MLB Draft League bats were hot across the league this past week with 20 home runs slugged in the six days of action. The 2025 MLB Draft continues to creep closer, now less than two weeks away, and top prospects in the league will have a big opportunity to showcase their tools and stuff when they take the field Monday, June 30, against the Cape Cod Baseball League at Citi Field.

Here’s a look at seven position players who have made the most of their time in the Draft League so far this summer:

Frederick: First baseman Sam Parker is showing that he can consistently sweet spot a baseball, recording three exit velocities over 105 mph on Tuesday, June 24. His top was 107.7 on a single, but his 106.8 bolt cleared the centerfield fence. The 19th rounder of the Twins in 2023 continues to perform at a strong level in the league after two years at Chipola JC (Fla.). Currently batting .258 with five XBHs for the Keys, the lefthanded slugger also had a good showing at the MLB Draft Combine, where he recorded a top EV of 111.5 and averaged 100.3 mph.

Mahoning Valley: Where else do small college All-Americans like Daniel Stewart get a chance to compete on a daily basis in front of a large contingent from the scouting community? After batting .436 with 20 home runs and 79 RBI for NAIA Tennessee Wesleyan this spring, the catcher began the Draft League season 12-for-15 at the plate. Named Hitter of the Week for June 10-15, he’s currently hitting .609 (14-for-23) with seven RBI. With a relaxed setup, the righthanded hitter has a loose swing that is built at this point in his career for contact over power. It has a flat path (6 degree average launch angle) and is short to the zone. He stays through the ball and uses all fields. If the 22 year-old is better able to tap into the raw power and leverage in his 6-foot-5, 205-pound frame, he’ll be sure to attract some attention in the later rounds of this year’s draft.

Another Scrapper centering the baseball is Kendrey Maduro. The left side infielder was one of Prep Baseball’s top 25 JUCO prospects for the 2024 draft after a strong two-year career at Northwest Florida State CC. Maduro then put together a solid season at Central Florida this spring (.259/.336/.352) and returned to the Draft League for his second season after batting .347 for Frederick in 2023. Currently for Mahoning Valley, the righthanded hitter has a max EV of 109 mph and is batting .294 with just a 7.7% in-zone whiff rate against all pitches. There’s still projection remaining to his 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame and future strength gains should further tap into his raw power that is already better than average due to solid bat speed.

State College: His high energy on defense has been noticeable all season and now Javon Hernandez is beginning to put it together at the plate. The righthanded hitter is finding the barrel with a flat swing that has a 7-degree average launch angle on batted balls this summer. It’s also a swing that can barrel borderline pitches. The 24-year-old Connecticut prep has a well-traveled collegiate career with a 2023 stop in Jacksonville where he batted .397 with seven home runs in 266 plate appearances before heading to Auburn for the 2024 season. He finished up this season as a graduate student at Thomas Jefferson College in Philadelphia where he hit .409 with 13 home runs and 36 stolen bases.

Trenton: Shortstop Michael Whooley continues to shine for the Thunder. The recently turned 21 year-old junior from Villanova leads the club in hits (23) and home runs (2), and is second in batting average at .313. A righthanded hitter with a contact-oriented, up-the-middle approach, he has sweet-spotted 17 of the 40 balls that he’s put in play with a max EV of 103.2 mph. He also maximizes putting the ball in play with a 90.5% in-zone contact rate against all pitches and a strikeout rate of just 14%. Wooley also has good present strength in his 6-foot, 205-pound frame and defensively shows fair range with sure hands and above average arm strength.

West Virginia: Another small college prospect who is taking advantage of the Draft League’s exposure is Connor Hicks. After hitting .204 over three years at Indiana State, Hicks transferred to Southeastern Univ., Fla., for his senior year and found his swing. The 6-foot, 200-pound lefthanded hitting catcher produced a .388 batting average with 14 home runs and 79 RBIs this spring for the Fire. With an open stance and toe tap load he has continued to rake in West Virginia, using all fields and can drive the opposite field gap with authority. He has totaled 15 hits, ten of which have gone for extra bases. Among qualified hitters he leads the circuit in nearly every offensive statistic, including batting average (.441), OBP (.578), SLG (.912) and OPS (1.490). Even more impressive is that second place in all of these categories isn’t even close to the output of Hicks. The next closest in batting average checks in at .366 and second in OPS at .979.

Williamsport: Before departing the Crosscutters, outfielder Logan Johnstone led the Crosscutters in batting average (.326) and stood out defensively with error-free patrol in the outfield grass. The former Washington State Cougar turned Vanderbilt Commodore via this summer’s transfer portal had reached base at a .396 clip. With a slightly open stance striding into a well-balanced swing there’s not great pop in his bat with a max EV of 102.9 and an average of just 79.2 mph on balls in play, but the 5-foot-11, 195-pound, left-handed hitter makes up for it with a low whiff rate of 13%. He can also get underneath the sinker and serve it the other way to left field, but he will need to learn to elevate to his pull side and up the middle to maximize the power that he does possess. Johnstone is also an above average runner down the line and he’s stolen a pair of bases in two attempts.

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David Seifert is the current Scouting Director for D1Baseball and the Director of College Scouting for Prep Baseball. Seifert is a former college coach and crosschecker and scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.