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New York Times
09-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
How Chase Shores, Ike Irish and the top unsigned Class of 2022 baseball recruits fared in college
Recruiting in college baseball is like no other sport, especially for the top programs. Securing a commitment from an elite prospect is only the first step. Getting him to campus, and keeping him away from the MLB Draft, is often the most stressful part of the process. In the Class of 2022, 17 of the top 20 high school prospects, according to the Perfect Game rankings, never enrolled in school. The top player to make it through the draft, Andrew Dutkanych IV, was ranked No. 15. Advertisement After that, colleges had a decent amount of success — 16 players ranked No. 21 through No. 50 played college baseball. And with this crop of players having completed their third season — and eligible for the 2025 MLB Draft — we thought it would be a good time to check in on how things have gone for these former top recruits. Here are the top 20 prospects (according to Perfect Game) from the Class of 2022 who played college baseball and how their college careers unfolded. 15. Andrew Dutkanych IV, RHP, Vanderbilt (Indianapolis, Ind.): Dutkanych threw only 17 innings over two seasons at Vanderbilt, missing significant time as a freshman with a hamstring injury and then going down with a UCL injury early in his sophomore season. He was a draft-eligible sophomore and, despite undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, was selected in the seventh round by the St. Louis Cardinals. 16. Gavin Turley, OF, Oregon State (Chandler, Ariz.): Turley capped off an outstanding three-year career with a banner junior season, hitting .351 with 20 home runs and 69 RBIs for an Oregon State team that advanced to the College World Series. For his career, he had a 1.072 OPS with a school-record 53 home runs. He is a projected top-five-round pick in the 2025 draft. Gavin Turley. Clutch gene. #GoBeavs — Oregon State Baseball (@BeaverBaseball) June 14, 2025 19. Paxton Kling, OF, LSU (Roaring Spring, Pa.): Kling had a solid freshman season — .913 OPS in 57 games (22 starts) — on a team that won the national championship. He took a step back as a sophomore (.727 OPS while starting 39 games) and transferred to Penn State following the season. He played well back in his home state, hitting .358 with a 1.102 OPS and 13 home runs. 21. Levi Huesman, LHP, Coastal Carolina (Hanover, Va.): Huesman struggled in his first two seasons, the first at Coastal Carolina (9.36 ERA, 2.35 WHIP in 33 2/3 innings) and the second at Vanderbilt (6.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP in 12 innings). He was much better as a junior and emerged as a key left-handed option out of the Commodores' bullpen. He threw 16 innings over 18 games, with a 2.81 ERA and 1.06 WHIP. Advertisement 23. Chase Shores, RHP, LSU (Midland, Texas): Shores missed his entire sophomore season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2024. His numbers in 2025 were rather ordinary — 5-3 with a 5.51 ERA and 1.46 WHIP — but he was terrific down the stretch in the Tigers' run to the national title. He pitched the final 2 2/3 innings of the CWS-clinching win over Coastal Carolina, allowing only one hit and striking out four. He is likely to be picked in the first four rounds of the upcoming draft and could be quick to the majors if he stays in the bullpen. 27. Malcolm Moore, C, Stanford (Sacramento, Calif.): Moore lived up to the hype in his two years at Stanford. As a freshman, he hit .311 with 15 home runs and 63 RBIs to help the Cardinal advance to the College World Series for the third straight season. His numbers dipped a bit in 2024 — he hit. 255 with 16 home runs and 36 RBIs — but he was still highly thought of by Major League Baseball and was the No. 30 pick in the 2024 draft by the Rangers. 