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The 2025 Draft is right around the corner so it’s time for an update to the Future Stars Series PLUS Top 250 prospects. This board is built on three pillars. Live looks, data evaluation, and intel/conversations provided from within the industry. These players have a ton of time and projection ahead of them, so expect this list to change considerably as we approach the 2025 Draft.
One of the more physical players in this class, Laviolette shows over the fence power to all fields and a powerful left-handed swing. The 6-foot-5-inch Aggie hit 21 homers as a true freshman and stole 18 bases along the way. He parlayed that teenage performance into 29 more homers as a sophomore adding seven stolen bases for good measure.
Laviolette personifies the lefty-loop zone. The bat path is a joy to watch, and conducive to utilizing his double-plus raw power. LaViolette has fluid motions at the plate and violent hips that clear, making way to significant thump. Already very strong, LaViolette figures to be one of the slugging mainstays in the class. In terms of his approach, LaViolette posted well-above average chase rates as a teenager, and although his contact rates leave a bit to be desired, he has a ton of time to polish up those skills. His fly ball rates tend to ensure a hefty slash line regardless of any swing-and-miss he’ll display.
Defensively, he’s destined for a corner where his above average speed projection and above average throwing arm will stick long-term. LaViolette glides in the outfield and has shown tremendous feel for routes and spacial awareness. He can play an average centerfield in a pinch too.
Jamie Arnold is a metric freak. His ability to create velocity and angles from a 54-inch release height is reasonably unprecedented. Arnold has an extremely flat approach angle with a fastball that absolutely feasts at the top of the zone. He’s been up to 97 but more impressively holds 93-95 into the deepest innings of his starts. It’s very comfortably a ‘plus’ fastball and the argument could be made it’s a double-plus weapon.
Arnold sweeper is just as impressive a pitch featuring considerable depth and enough lateral action to get left-handed hitters looking foolish on the regular. There’s also a changeup that is more solid average, but considering the nature of his fastball, hitters are forced to respect the top of the zone allowing the cambio to play to levels above its metrics. Throw in the fact he throws strikes aplenty and you’ve got a reasonably complete package on the bump with SP1 upside.
Arnold has simple, easy mechanics with that deceptive arm slot and his looseness, athleticism and elasticity suggest more is coming in the velocity department. He’s one of the more impressive college pitchers to become available in recent years. It’s something of a super-up version of Cooper Hjerpe.

Bremner is a super athletic righty with a fantastic operation on the mound. The fastball has teeth and is already up to 98 with big vertical carry. The changeup is his best secondary with strong fading action and higher spin rates giving it arm-side action. Bremner has shown a willingness to throw the changeup to left-handed hitter and right-handed hitters and has dominated on both fronts. The conviction, arm action and life on the pitch clearly point toward a ‘plus’ offering with a chance of reaching even higher grades.
Bremner’s sweeper has taken strides over the last twelve months and has flashed ‘plus’. At its best Bremner is generating close to twelve inches of sweep on that pitch and will routinely grab 85-86 mph, topping out at 88. He’s still able to generate substantial vertical plane on that pitch too. Landing it where he wants will be important in his developmental upside, but the pure traits, shapes and spin are tantalizing.
The entire arsenal is thrown out of a deceptive slot; tough for the opposition to pick up, let alone square up. It’s all complimented by above average control for the strike zone.
Scouts love what this could become – a mid-90s, explosive arm with starters traits and a metric-darling. He’s got a shot at possessing three above-average to ‘plus’ pitches. Bremner has first round stuff, a top-shelf pitcher’s frame and projection in a lean physique. He checks a whole bunch of boxes.
Arquette made his way from the island of Hawaii and became something of a star at the University of Washington. He transferred to Oregon State for his draft-eligible 2025 campaign after UW’s Head Coach Jason Kelly left for Texas A&M following the 2024 season.
Arquette is long and projectable on the dirt and may ultimately shift to third base if he adds more physicality. As things stand he’s a reasonably rangy infielder considering his size and a steady second baseman with a solid arm and nimble actions. He’ll get more of a full-time look at shortstop for Oregon State in 2025. Arquette showcases a strong internal clock with soft hands and balance on the infield. Skeptics have long looked at his size as reason to believe he’s destined for the outfield. He’s continuously proved those doubters wrong.
Arquette’s bat took mammoth strides during his sophomore year and it now represents one of the more complete offensive profiles in the country. There’s bat-to-ball skills and huge exit velocities, both of which were shown off on the Cape too. Arquette has a steady approach and a willingness to use right field, a rare trait for players his size. It’s raw power that plays into right-center field with backspinning batted balls that cut through thick, wet Pacific Northwest air. If there’s one nitpicking trait scouts would like to see Arquette improve as the Draft nears it would be his patience at the plate. More specifically late in counts. He’s in no rush to take walks and can get overanxious on spin. Still, that’s a rather minor wart on a scouting report covered with above average tools throughout.
