Draft Podcast: Breaking Down Our 2025 Rankings Update & Jace LaViolette vs. Ethan Holliday
Image credit: Ethan Holliday (Photo by Eddie Kelly / Baseball America)
Carlos Collazo and Peter Flaherty hop on the Baseball America Draft Podcast to break down this week’s Top 100 prospects update for the 2025 draft and get a sense of the class at this point in the calendar.
The two talk about the strength of the college outfield group, with Peter giving a few picks to click on the board before discussion turns to the shortstop capital of the college class and the 1-1 debate.
What is the gap between Jace LaViolette and Ethan Holliday for the top spot in the class? And who are the other players who could be vying for that spot on draft day?
2025 MLB Draft: Jace LaViolette vs. Ethan Holliday For The No. 1 Pick
With the launch of our new 2025 rankings, Carlos Collazo opens up his MLB draft notebook to share what he’s hearing about next year’s class.
Time Stamps
- (1:30) 2025 class overview
- (4:00) Does the 2025 class lack star power at the top?
- (7:00) A well-rounded draft class
- (11:40) Peter’s picks to shoot up the board
- (14:00) How’s the strength of college shortstops?
- (18:00) The 1-1 debate
- (24:00) Why Peter has gone from Cam Cannarella to Jace LaViolette
- (29:00) Steelmanning Ethan Holliday’s Case & Seth Hernandez as a darkhorse
- (33:00) Peter’s dark horse 1-1 candidate
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