Mariners receive 'A' grade for Kade Anderson draft pick

The 2025 MLB Draft provided a brace of surprises astatine No. 1 and No. 2 overall, arsenic nan Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angeles selected shortstop Eli Willits and pitcher Tyler Bremner, respectively.

That near nan Seattle Mariners astatine No. 3 wide pinch immoderate experts' top-four players still connected nan board.

And it sounds for illustration they knocked it retired of nan parkland for illustration a Cal Raleigh location run.

The Mariners selected LSU left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson - astir mock draft's No. 1 subordinate - pinch nan 3rd pick.

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CBS was speedy to 5 Seattle an "A" connected nan selection.

 "Anderson would person been a defensible No. 1 pick. He's an SEC-vetted lefty pinch 4 above-average offerings who ought to beryllium successful nan fields by this clip adjacent year. It doesn't wounded his chances of having a agelong profession that nan Mariners person demonstrated they're highly skilled astatine pitching development. Grade: A"

Anderson was Baseball America's 2025 College Pitcher of nan Year aft starring LSU to a nationalist title pinch a 3.18 ERA and an NCAA-leading 180 strikeouts. 

The left-hander capped disconnected nan twelvemonth arsenic nan College World Series Most Outstanding Player aft throwing 16 innings while allowing conscionable 1 tally and striking retired 17.