The 95th percentile outcome on a player like Arquette is something of a Troy Tulowitzki. A floor-outcome could be someone like Mike Morse. He’ll need to further prove he’s a shortstop through and through should he hope to land those lofty comparisons when July rolls around.
Cannarella instantly became one of Clemson’s best hitters after stepping on campus in the fall of 2022. He possesses borderline elite bat-to-ball skills and a selective, keen eye at the plate. He takes his walks and is a menace on the base paths though he was forced to play more station-to-station in 2024 while dealing with a shoulder injury. He’s not expected to get the full green light on the bases in 2025 either.
While Cannarella doesn’t possess much more than average raw power, it’s further diluted by his higher-than-preferred ground ball rates. Those will need to improve if he’s to realize his top-ten pick upside. There’s enough raw power to force pitchers to be careful with him and Cannarella has shown innate feel for the fat part of the bat highlighted by an average exit velocity in as a sophomore that approached 91 mph.
One of his greatest tools might be his fiery persona and bulldog mentality in the field. Everyone knows when Cannarella is in the lineup. He’s a vocal and physical leader who demands the respect of his teammates, and more effusively the opposition.
Cannarella has fantastic arm strength and figures to stick in centerfield but could be moved back to shortstop, his original position, in professional baseball. He projects an above-average to plus pure hitter and an above average glove, maybe half-a-grade better depending on his eventual position. Cannarella’s biggest hurdle in setting his draft stock in 2025 will be his inability to put his base-stealing talents on full-display. It remains to be seen if he’ll be able to tap into the raw power scouts have seen in the past as his shoulder recovery won’t quite be at full-strength next season.
Summerhill is a long-levered, angular outfielder with a sweet, lofty left-handed swing and present game power largely due to his feel for backspinning the baseball. He’s peaked at 110 mph in terms of exit velocities, but proponents of the profile point toward his leaner frame with strength projection on the horizon as reason to believe there’s louder contact in the tank. It’s a quiet swing with pull-side authority with almost zero holes in his stroke. Summerhill posts elite whiff rates and is among the best in the country in terms of in-zone swing-outcome production. There’s a whole lot of polish here and there’s more impact on the way as evidenced by his 6-foot-3-inch athletic frame.
Summerhill has a strong arm best suited for a corner. He’s also presently an above average runner but he occasionally clocks ‘plus’ run times. His frame projects a potential 6-foot-4-inch, 215-pound slugger in due time as he mature into his professional physical form. Summerhill has played centerfield for the Cats and boasts impressive range and reads. He’s got centerfield tools and could stick up the middle of the field if he doesn’t get too physical over his next few formative strength-gain years. All he’s done to this point is hit in Tucson and his profile continues to trend upward. He’s one of the few college bats in this years’ class with middle-of-the-field traits and five tool potential.
A draft-eligible sophomore, Stevenson walked away from a good paycheck during the 2023 Draft in order to enroll at Chapel Hill. Lauded for his polished hit tool and raw power, Stevenson gets high marks from scouts on his ability to slow down the game at the plate. He takes his walks and puts a jolt into the baseball when mistakes are left over the heart of the plate. He’s proven capable of handling any pitch anywhere in the strike zone, though when he expands the zone he’s had some trouble making contact with the breaking ball. That can sometimes lead to the fear he’ll struggle to hit more advanced spin in professional baseball, though he’s so young at this point and his sample is just one year coming into 2025. Stevenson looked like the total package at times in 2024 as a true freshman with the occasional streaky bouts of getting fooled by the accelerated college game. He has a short, simple, cut-off swing from the left side with a tight, compact turn. He’s got extremely fast hands with considerable raw power that will effortlessly translate to the pro game. There’s some Kyle Schwarber in the operation. Stevenson swings a heavy barrel with loud exit velocities. It’s legitimate impact upside.
Defensively, Stevenson gets green checks for his ability to receive the baseball and has flashed easy ‘plus’ arm strength consistently putting the baseball right on the bag. Already a thick profile, Stevenson figures to stay behind the plate so long as he doesn’t outgrow the flexibility required to catch. As presently constructed, scouts believe he’s comfortably the best defensive catcher in the 2025 Draft with a chance to be one of the more complete catching prospects to come out of the college game in the last handful of years. This is what they look like. Tons of strength in the lower-half and core. He’s pro-ready.

While Jackson Holliday was the prize in the 2022 MLB Draft, scouts got a first-hand look at his brother in their trips to Stillwater. The youngest of Matt Holliday’s children, Ethan is far more physical than his older brother with huge raw power and a similarly beautiful left-handed stroke. Still extremely young, Holliday already tops the scales at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds with broad shoulders and plenty of projection to go. There’s no question the bat carries heavy value here and he should generate even more raw power as his frame matures.
