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With the 39th pick of the 2025 MLB
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draft, the New York Yankees select Dax
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Kirby, a shortstop from from Nunan High
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School in Nunan, Georgia.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers had the next
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pick, a 6'2 shortstop, Dax Kilby. Uh,
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polished high school bat in his class.
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Lot of scouts love him. He was verbally
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committed to Clemson. Uh, Carlos
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Collazo, tell us what you think about
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Max or excuse me, Dax Kilby.
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Yeah, Kilby, I think he has one of the
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more interesting contact profiles in
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this class. As we've approached the
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draft, I think teams have been more and
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more enamered with the hit tool. The
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swing is easy, it's loose, it's compact,
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he has good swing decisions. Uh, I think
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you can dream on more power coming with
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him as well. I don't think it's going to
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be a huge power profile, but there's a
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lot of space for him to fill out and add
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strength. It's an unconventional arm
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action. I think because of that there
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are some questions about whether or not
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he sticks at the shortstop gym. Not sure
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what you think about him defensively,
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but the bat feels like the draw here.
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No, a polished bat. He's had shoulder
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issues. He does have the funky
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armstroke. The profile reminds me of
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Theo Gillan from last year.
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Polish who won in the first round of the
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Rays. Polished left-handed bat. Theo
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Gillan had some arm issues. Runs around.
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You wonder if he was going to play
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second or move to center field, which is
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what he's done with the Rays. I think
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it's the same type of thing with Kilby
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here. But you're drafting a polished bat
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and you'll figure out where he'll play.
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He's athletic enough that you'll play
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him somewhere, but the arm holds him
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back a little bit defensively.
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He He was at the combine and Buck
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Shoalter was raving about Dax Kilby.
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He that was his favorite player at at
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the at the MLB combine. I'm not kidding
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No, I I I believe you.
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When Buck You're laughing, but when Buck
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Shoalter's like, I like this kid.
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Yeah. No, it is a compliment. I think I
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think he falls in the category and and
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again I wouldn't know how to be a pro
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scout but just for my observation he's
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in the Nans category where you're
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looking to strike gold. If he fully
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develops into what he potentially could
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be it could be a massive massive pick
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here landing this guy.
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Well when you're when you're picking
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this low in the dra at the first round
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now with the Yankees. I mean that's just
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an upside pick. That's a really good
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pick where they're picking. Interesting.
