First-year player draft potential rating buckets (2025)

While no prospects were in attendance for this year’s draft at the Coca-Cola Roxy at The Battery Atlanta, I was there, providing live draft coverage for BHQ. For the 2nd straight year, the media had no idea who was going 1.1 until the fleeting seconds before Eli Willits was selected by the Nationals. I wouldn’t characterize it as a surprise, given that he was one of 3 names being discussed around the media section. Still, he was viewed as the 3rd or 4th best prospect in this year’s draft. 

2025 Draft Review (Non-Fantasy Breakdown)

If you’re looking for a glowing report on this draft class, you might want to skip over this section and get to the fantasy analysis because I’m not a fan of this year’s draft. There is one definite...

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