Holliday is one of the top high school bat at this stage despite a streaky summer where he struggled to show his impact in games. There was more swing and miss than scouts were accustom to seeing too, especially when exposed to velocity. Still, you’d be hard-pressed to find many scouts who aren’t bullish on a rebound in the spring considering the physical tools, track record, and pedigree. Holliday still posted an impressive chase rate with a FB/LD rate at nearly 60 percent across a big summer sample. Remember, his brother Jackson has a sluggish summer in 2021 too.
Holliday, already a third baseman, is athletic enough to stay on the dirt or potentially shift to a corner outfield role with his average run times. His solid-to-above average arm strength is plenty strong enough to stay on the left side.
He’s got some work to do in the spring to keep the lofty top-5 pick expectations. There are a number of outcomes for a player like Holliday when all is said and done. If the tools and talent come together he could end up as productive as a player like Matt Carpenter or Eric Chavez. If the swing-and-miss persists, a Ryan McMahon trajectory may be more fitting.
A re-class from 2026, Eli Willits is a true switch-hitter in every sense of the word. Some guys fake it hitting from both sides and struggle from one side or the other. That’s not the case here. From the left side Willits features a tight, compact swing with quick hands and twitchy hips. He uses the whole field and has an adjustability with the barrel that few can match. There’s some moving parts in the load and some late barrel tilt that could test his ability to handle higher velocity arms, but to this point he’s impressed in tournament settings and has had little issue squaring up fastballs in premium settings. Right now it’s fringy raw power with ringing gap power. That said, Willits has a lean frame with the hands and projection you look for in a guy that could ultimately get to average or better raw power. From the right side it’s a bit more bat speed with louder results and a bit more impact to all fields. The hit tool projects better from the left side, but he’s far from a liability as a right-handed hitter. He clearly projects to be able to hit from both sides of the plate going forward. Interesting offensive tools from both sides of the plate.
Willits looks every bit the part of a future shortstop, centerfielder or up-the-middle defender too. He’s a rangy defender who has demonstrated the ability to get to any ball. As a shortstop he excels when coming in on the grass and making the play on slow-rollers in front of him. He can get his body into the athletic positions necessary to make just about every throw. He’s also an above average runner with long strides and a smooth gait that really projects to hold deep into professional ball. He’s also shown plenty capable of playing a strong centerfield if teams want to give him run at the ‘8’. He takes some of the stronger routes in the class out there and demonstrates solid spacial awareness around the wall and warning track.
Perhaps the one nitpick analysts and some evaluators have on the entire profile is a general lack of explosive, twitchy athleticism. Willits doesn’t stand out when it comes to force-plate testing or 30-/60-yard dash workouts. Skeptics of those results will point to a low ceiling from an impact perspective. Those bullish of his profile will point to his extraordinarily young age as means to reason a jump in explosiveness and strength on the horizon.
Willits has a chance to be one of the first players off the board if he adds a bit more impact at the plate. The tools are here for a special player. As noted, he will be extremely young for the draft, just 17.7 years old when he’s selected.
Neyens is one of the more physical bats to ever come out of the Pacific Northwest. The bat speed here is pretty enormous, especially considering his age. Neyens still has plenty of room to fill out his 6-foot-4-inch frame too. The raw power trumps the hit tool at this stage though Neyens has shown flashes of above average hitter-ish traits including one of the more advanced approaches of any hitter in the high school class. He boasts elite chase rates and keeps his swings contained inside the zone. He’s arguably the top prep in the class in terms of understanding on how to lift and launch the baseball boasting a 49 percent fly ball rate and 68 percent air-contact rate across all events in 2024. He also pulls the ball at an exceptional rate. As far as contact-quality goes, Neyens is super efficient. That, coupled with elite bat speed and rotational acceleration metrics point toward an impact bat at the next level with 40-homer upside.
Neyens has played up against older competition for the better part of two years now and consistently looks like the best bat on the field. It’s a sweet left-handed swing with a tight turn and steeper plane at times. Neyens slowed a bit as the 2024 summer fizzled to its end struggling with passivity at times in tournament and showcase settings. He drew a ton of walks as he usually does, but whiffs jumped as he allowed pitchers to get ahead in the count more than usual.
Neyens is a primary third baseman now but could end up in a corner outfield spot at the next level. He’s an average defender on the dirt with some fundamentals in the footwork and hands that need polishing up, but he’s generally been a steady, reliable glove. Neyens looks more comfortable in pregame warmups at shortstop where his tempo and athleticism seem more natural. Those actions at the ‘6’ would suggest more reps and seasoning at the hot corner should see his comfortability in that position improve over time. It’s at least ‘plus’ arm strength that plays all over the field.
Neyens has a shot to pitch too. He’s already touching 96 on the mound and throws a short, firm, deceptive slider that’s been good when he can command it. The physical tools at the plate will ultimately end the conversation though.
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