29. Brady Neal, C, LSU (Tallahassee, Fla.): Neal started 59 games in two seasons at LSU, including 33 in 2024 when he hit .276 with nine home runs. He transferred to Alabama after his sophomore season and hit .219 with three home runs while playing in 41 games (40 starts) in 2025. 31. Ethan Petry, 3B, South Carolina (Land O' Lakes, Fla.): Petry had a massive freshman season, slashing .376/.471/.733 with 23 home runs and 75 RBIs. His production dipped a bit as a sophomore, but he still hit .306 with 21 homers. His power numbers were down considerably in 2025 — 10 home runs in 44 games (missing the final month with a shoulder injury) — but he is still regarded as a top-75 prospect in the upcoming draft. 33. Jaden Noot, RHP, LSU (Oak Park, Calif.): Noot missed all but one game of his first two seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He was used mostly as a reliever in 2025, going 2-1 with a 4.13 ERA and 1.32 WHIP in 32 2/3 innings. He pitched one scoreless inning in the 2025 College World Series. Advertisement 34. Jurrangelo Cijntje, BHP, Mississippi State (Pembroke Pines, Fla.): Cijntje was a true switch-pitcher, although he threw primarily from the right side during his breakout sophomore season in 2024 (8-2 with a 3.67 ERA and 1.10 WHIP). He was a draft-eligible sophomore and went No. 15 to the Mariners in the 2024 MLB Draft. SWITCH PITCHER Jurrangelo Cijntje who was recently drafted by the Mariners. — Baseball's Greatest Moments (@BBGreatMoments) June 25, 2025 35. Jayson Jones, SS, Arkansas (Savannah, Texas): Jones hit under .200 in two seasons at Arkansas — .196 in 46 at-bats in 2023 and .194 in 72 at-bats in 2024. He transferred to Oklahoma State but hit only .217 with a .660 OPS in 50 games with the Cowboys in 2025. He is back in the portal looking for a third school. 36. Michael Gupton, OF, NC State (Raleigh, N.C.): Gupton played sparingly as a freshman at NC State (six games, seven plate appearances) and then spent the 2024 season at Gulf Coast (Miss.) Community College. He returned to the Division I ranks in 2025 and enjoyed a solid season at Samford, slashing .333/.401/.630 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs. He is back in the transfer portal. 39. Ike Irish, C, Auburn (Hudsonville, Mich.): Irish did nothing but hit since he arrived on campus. His career numbers: .350 batting average, 1.060 OPS with 39 home runs and 167 RBIs. He was at his best in 2025, slashing .364/.469/.710 with 19 home runs for an Auburn team that was the No. 4 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. He is expected to be a first-round pick in the 2025 draft, either as a catcher or outfielder. 41. Riley Stanford, OF, Georgia Tech (Gainesville, Ga.): Stanford has been a two-way player for the Yellow Jackets but has seen far more time on the mound. He was limited to two games (both at the plate) as a freshman due to injury. He appeared in 31 games on the mound the last two seasons, going 3-1 with a 5.40 ERA and 1.91 WHIP. He did not have an at-bat in 2025. 42. Kassius Thomas, RHP, Duke (Los Angeles): Thomas pitched only 5 1/3 innings as a freshman at Duke in 2023 and then transferred to Stanford. He made 23 appearances for the Cardinal in 2024 but struggled (9.31 ERA and 2.21 WHIP in 29 innings). He threw a total of eight innings in 10 games in 2025. 45. Oliver Santos, LHP, Duke (Newport Beach, Calif.): Santos sat out his freshman year at Duke with a shoulder injury. He transferred to Texas but had a setback while working his way back from injury and medically retired. Advertisement 47. Jared Jones, C, LSU (Marietta, Ga.): Jones won two national championships in three seasons at LSU. He hit a combined 50 home runs in his final two seasons, with an OPS of 1.201 in 2024 and 1.027 in 2025. He had several huge hits in the '25 CWS, including a three-run home run vs. UCLA and a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the wild 6-5 win over Arkansas. JARED JONES WALKS IT OFF AND LSU ADVANCE TO THE MEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FINALS — MLB Walk Offs & Game Winning Plays (@MLBWalk_Offs) June 19, 2025 48. Adonys Guzman, C, Boston College (Valley Cottage, N.Y.): Guzman was a part-time starter at Boston College as a freshman and then transferred to Arizona. He flourished in 2025, his second season with the Wildcats, hitting .325 with nine home runs and 44 RBIs for a team that advanced to the College World Series. 