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On Monday we released the expanded rankings of the Top 200 college prospects for the 2024 MLB draft. Today, although it’s 17 months from now and much will change, we focus on the cream of the 2025 draft-eligible college crop.
Two SEC performers lead the way at the top with power-hitting outfielders Jace LaViolette (Texas A&M) and Ethan Petry (South Carolina). The 6-foot-6, 230-pound left-handed hitting LaViolette slugged 21 home runs for the Aggies last season, while the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Petry did even more damage with 23 round-trippers from the right side for the Gamecocks.
At this point, one strength of the 2025 MLB draft looks to be college outfielders and two more occupy the fourth and fifth spots in our rankings. The electrifying Cam Cannarella (Clemson) stole 24 bases, banged out 26 extra base hits and played elite defense for the Tigers during his freshman season of 2023. Nolan Schubart (Oklahoma State) also put together an outstanding debut season in Stillwater, launching 17 home runs while batting .338 for the Cowboys.
Sandwiched between the two pairs of outfielders at No. 3 is Coastal Carolina’s Caden Bodine. His .366/.454/.606 freshman season in Myrtle Beach may have gone a little under the radar outside of the Sun Belt conference, but scouts on a national level caught a glimpse of his abilities during a stellar summer in the Cape. The switch-hitting Bodine slashed .384/.491/.454 with more walks (18) than strikeouts (13) as a 19 year-old for Bourne. The 5-foot-10, 200-pound backstop is also a solid defender with plus arm strength behind the dish.
Overall, the SEC leads all conferences with 32 of the top 100, while the ACC places 19, and the Big 12 and Pac-12 (as we know it today) place ten apiece.
| RANK | PLAYER | POSITION | COLLEGE | CONFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jace LaViolette | OF | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 2 | Ethan Petry | OF | South Carolina | SEC |
| 3 | Caden Bodine | C | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt |
| 4 | Cam Cannarella | OF | Clemson | ACC |
| 5 | Nolan Schubart | OF | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
| 6 | Ike Irish | C | Auburn | SEC |
| 7 | Cade Fisher | LHP | Florida | SEC |
| 8 | Cam Leiter | RHP | Florida State | ACC |
| 9 | Chase Shores | RHP | LSU | SEC |
| 10 | Wehiwa Aloy | SS | Arkansas | SEC |
| 11 | Devin Taylor | OF | Indiana | Big Ten |
| 12 | Mason White | INF | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| 13 | Trent Caraway* | INF | Oregon State | Pac-12 |
| 14 | James Ellwanger* | RHP | Dallas Baptist | C-USA |
| 15 | Evan Chrest | RHP | Jacksonville | A-SUN |
| 16 | Luke Stevenson* | C | North Carolina | ACC |
| 17 | Isaiah Jackson | OF | Arizona State | Pac-12 |
| 18 | Matt Scott | RHP | Stanford | Pac-12 |
| 19 | Karson Bowen | C | TCU | Big 12 |
| 20 | Blake Cyr | 2B | Miami | ACC |
| 21 | Cade Kurland | 2B | Florida | SEC |
| 22 | AJ Russell | RHP | Tennessee | SEC |
| 23 | Zach Root | LHP | East Carolina | American |
| 24 | RJ Austin | OF/INF | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 25 | Marcus Phillips | RHP/OF | Tennessee | SEC |
| 26 | Alton Davis | LHP | Alabama | SEC |
| 27 | JT Quinn | RHP | Ole Miss | SEC |
| 28 | Nate Snead | RHP | Tennessee | SEC |
| 29 | JB Middleton | RHP | Southern Miss | Sun Belt |
| 30 | Riley Quick | RHP | Alabama | SEC |
*Indicates to be draft-eligible sophomore
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