2025 MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

[Jake McKibbin]

We're almost on the clock again already.This is flying in

[wiguy94]

Just now, Jake McKibbin said:

Fair call! She mentioned she covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and half of Illinois, so good call. Nothing gets by you dude haha

When it comes to knowing things that absolutely don't matter, I'm a good bet to know about it lol

[Joseph Zarr]

The Dude was clocked over 23 mph!!! 🤩

[Joseph Zarr]

IF Brock signs (I don't think he does) he may be the first Catcher to run the ball to 2nd base en lieu of throwing it.

[Jastro]

Anotha one.... Dominic Cadiz - 3B - Notre Dame HS

correction... draft tracker originally had him as a SP

[duewizard]

15-455 Dominic Cadiz (Notre Dame HS)

MLB's tracker does not list a position but Perfect Game lists him as 1B/2B/3B

[JDBrewCrew]

UCLA Baseball

 

@UCLABaseball

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Jul 8

 

 

Congratulations to future Bruin Dominic Cadiz (

@Dominic01247872

) who was named to the

@WCLBaseball

All-Star team today! Take a look at his numbers this summer .404 AVG (League-high) .724 SLG 7 HR 24 RBI 9 2B (League-high) #GoBruins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREP BASEBALL CALIFORNIA

 

 

@PrepBaseballCA

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Apr 8

 

 

 

‘25 INF Dominic Cadiz of Notre Dame #UCLA commit went 2/4 with a deep shot off the wall in LF. Cadiz gets his hands to the zone early and maintains a level swing through the zone. He displayed his ability to get extension through the ball and drive the ball with some pop.

[narwhalattack]

Seems like we’re on a run of high upside guys now. I don’t think we’re signing many of them, but the ones we do will be fascinating to follow.

[duewizard]

Maybe in thr last 2-3 picks we get a couple more college seniors?

[Joseph Zarr]

I could not love this 11-thru-20 approach more. We don't need quantity of players. We need to up-level the FLOOR of the depth charts. This approach has me all sorts of Monty Burns hands.

[Jake McKibbin]

 

That's a really nice swing, and some tasty looking pop for a high schooler, reaching base in all 23 games played this season and showing he can hit dingers and extra base htis with authority and regularity.

Another higher upside guy. This is getting crazy

[Jake McKibbin]

I mean they can't sign all these guys. Surely not. But is it wrong to hope?

[snoogans8056]

It says Brendan Brock is a JC3 guy. Does that mean he goes to Oklahoma as a senior?

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, Jake McKibbin said:

I mean they can't sign all these guys. Surely not. But is it wrong to hope?

Exactly. My realistic hope is they sign 4-to-5 in the 11-to-20 Range. OR they've absolutely crushed the under slot uniformlh 1-thru-10. I think 4-to-5 is a pipedream but a reasonable One.😅

[wiguy94]

Here's Cadiz posting a 112 EV (with what sounds like a wood bat) on his twitter

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Callis absolutely loves the Brewers run here. Only team he's gone in depth about.

[Jake McKibbin]

7 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Exactly. My realistic hope is they sign 4-to-5 in the 11-to-20 Range. OR they've absolutely crushed the under slot uniformlh 1-thru-10. I think 4-to-5 is a pipedream but a reasonable One.😅

Absolutely a pipe dream, but I'll go dreaming with you big man!

I'm waiting for the really high pick that signifies we're in the "backup" pick section of this draft rather than the "we think we can sign you within our budget"

Also interesting is how the Brewers, due to Levonas, went heavier on college arms last year at the start of the draft (and Caedmon Parker still didn't sign) whereas all in on HS players this time around

 

[Jake McKibbin]

Here's a thought

 

Say the Brewers have $1.5m in slot savings coming into these later rounds

Plus the 5% overage that lets them get another $600k

And the $150k per player before that bonus kicks in

We could realistically pay $540k to five different players which could do the job, especially if some are less high priority than others. If you narrow that to four, we're talking just shy of $700k per player on average which certainly seems doable

Lets dream baby

[Jake McKibbin]

 

I dont care if this is metal, we're talking about a high schooler hitting a pitch 430 ft

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, Jake McKibbin said:

 

I dont care if this is metal, we're talking about a high schooler hitting a pitch 430 ft

Yeah well I could definitely hit a ball 430cm when I was in high school

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Yeah well I could definitely hit a ball 430cm when I was in high school

Yeah, I could definitely hit infield singles. And those came few and far between. 😁

[wiguy94]

One thing I missed on Brock is that he's a 3 year JUCO guy not a 2 year JUCO guy. If he doesn't sign then he's a senior sign next year. Would need a monster season to get a big bonus in 2025.

[Jake McKibbin]

 

 

[Jake McKibbin]

That's whats giving me some hope here, though I've found some things he was committed to join Oklahoma in Dec '24 but it seems that never happened for some reason. Can't work out why

[Joseph Zarr]

I do wonder if the Brewers new facilities at Low-A Wilson in any remote way entice any of these upside lotto hs players who will most assuredly start 2026 in the Carolina League or Arizona.