50. Luke Heyman, C, Florida (Longwood, Fla.): Heyman was a consistent power source for the Gators. He hit 41 home runs in three years, with a high of 16 in 2024. He was slashing .310/.397/.578 with 13 home runs when he was lost for the 2025 season in mid-May after breaking a bone in his arm. He will likely be selected in the top five rounds of the upcoming draft. 53. Cam Smith, SS, Florida State (Lake Worth, Fla.): Smith was solid as a freshman (.258, 12 home runs and 36 RBIs) and sensational as a sophomore in 2024 (.387, 16 home runs and 57 RBIs) as the Seminoles returned to the College World Series for the first time since 2019. He was a draft-eligible sophomore and was picked No. 14 by the Cubs in the 2024 MLB Draft. He's already reached the big leagues with the Astros. 55. Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville/Tennessee 59. R.J. Austin, OF, Vanderbilt 69. Dakota Jordon, OF, Mississippi State Advertisement 78. Devin Taylor, OF, Indiana 84. Chris Stanfield, OF, Auburn/LSU 86. Mason Neville, OF, Arkansas/Oregon 88. Tucker Biven, SS/RHP, Louisville 92. Max Williams, OF, Alabama/Florida State 95. Nolan Schubart, OF, Oklahoma State Coming at this from a different angle, here's a look at where the top college prospects for the upcoming draft were ranked coming out of high school. Keith Law had 55 college players in his most recent top-100 big board. Of those 55: (Photo of Chase Shores: Steven Branscombe / Imagn Images)
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Men's College World Series 2025: Louisville scores 6 in 8th inning to eliminate Arizona, Coastal Carolina wins 25th straight
Day 3 of the 2025 Men's College World Series saw two teams advance, one team eliminated and one other team sent to the loser's bracket. UCLA and LSU will meet on Monday in the winner's bracket after wins on Saturday, preceded by Murray State and Arkansas attempting to avoid elimination earlier in the day. Coastal Carolina 6, Oregon State 2 The nation's longest winning streak continued on Sunday, as No. 13 Coastal Carolina dominated No. 8 Oregon State thanks to a career night by starting pitcher Jacob Morrison. Advertisement Morrison, a mid-round 2025 MLB Draft prospect, allowed only one run and five hits in 7 2/3 innings of work against a talented Beavers lineup. After allowing his sole run on a homer by Easton Talt, Morrison retired 16 straight batters. Morrison exited in the bottom of the eighth inning after allowing runners on the corners with two outs, but right fielder Blagen Pado held off the comeback with a diving catch. Coastal Carolina got all the runs it needed in the first inning, when a bases-loaded double by Colby Thorndyke put three early runs on the board. Oregon State star Gavin Turley got a solo homer in the ninth inning and the Beavers threatened to score more, but the Chanticleers held on for a 6-2 win and their 25th straight victory. Advertisement Oregon State will now face the winner of Sunday's earlier game, Louisville on Tuesday. Coastal Carolina will get the winner of that game on Wednesday. Louisville 8, Arizona 3 After trailing since the first inning, Louisville scored six runs in the eighth to shock Arizona for an 8-3 win. The Wildcats were eliminated from the MCWS with the defeat. Zion Rose dropped an opposite-field single down the right-field line to drive in Jake Munroe and