Off The Radar Prospects To Watch In 2025

Plus: 8 candidates for 1-1, new Field of 64 & a pair of sleeper arms

April 23, 2025

Keep An Eye On These Under The Radar Prospects In 2025

One of the great things about the return of minor league games is the emergence of prospects with whom you’re unfamiliar. After all, the thrill of uncovering new and promising talent is what makes following prospects exciting.

Geoff Pontes has highlighted nine such players who have stood out so far and are worth keeping an eye on as the season progresses. Highlights include:

  • A Royals OF who’s hitting .407 with a familiar speedster-type profile

  • A pair of High-A Brewers adding to an already-loaded system

  • An 11th-round pick who could be next up for the Red Sox hitting dev boost

8 Draft Prospects Who Could Go No. 1 Overall

Will the real No. 1 pick please stand up? 

We’re halfway through this spring’s draft cycle and no closer to having an open-and-shut case for the top player in the class than we were back in February. If anything, the picture at the top of the class has gotten more opaque. 

To help sort things out, BA draft expert Carlos Collazo made the case for eight potential candidates to hear their name called at 1-1 this July.

Updated Field Of 64 Projections (April 23)

We’re getting closer and closer to Selection Monday. In Baseball America’s latest Field of 64 projection, the SEC continues to show its postseason strength with a bracket-leading 13 bids.

Other conference leaders include the ACC (10), Big 12 (5), Big Ten (4) and Sun Belt (3).

With only a month left to play and RPI numbers becoming more stabilized (see below), our projected regional hosts no longer reflect the top 16 of the Top 25 rankings, but rather, a blend of standings and metrics.

Arms To Know: David Davalillo & Sean Linan

Uncovering the next diamond-in-the-rough pitching prospect is the goal for any team. At Baseball America, our team is also always on the lookout for developing success stories on the mound.

Two names that piqued our interest this week? How about Rangers RHP David Davalillo and Dodgers RHP Sean Linan.

Davalillo, No. 17 in the Rangers’ system, led the minors with a 1.88 ERA over 110 innings last year and has let up more than three runs just once in his pro career. Linan, meanwhile, is posting some of the best strikeout and whiff numbers to be found this season.

TRENDING NOW AT BASEBALL AMERICA

📊 Jacob Rudner took a look at notable college baseball RPI risers and fallers.

🔥 Matt Eddy wrote about Aroldis Chapman becoming the velocity record-holder for a sixth MLB team.

💬 Geoff Pontes answered prospect questions in this week’s Hot Sheet chat.

🎙️ This week’s College Podcast previewed the big Texas vs. Texas A&M matchup.

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