About this episode
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. — 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 — 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 — Go to https://surfshark.com/foul or use code FOUL at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy