MLB’s New ‘Dead Period’ For Scouts & 2025 Draft Pick Struggles | Future Projection

Image credit: (Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)
In this week’s Future Projection, Bed Badler and Carlos Collazo talk about MLB’s new mandated “dead period” for scouting domestic players before discussing the Nationals’ GM search and the state of the organization.
After that, we talk about a number of 2025 draftees who are off to slow starts in their pro debuts—plus a handful of strong debuts—before briefly discussing some of the more impressive minor league seasons.
Time Stamps
- (0:00) Intro
- (5:00) MLB’s Dead Period For Draft-Eligible Players
- (23:00) The state of the Nationals
- (37:30) 2025 debut results
- (39:00) Ethan Holliday
- (43:00) Tate Southisene
- (45:00) Kayson Cunningham
- (49:30) Eli Willits
- (52:30) Ike Irish
- (55:10) Aiva Arquette
- (57:50) Dax Kilby
- (1:00:20) Brendan Summerhill
- (1:03:00) Andrew Fischer
- (1:05:30) Kane Kepley
- (1:08:00) Devin Taylor
- (1:11:08) Konnor Griffin, Kevin McGonigle
- (1:20:00) Cam Caminiti
- (1:24:00) David Shields
- (1:27:55) Kendry Chourio
- (1:31:30) Rainiel Rodriguez
Powered by RedCircle
Want more podcasts like this one? Subscribe below!