The Dodgers went heavy on college pitchers to start the back half of Monday’s portion of the 2025 MLB Draft. Here are some notes on picks from the 11th through 15th rounds.
11th round: Dylan Tate, Oklahoma
Tate missed all of the regular season as a junior with an injury, until making his debut in the SEC Tournament. In all this year, Tate pitched in two games and struck out six batters in five innings, allowing just one run. He followed that up by pitching in the Cape Code League.
#AssessmentDay for Dylan Tate (@dylan_tate3) at HQ.
ADDylan is a 6’0” 195lb Junior at Oklahoma. Originally from Eureka, MO and playing this summer in the Cape Cod League. Dylan has a loud fastball that reaches the mid to upper 90s. #DominateTheZone pic.twitter.com/vOOOSbuR0i
— Premier Pitching and Performance (@premierpitching) June 18, 2025
12th round: Logan Lunceford, Wake Forest
Lunceford this year as a junior had a 5.25 ERA in 60 innings but also struck out nearly a third of his batters faced, with 88 strikeouts and 28 walks, after transferring from Missouri.
Baseball America ranked Lunceford the 145th-best prospect in the draft, noting: “Lunceford sits in the low 90s with his fastball and will top out at 95 mph, but the pitch has averaged more than 20 inches of induced vertical break throughout his college career. That riding life helps it play up from its ordinary velocity, though his command of the pitch could be sharpened.”
Lo and out pic.twitter.com/1tbHy3YuaQ
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) February 28, 2025
13th round: Robby Porco, West Virginia
The 6’6 right-hander pitched mostly in relief in his three years with the Mountaineers, posted a 6.78 ERA and struck out 79 to go with 66 walks in 67⅔ innings. Porco also made news as part of his Name, Image, and Likeness deal, he offered fans the opportunity to hang out with him for only $1.
14th round: Davis Chastain, Georgia
After two years with Georgia State, Chastain transferred to Georgia and posted a 4.97 ERA in 13 relief appearances, with 15 strikeouts and five walks in 2025.
Davis Chastain comes out of the bullpen and works out of jam with 3 straight strikeouts!
— GSU Baseball (@GSU_Base) April 10, 2024
E7: GSU 8 // JSU 5#LightItBlue | #BLB pic.twitter.com/dpU2vnUQaV
15th round: Matt Lanzendorfer, Virginia
The left-hander had a 2.90 ERA with 40 strikeouts and 13 walks in 31 innings as a graduate transfer with Virginia in 2025. The year before, Lanzendorfer finished off the last out of a Division III national championship with Misericordia University in Pennsylvania.
Getting to that national title moment came after internal brace surgery on his left elbow in 2023.
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