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GCU pitcher Grant Richardson was drafted by the Athletic’s in the sixth round despite missing the 2025 season due to injury.Several other GCU and ASU players were also selected in later rounds of the draft.
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Lo Re goes to the Orioles
Tempe Corona del Sol shortstop Jaiden Lo Re was the first Arizona high school baseball player from the past season taken in the 2025 MLB Draft.
The Baltimore Orioles took him in the fifth round with the 154th overall pick. Lo Re helped key Corona del Sol’s 6A state championship season, hitting .418 with 46 hits, 14 doubles and four home runs. He was the Central Region Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Arizona selection. He signed last November with BYU.
Corona del Sol coach David Webb said he was not surprised Lo Re was taken so high.
“Jaiden was born to play baseball,” Webb said. “His work ethic is off the charts, as is his competitive spirit. His motor is always running.”
Gavin Turley goes in 4th round
Outfielder Gavin Turley, who starred at Chandler Hamilton High before emerging as one of the top players in college baseball at Oregon State the past two seasons, was chosen in the fourth round by the Athletics. He was the 110th overall pick.
Turley helped lead OSU to the College World Series this season, a two-time All-American, who had 53 home runs and 189 RBIs in his college career. He hit 20 home runs and had 69 RBIs this past season.
GCU pitcher taken in 6th round
Left-hander Grant Richardson, who pitched at Scottsdale Horizon High School, suffered an arm injury that caused him to have Tommy John surgery and miss all of the 2025 Grand Canyon baseball season.
But that didn’t derail his draft status. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior was taken by the A’s in the sixth round, the 170th overall pick. The A’s have had great fortune with former GCU shortstop Jacob Wilson, who became GCU’s first MLB All-Star this week during his rookie season.
“I’m extremely happy for Grant,” GCU coach Gregg Wallis said. “His high selection did not come as a surprise. He is a power left-handed pitcher that is a real competitor on the mound.”
In the 2024 season, Richardson became part of the weekend rotation midway through, helping the Lopes reach the Tucson Regional final in the NCAA Tournament. He went 5-1, held opponents to a .194 batting average and had a strikeout rate of 12.43 over nine innings, the best in GCU history.
“His fastball metrics were some of the best in the country during the 2024 season,” Wallis said. “He’s worked incredibly hard throughout his rehab on getting back to 100%. I think the A’s got another Lope who has a chance to move quickly to the big leagues.”
More GCU players taken
The Miami Marlins chose Grand Canyon shortstop Emilio Barreras in the eighth round, and starting pitcher Isaac Lyon went to the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round.
Lyon was part of the Lopes’ weekend rotation the past two seasons, finishing his career with 2.08 walks per nine innings, the eighth-best in program Division I history. His 175 strikeouts were the seventh most in the Division I era.
Barreras, who played at Vista Grande High in Casa Grande, was named to the All-WAC second team and All-WAC Defensive team last season. He led the Lopes in hitting with a .358 batting average and a .462 on-base percentage. He started at shortstop in all 41 games he played. He missed more than a month of the season due to an injury.
Outfielder Josh Wakefield went in the 14th round to the Astros.
ASU players selected
Former Buckeye star Brandon Compton, an outfielder at Arizona State, went in the second round of the draft, taken by the Miami Marlins with the 46th overall pick.
The Detroit Tigers took ASU left-hander Ben Jacobs in the third round with the 98th overall pick.
Right-hander Lucas Kelly was taken by the Seattle Mariners in the sixth round.
Outfielder Isaiah Jackson went to the Angels in the eighth round. The Diamondbacks took pitcher Jack Martinez later in the same round. Second baseman Kyle Walker went to the Houston Astros in the eighth round.
Pitcher Will Koger was taken by the San Diego Padres and outfielder Kien Vu by the Cincinnati Reds, both in the ninth round.
Shortstop Matt King was taken in the 10th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates. King hit .403 with 18 doubles and 55 RBIs in his only season with the Sun Devils.
UA players chosen
Arizona shortstop Mason White, who starred in high school at Tucson Salpointe Catholic, went in the fourth round to the Boston Red Sox with the 118th overall pick.
Outfielder Aaron Walton was the 66th overall pick, taken by the Cleveland Guardians.
Outfielder Brendan Summerhill was picked 42nd overall by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Catcher Adonys Guzman was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round.
Right-hander Julian Tonghini went in the seventh round to the Washington Nationals.
Right-hander Casey Hintz went to the Mariners in the 16th round.
The Diamondbacks took RHP Raul Garayzar in the 18th round.
Prescott-area college draftee
Former Yavapai Baseball player Riley Nelson has been drafted in the MLB Draft by the Cleveland Guardians! Riley was chosen in the 5th round of the 2025 MLB Draft at pick 162, where his foreseeable future is in Cleveland as a Guardian.
Nelson, an Infielder for the Roughriders, played in Prescott for just one season. During his time here, he scored 13 Home Runs, 55 RBI, with a .412 Batting Average.
Richard Obert has been covering high school sports since the 1980s for The Arizona Republic. He also covers Grand Canyon University athletics and the Arizona Rattlers. To suggest human-interest story ideas and other news, reach Obert at richard.obert@arizonarepublic.com or 602-316-8827. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter:@azc_obert
(This story has been updated to add more information.)