Carlos, Jacob and Peter review our preseason draft teams for the 2025 class. Who did well, who did poorly, which picks do we love and which do we regret with the benefit of hindsight? Perhaps more importantly, what are the lessons we can learn from this exercise and put towards the 2026 class?

You can see each of the three teams drafted below, as well as the “best of the rest” of the highest draft bonus players who went unpicked.

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Time Stamps

(0:00) Intro
(4:00) Macro team analysis
(6:00) Biggest misses
(9:00) The risks of HS pitchers in this exercise
(14:00) Players who have leverage in the spring
(18:00) Will Stanford continue to recruit like they have?
(24:00) Long term view for Ben’s picks
(26:00) Jacob’s picks he liked and picks he would take back
(31:00) Carlos’s picks he liked and picks he would take back
(35:20) How do agents influence this process?
(37:00) Closing thoughts

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Carlos’s Team

C — Ike Irish, 4418400
CIF — Dean Curley, 1733905
CIF — Xavier Neyens, 4120000
MIF — Eli Willits, 8200000
MIF — Marek Houson, 4497500
OF — Nick Dumesnil, 214300
OF — Slater de Brun, 4000000
OF — Kane Kepley, 1400000
P — Jamie Arnold, 5985100
P — Seth Hernandez, 7250000
P — Landon Harmon, 2500000
P — Cameron Appenzeller, 0
UTL — Aiva Arquette, 7149900

Total Bonus Value: $51,469,105

Jacob’s Team

C — Luke Stevenson, 2800000
CIF — Gavin Fien, 4800000
CIF — Boston Kellner, 0
MIF — Kayson Cunningham, 4581900
MIF — Brady Ebel, 2750000
OF — Devin Taylor, 2500000
OF — Henry Ford, 0
OF — Dean Moss, 1733905
P — Tyler Bremner, 7689525
P — Kruz Schoolcraft, 3606600
P — Kyson Witherspoon, 5000000
P — Cam Leiter, 1346600
UTL — Brandon Compton, 2000000

Total Bonus Value: $38,808,530

Ben’s team

C — Caden Bodine, 3110800
CIF — Tre Phelps, 0
CIF — Ethan Holliday, 9000000
MIF — Billy Carlson, 6235900
MIF — Lucas Franco, 0
OF — Jace LaViolette, 4000000
OF — Cam Cannarella, 2277425
OF — Brendan Summerhill, 1997500
P — Matt Scott, 0
P — Justice De Jong, 0
P — Josh Hammond, 3197500
P — Angel Cervantes, 0
UTL — Brock Sell, 0

Total Bonus Value: $29,819,125

Best of the Rest

C — Michael Oliveto, 2447500
CIF — Andrew Fischer, 3500000
CIF — Ethan Petry, 2090000
MIF — JoJo Parker, 6197500
MIF — Steele Hall, 5747500
OF — Sean Gamble, 3997500
OF — Ethan Conrad, 3563100
OF — Jaden Fauske, 2997500
P — Kade Anderson, 8800000
P — Liam Doyle, 7250000
P — Gage Wood, 3000000
P — Patrick Forbes, 3000000
UTL — Gavin Kilen, 5247500

Total Bonus Value: $57,838,100

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