Eddie King Jr. to give Louisville a 4-3 lead in the eighth. Munroe led off the inning by reaching on an error from Arizona shortstop Mason White. King and Tague Davis followed with consecutive singles, setting up Rose's RBI hit. Davis was thrown out at home while attempting to score on Garret Pike's grounder. But Kamau Neighbors drove Rose in with a single, and Alex Alicea brought home another with a sacrifice bunt. From there, Pluta gave up two straight singles to Lucas Moore and Matt Klein to bring in one more run. Advertisement Shell-shocked after the six-run barrage, Arizona got two runners on against Louisville reliever Tucker Biven with singles from Easton Breyfogle and Aaron Walton. But Biven recovered to strike out White and got Adonys Guzman to fly out to center field to finish off what felt like an improbable victory. The Cardinals advance to play the loser of Sunday night's Coastal Carolina-Oregon State matchup and keep the possibility of moving on in the tournament alive. Louisville starting pitcher Ethan Eberle helped Arizona take a first-inning lead, hitting Walton and White with pitches. White was thrown out at third after a single from Guzman scored Walton. Guzman then came in to score on consecutive singles by Maddox Mihalakis and Garen Caulfield. Advertisement The Cardinals cut the deficit in half when Munroe and King led off the second inning with back-to-back singles. Munroe came around to score on a grounder by Rose. However, the Wildcats got that run right back in the top of the third with a home run from Guzman. Arizona starter Smith Bailey held that 3-1 lead until the seventh inning, when Louisville led off with a Garret Pike double and bunt single from Neighbors. Bailey was relieved by Garrett Hicks, who allowed a sacrifice fly by Lucas Moore. Bailey pitched six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Then Hicks and Pluta combined to allow six runs (only two of them earned) in a late-inning meltdown. For the Cardinals, Eberle allowed those three runs in his 3 2/3 innings. Wyatt Danilowicz and Biven kept Arizona off the board for 5 1/3 innings to enable the comeback. The Wildcats had an opportunity to add to their lead in the eighth after two straight two-out singles by Caulfield and Andrew Cain off Biven. However, the junior right-hander got Tommy Splaine to ground out to shortstop to end the threat and begin Louisville's rally.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Men's College World Series 2025: Coastal Carolina, Oregon State notch wins, LSU on pace for record Jell-O shot sales
The 2025 Men's College World Series kicked off Friday, with No. 13 Coastal Carolina earning the first win of the tournament over Arizona and No. 8 Oregon State outlasting Louisville in the late game. Oregon State 4, Louisville 3 Oregon State had a win in hand entering the ninth inning — and didn't let some misadventures stop them from advancing in the winner's bracket. Advertisement Gavin Turley hit a walk-off double to give his team a 4-3 win after the Beavers blew a two-run lead in the top of the ninth. Aiva Arquette, one of the top prospects for the 2025 MLB Draft, set it up with a one-out single, then motored first-to-home on Turley's line drive into left field. Turley and Arquette were the heroes of the bottom of the ninth and the goats of the top. Defensive blunders from both players allowed Louisville to tie the game, with a missed dive from Turley turning into a triple and a bad throw from Arquette giving the Cardinals another man on third, who later scored. The miscues nearly spoiled a great outing from star freshman Dax Whitney, who struck out nine across 5 1/3 innings while allowing three hits and a single run. The lanky right-hander with big heat and a bigger curveball outlasted the Cardinals' Patrick Forbes in a battle of future MLB Draft picks. Whitney was ranked as the No. 56 prospect of the 2024 MLB Draft