The Australian talent's makeup is off the charts, and perfect for the modern game. Bazzana went to work last offseason, his 90th EV jumped up roughly 5 mph and he hit his first batted ball over 110 mph thanks to the bat speed gains he made over at Driveline. He's started hitting the ball in the air more, he's making more contact, and his plate discipline is still about as good as it gets. This summer he checked off arguably the most important box for a college hitter in today's game: the MVP on the Cape. I'm not sure there's a flaw in his offensive game. He can hit for some power, will run a high BABIP and hit for average due to the swing path, bat speed and barrel accuracy. Very few players have a max EV > 110 mph, chase rate < 15% and a zone whiff rate < 10%. Actually he's one of two, the other being Colton Ledbetter. He's an above-average 2B and can run and should be an above-average regular in the bigs.

Since being picked in the 18th round pick by the Diamondbacks in 2022, Arquette has done nothing but get better and better. In 2024 he tore up the PAC-12 with the Washington Huskies on the way to All Conference honors. It’s a big bodied, athletic, 3B profile along the DJ LeMahieu lines. There’s plus raw power and an ability to loft the baseball that will bring HRs and XBHs. 113 max EV and 107 mph 90th EV with a 27.5% barrel rate are all top-end metrics. You’re getting 55 bat-to-ball skills with him as well, whiffing at 20% and just 13.6% in-zone. The approach here is slightly aggressive, though he still makes good swing decisions (45% Z-Swing-Chase%). There’s been some struggles for him against velocity as well as a contact quality issue against breaking balls which likely originates from the fact that he simply doesn’t whiff and is going to put poor offerings in play at times, but neither is a major red flag.

Out of high school Turley was a personal favorite. The tools are premium to say the least: it’s plus or better athleticism, power, and bat speed. He had a 112 mph max EV with the bulk of his batted balls coming towards his top-end range. The launch profile was plus, with a ton of loud contact in the air without much variance. There’s a track record of him doing similar things with wood, which is an added layer of confidence. Turley makes sound swing decisions, but whiffs >35%, 24.4% in-zone, and struck out at 27.5% in 2024. There’s some similarities on a broad scale to Vance Honeycutt, which is concerning.

Caraway was a potential day 1 pick out of high school, but made his way to Corvallis and will be eligible as a sophomore in 2025. He missed the bulk of 2024 with injury, and the data was a mixed bag in a 17 game sample. He posted a 113.3 mph max EV, but didn’t produce much power outside of that. He had some whiff and chase problems as well, but the Cape Cod performance was good, more hits, less Ks, more walks. I struggle to say much more about him until he gets a full year under his belt at Oregon State, but the prospect pedigree is there.

Another infielder from a loaded Oregon State roster, Macias is one of the more complete bats in the class. While he’s on the more aggressive end of the spectrum, the chase rate isn’t egregious at 27.3%, and he’s got a knack for getting the bat on the baseball and rarely whiffs. There’s a 112 mph max EV as well, and some history of SLG. The launch angles on his hard-hits have been slightly suboptimal at 11.2 degrees, which is why the HRs haven’t come in full yet. Overall, the hit tool has been stable against high-level competition, there’s a baseline level of power, and he’s a good enough defender to play average or better 2B long term.

Keljo has been in the mid-90s, touching 97 mph with his fastball, while getting 20” of vertical break. I’m a big fan of his slider, which he throws up to 87 mph with 6” of sweep. The third offering is a change-up which is still a work in progress, but flashed good shape at times in 2024. He is an imposing presence on the mound, but moves well and will continue to get strong and throw harder. The stuff in combination with strong command and projection holds the profile together.

May transferred to Oregon State after a rocky year in hitter's paradise with Arizona. His low-90s sinker has late life at times but got hammered last year. His slider is in the mid-80s with a firm sweeping action that flashes plus easily and double-plus when it's in the 85-86 with 12+ inches of sweep. He's a power-supinater up to 97 with a low launch, there's plenty of traits to play with here and he could develop into a rotation piece. You'd expect him to add a second breaker eventually and work of them since he's shown feel for spin.

Hainline had a lackluster showing on the Cape where his contact quality took a larger drop-off with a wood bat then you would've hopped. The majority of his offensive tools are a touch below-average with his bat-to-ball skills being the closest to average. He has 45-grade bat speed but he hits the ball on a line often enough to run a solid BABIP. He's probably only a .250/,310/.370 type at 2B with his above-average defense. He could be a solid role player but there's limited upside with the profile.