at a cheap discount to slot value...

on a WAG.

[CMRivdogs]

From the MLB.com site

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Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 40 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50

Every Draft class has its share of high school pop-up prospects, and Yost might be one of the most interesting ones in 2025. The Florida prepster is a late bloomer who didn’t do much on the summer showcase circuit and wasn’t considered much of a prospect at all until recently. Added physicality in the fall has led to better results in his senior year at Sickles High School in Tampa, leading to teams showing a lot more interest in the early rounds.

A left-handed hitter, Yost has always had a very good feel to hit, with elite contact skills. He has a simple swing and knows the strike zone really well, giving confidence he’ll continue to make sound swing decisions and put the ball in play. What is more in question is his impact. He has gotten stronger, but any thoughts about future pop at the plate is a much deeper projection.

Yost has plus speed and uses his excellent baseball IQ to maximize it on the basepaths and defensively. He plays shortstop without flash, but gets good reads, his hands work well and he has enough arm to stick there. His commitment to Florida, where he’d get to play with his older brother Hayden, might be a tough obstacle, but Yost wasn’t really thought to be the kind of guy who could go in the top two rounds until this spring.

 

[1984Echoes]

They're saying he has exceptional bat control, 1 K in 135 PA's this spring, excellent fielding SS, no power. Bursts speed to close in on fielding balls... hitting? bases?

[Tenacious D]

8 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

Fangraphs

This validates my disinterest and lack of investment in this draft.  Hope he turns out well.

[1984Echoes]

Let's see who falls to 34...

[CMRivdogs]

Looks like the Tigers are following the league trend of going under slot for the first round

[1984Echoes]

1 minute ago, Tenacious D said:

This validates ... disinterest and lack of investment in this draft...

I think we all will forget about this draft for 4 years and then wake up to see what surprises crop up... if any.

[Tenacious D]

Not sure he’s an under slot, with a commitment to play with his brother at Florida.  Unless he was more of a 2nd rounder type.

[1984Echoes]

3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Not sure he’s an under slot, with a commitment to play with his brother at Florida.  Unless he was more of a 2nd rounder type.

They're saying he wasn't even 2nd round consideration until late this year...

I think the money will be much higher than he expected... I'm certain they've had conversations with him and his family on this already... and he'll sign for quite a bit under slot...

Just guessing...

[LongLiveMaroth]

I mean, it's a lefty high schooler with good bat to ball skills who plays a premium position. The Tigers certainly have a type.

[RatkoVarda]

Baltimore picks 2 of the 3 best college catchers - seems odd to me

 

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

 

[RatkoVarda]

Pipeline had him 219; was was going to Yale; LH catcher; but HS catchers are notoriously hard to develop

[RatkoVarda]

should have lots of $$$ to grab fallers at 62 and 98

[LongLiveMaroth]

2 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

 

 

[CMRivdogs]

MLB.com report

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Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40

High school catching can be a high-risk demographic in the Draft, and finding a good backstop from the New York high school ranks can be even tougher. It's not completely unheard of, and there are scouts who saw Oliveto, especially during his standout performance at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., last fall and think that he could be one of the few, following in the footsteps of current Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe and Marlins prospect Joe Mack.

Those who like Oliveto, especially those who saw him in Jupiter, see a future backstop who checks off the big left-handed-hitting catcher box. He's shown that he can find the barrel with a solid left-handed swing geared toward power. It's at least above-average raw power that some think he'll get to in the future, especially if he can become an average hitter. Others aren't as sold on the pure hit tool, though he turned around good competition at WWBA.

Whether Oliveto can stick behind the plate remains to be seen. He has average receiving skills and moves decently for his size, but he'll have work to do on the pro side in handling premium pitching. There's hope his arm can be average in time, but he'll have to clean that up as well. He's committed to Yale and was generating some earlier-round interest as the Draft approached.

 

[1984Echoes]

Well...

Hmmm...

Interesting...

Check back in 4 years or so it looks like...

So far.

[Tenacious D]

Yep.  No opinion or strong reaction so far.  I trust the Front Office, so hopefully this will net out nicely.

[irishpack]

But this regime seems to be prepared for the draft.  In Harris we have to believe

[Shinzaki]

Have a number of C and IF prospects in the system.  No real hurry on either of these guys

[papalawrence]

I didn't peak at any profiles. I will dive into the profiles of players drafted by the Tigers after it's over. Or not. Just glad they are no longer picking top 5