Jim Callis

Chicago

Senior Writer at MLB

Senior writer for @MLBPipeline (https://t.co/d8eyd3oqRP); happy husband and father of four. Also at https://t.co/ZR7A7tFfMa on Bluesky.

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Projecting Round 1 from the Draft Combine

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Jim Callis |Jonathan Mayo |Joe Trezza
Projecting Round 1 from the Draft Combine

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Jim Callis |Jonathan Mayo |Joe Trezza
Projecting Round 1 from the Draft Combine

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Jim Callis |Jonathan Mayo |Joe Trezza
Latest mock draft: Projecting Round 1 from the Draft Combine

1 week ago | mlb.com | Jim Callis

Between the Draft Combine and the Men's College World Series, the 2025 Draft is on everybody's mind this week. The MLB Pipeline Podcast crew is on site at Chase Field for the Combine as the best Draft-eligible prospects look to boost their respective stocks. Each week leading up to the Draft, Jim Callis or Jonathan Mayo release a mock draft projecting how they think the first round may shake out.
Here are the standouts from Day 2 of the 2025 Draft Combine

1 week ago | mlb.com | Jim Callis

PHOENIX -- The Draft Combine continued with more pro-style workouts during Day 2 on Wednesday. Position players took batting practice and participated in defensive drills, while pitchers threw off the mound at Chase Field.
MLB Teams Eye Top Prospects Before College World Series

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Jim Callis

The Nationals still are evaluating 7-8 players for the No. 1 overall pick, a group that consists of most of the consensus upper-tier of talent: two high school shortstops (Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits), the best of the college arms (lefties Kade Anderson of Louisiana State, Jamie Arnold of Florida State and Liam Doyle of Tennessee; righty Kyson Witherspoon of Oklahoma), as well as the top prep pitcher (right-hander Seth Hernandez) and college position player (Oregon State shortstop Aiva...
Latest mock draft: Where first round stands before Men's College World Series

2 weeks ago | mlb.com | Jim Callis

The Nationals still are evaluating 7-8 players for the No. 1 overall pick, a group that consists of most of the consensus upper-tier of talent: two high school shortstops (Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits), the best of the college arms (lefties Kade Anderson of Louisiana State, Jamie Arnold of Florida State and Liam Doyle of Tennessee; righty Kyson Witherspoon of Oklahoma), as well as the top prep pitcher (right-hander Seth Hernandez) and college position player (Oregon State shortstop Aiva...
Five years later: Here’s each team’s best Draft pick from 2020

2 weeks ago | 700espn.com | Sam Dykstra |Jim Callis |Jonathan Mayo

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Best 2020 MLB Draft Picks by Every Team

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Sam Dykstra |Jim Callis |Jonathan Mayo

Since the Draft began in 1965, there has never been a more difficult year than 2020. The pandemic shutdown ended the college and high school seasons in the second week of March, and some prepsters never even took the field. During the three months leading up to the Draft, teams were left to evaluate players on video and meet with them via Zoom calls. Plans to hold the Draft in conjunction with the College World Series in Omaha were scrapped.
Get ready for the Men's College World Series -- breakdown of all 8 teams

2 weeks ago | mlb.com | Jim Callis

This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. Subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Men's College World Series is my favorite baseball event, and I've attended 31 of them and watched upwards of 300 games in Omaha. I haven't been to Charles Schwab Field since 2019, which is a travesty. Every year I have fans tell me that going to the CWS is on their baseball bucket list, and I always respond that they'll enjoy it even more than they realize when they do.