Can Seth Hernandez Make Draft History?

Corona HS standout Ks 11, touches 99 mph at NHSI to boost 2025 draft stock

April 11, 2025

Top HS Pitcher Seth Hernandez Strengthens Draft Stock At NHSI

The top high school pitcher in the country, righthander Seth Hernandez, took perhaps his biggest stage of the season Thursday afternoon at USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational. 

Throwing for his No. 1 ranked and undefeated Corona High team in the NHSI semifinals, Hernandez threw a 95-pitch complete game with 11 strikeouts in front of a horde of major league scouts.

In a wide-open draft class with no obvious 1-1 pick, Hernandez made his case to be the first player off the board by holding mid-90s velocity throughout, touching 99 mph in his final frame and routinely generating empty swings with a low-80s, 70-grade changeup that lived up to its hype.

HOW HIGH COULD SETH HERNANDEZ GO?

Everything To Know About Seth Hernandez

1️⃣ The top-ranked high school arm checked in at No. 4 overall in Baseball America’s latest 2025 MLB Draft board update.

2️⃣ Hernandez went No. 1 overall in Baseball America’s first Staff Draft of the season.

3️⃣ An anonymous MLB scout agreed that Hernandez has the most pure upside in the class in our 1.0 Mock Draft.

4️⃣ Ben Badler & Carlos Collazo recently discussed the potential for Hernandez to make history as the first-ever high school righty to go 1-1.

5️⃣ Before the season, we looked at how Hernandez could further improve his draft stock by adding consistency to his breaking balls.

5 Early-Season Strategy Tips For Dynasty Managers

While we wait for more plate appearances and innings to accrue before the 2025 debut of RoboScout, fantasy managers should not be sitting idly by.

While it’s probably too early to veer from your overall strategic direction, there are still some things you can do with your dynasty team now that games have begun. Here are five key tips from BA fantasy expert Dylan White to help get the most of out of your roster in the early goings of the new season.

How In-Season Updates Make Our Top 100 Rankings More Accurate

Since 2022, Baseball America has made regular in-season updates to our Top 100 Prospects list, including a modest update at the end of spring training followed by more detailed updates in May, June, July and August.

Why? Because we won’t settle for anything less when it comes to our prospect rankings.

To highlight this, J.J. Cooper has taken a look back through every in-season Top 100 Prospects update since the start of 2022 season to see just how the BA process helps make for the best, most accurate prospect rankings to be found.

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