by MLB Pipeline. The No. 57 prospect, Boston Bateman, got $2.5 million from the San Diego Padres. Whitney has more than helped his stock this season and now projects as a future first-round pick after earning second-team Freshman All-America honors. Advertisement Curiously, the first 15 hits of this game were all singles, with Rose getting the first extra-base hit of the game with his leadoff triple in the ninth inning. The Beavers got their first runs when they opened the bottom of the fourth with four straight singles. Louisville got one run back in the sixth with its own rally but then handed Oregon State an insurance run when shortstop Alex Alicea booted a potential double-play ball with the bases loaded. With the victory, Oregon State advances to face Coastal Carolina in the next round, while Louisville will get Arizona in the loser's bracket on Sunday. Coastal Carolina 7, Arizona 4 The Chanticleers, who came into the CWS with the best record in Division I, overcame a 4-4 tie with a few clutch doubles in the bottom of the eighth to keep their 24-game winning streak alive. Advertisement It was a quiet first inning for both teams. But in the second inning, Coastal Carolina had a huge opportunity, loading the bases off a muffed infield catch by Arizona pitcher Owen Kramkowski. Outfielder Wells Sykes took advantage, hitting a two-run single to put the Chanticleers on the board. Arizona came alive in the top of the fourth, starting with a solo homer from shortstop Mason White. Then the Wildcats hit back-to-back doubles, sending catcher Adonys Guzman home to tie the game 2-2. In the bottom of the fifth, a single from Chanticleers right fielder Blagen Pado sent second baseman Blake Barthol home for a 3-2 lead. Coastal Carolina is known for getting hit by pitches; the team has been hit by an NCAA-leading 170 pitches this season. But in the sixth inning, it was Arizona who took advantage of getting hit. Chanticleers reliever Cameron Flukey hit three batters, allowing the Wildcats to load the bases and score a game-tying run before they recorded an out. Advertisement Then a grounder from second baseman Garen Caulfield sent White home to give Arizona a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, Chanticleers catcher Caden Bodine drove in a run to make it 4-4. The two teams stayed locked in a tie for the next two innings off some strong defensive play, with Flukey settling in. In the bottom of the eighth, with the Chanticleers sitting on two outs, it looked like the game would come down to the final inning. Then Coastal Carolina's offense broke through. It started with Sykes getting on second on a hit that landed right on the line. Left fielder Sebastian Alexander then hit an RBI single to send Sykes home for a 5-4 lead. Another huge double from Barthol sent Alexander and Bodine, who was intentionally walked, home to give the Chanticleers a 7-4 lead heading into the ninth. Arizona wasn't done yet, as designated hitter Andrew Cain earned a double with some bold running, and first baseman Tommy Splaine got a base hit. But a huge double-play ended the game and sent Coastal Carolina to the winners' bracket. Advertisement The men's College World Series has one of the most entertaining side plots of any NCAA championship: the Jell-O shot competition at Rocco's, where patrons compete annually to see which school's fan base can consume the most Jell-O shots. LSU, which set the record with 68,888 Jell-O shots purchased in 2023, is off to an early lead after the first day of the MCWS, with a monstrous 4,410 shots as of 10 p.m. CT. That tally is far ahead of last year's pace, setting LSU up for another record victory. However, Murray State and Coastal Carolina are also on a roll, coming in at 2,180 and 1,753 shots, respectively, after a back-and-forth Friday. Regardless of who wins, all three schools are currently on pace to break LSU's 2023 record.
