Draft Podcast: A Slugger, A 6-Foot-8 Prep Lefty & A Surging Arm To Know For 2025
Image credit: Xavier Neyens (Photo by Eddie Kelly / ProLook Photos)
Carlos Collazo and Peter Flaherty hop on the Baseball America Draft Podcast to discuss a trio of high-upside high school prospects to know for the 2025 class, led by Washington slugger Xavier Neyens. The two talk about Neyens’ offensive profile, style and summer showcase circuit before digging into a pair of intriguing southpaws in Oregon lefty Kruz Schoolcraft and Illinois lefty Cameron Appenzeller.
There’s also a brief discussion about a few prominent 2024 college returners and where they could stack up in the draft for round two: Texas A&M LHP Ryan Prager, Texas SS Jalin Flores, Florida SS Colby Shelton and Virginia OF Harrison Didawick.
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Time Stamps
- (1:00) Intro banter
- (3:30) The logistics of keeping up with the transfer portal
- (8:00) Xavier Neyens
- (19:15) General excitement for the 2025 class
- (23:00) Kruz Schoolcraft
- (30:00) Cameron Appenzeller
- (36:00) Ryan Prager, Jalin Flores, Colby Shelton, Harrison Didawick
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