USA Today
14-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Gavin Turley delivers walk-off hit for Oregon State at College World Series
Gavin Turley delivers walk-off hit for Oregon State at College World Series Show Caption Hide Caption Which NCAA baseball teams could blow up the bracket The Montgomery Advertiser's Adam Cole and The Southwest Times Record's Jackson Fuller break down who could wreck the tournament bracket. Omaha magic arrived on Day 1 of the College World Series, and it is all thanks to Oregon State left fielder Gavin Turley. Facing the first pitch of his at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning with a runner on first, Turley laced a line drive down into the left field corner to score Aiva Arquette and give No. 8 Oregon State a 4-3 walk-off win against Louisville at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the first walk-off win for the Beavers in their eight trips to the College World Series, according to the ESPN broadcast. REQUIRED READING: Oregon State-Louisville baseball score: Highlights from Beavers' College World Series win "Trying to hit something hard. Hit something over the plate, "Turley told ESPN's Kris Budden after the game. "Didn't try to do too much, to be honest. Just put a good swing on the ball in the zone. He added on the feel of his heartbeat after the walk-off: "It's off the charts. Can't believe I'm standing here. I'm still out of breath. That was awesome." Turley's heroics in Omaha at Charles Schwab Field Omaha didn't come without a wacky top of the ninth inning, which he played a factor into. Leading 3-1 going into the ninth inning, Turley attempted to make a diving catch on a live drive hit to him by Louisville left fielder Zion Rose. However, Turley misplayed the ball, allowing Rose to begin the inning with a lead-off triple. Rose was then brought home one batter later by Tague Davis, who beat the shift with a single up the middle. Kamau Neighbors plated Alex Alicea to even the score at 3-3 on a single up the middle, after Alicea reached third on a two-error play by Arquette and Oregon State catcher Wilson Weber. REQUIRED READING: College World Series bracket: Scores, schedule, teams, times, TV channel for CWS Earlier in the game, Turley set a new Oregon State single-postseason program record for most RBIs that his head coach, Mitch Canham, used to hold. Turley's first RBI of the night came on a groundout to second that allowed Trent Caraway to come across home for the first run of the night. The meeting between the Beavers and the Cardinals was the first since both teams met up in the 2013 College World Series, a game that Oregon State also won. Next up for Oregon State will be No. 13 Coastal Carolina, which defeated Arizona 7-4 earlier in the day to extend its nation-leading 24-game win streak, on June 15 at 7 p.m. ET. A win against the Chanticleers would advance the Beavers to the CWS semifinals. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Oregon State opens College World Series with 4-3 walk-off win over Louisville
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Aiva Arquette scored from first base on Gavin Turley's drive into the left-field corner in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Oregon State a 4-3 walk-off victory over Louisville in the College World Series on Friday night. The Cardinals had tied the game with two runs in the top half before Oregon State recorded its fourth walk-off win of the season and second in four games. Advertisement The Beavers (48-14-1), back in Omaha for the first time since they won the national title in 2018, will play Coastal Carolina on Sunday after the Cardinals (40-22) meet Arizona in an elimination game. Arquette, a projected first-round pick in the MLB amateur draft next month, had had a rough night in the field before delivering his third base hit of the game with one out in the ninth. Turley then sent the first pitch from Jake Schweitzer (4-2) on a line into the corner. Left fielder Zion Rose tried to cut the ball off but couldn't come up with it, allowing Arquette to be waved home. Oregon State's dugout emptied, and Turley was drenched with a bucket of sports drink in the on-field celebration. In the Beavers' super regional opener last week, Turley scored the winning run on AJ Singer's walk-off single in a 5-4, 10-inning win over Florida State. The Cardinals, who trailed 3-1, stranded runners at third base in the sixth and seventh innings and couldn't score after getting their leadoff man on base in the eighth. Advertisement They broke through to tie it in the ninth against Kellan Oakes (5-0). Rose tripled to left when the ball got past Turley and rolled to the wall and Tague Davis followed with an RBI single. Alex Alicea reached on shortstop Arquette's throwing error and ended up on third when catcher Wilson Weber lost his grip on the ball as he tried to get Alicea at second. Kamau Neighbors drove in Alicea for the tying run with his liner to center before Oakes got a strikeout and groundout to end the inning. Oregon State starter Dax Whitney was nearly untouchable the first two times through the Louisville order. He mixed mid-90 mph fastballs with knee-buckling curveballs and changeups to strike out eight of the first 11 batters he faced, and the only hits against him through five innings were a couple balls poked through the infield. The 6-foot-5 right-hander from Blackfoot, Idaho, finished with nine strikeouts and left with one out in the sixth and two runners on base. Advertisement Louisville starter Patrick Forbes matched zeroes with Whitney through three innings, fanning five of the first nine he faced. He finished with 10 strikeouts and was replaced by Justin West with bases loaded in the sixth after he issued his only walk. West ended the inning with two strikeouts, but not before Canon Reeder made it 3-1 when Alicea couldn't pick up his sharply hit grounder. ___ AP college sports:
