On
12-5-24, MLB.com posted their top 100 prospects in the upcoming draft.
Beginning 2-2-25, we will post it in backward order, ending with the pick for
1.1
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2025/draft/ -
#84
Gavin Turley
OF,
Oregon State
21/years
old 6' 1" 185
TWITTER -
@Gavturley
Scouting
grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 60 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
Turley
was a very good prospect firmly in MLB Pipeline’s Draft Top 250 when he was
coming out of Hamilton High School in Arizona in 2022. His hometown D-backs
took him in Round 19, but he was intent on heading to Oregon State for college.
He had a big freshman season, pounding out 14 homers and finishing with an OPS
north of 1.100. The power was back, and then some, with 19 home runs in 2024,
though he only hit .277 as a sophomore before a solid turn in the Cape Cod
League last summer.
In some
ways, Turley is the same player he was post-high school, a veritable toolshed
with some concerns about him using those tools consistently. He might have as
much raw power as anyone in this Draft class, with some scouts hanging a 70 on
it. He can drive the ball for extra bases anywhere with prodigious home run pop
to his pull side thanks to outstanding bat speed. But the big question comes
when discussing whether he’ll hit enough to get to that power. He had a 36
percent miss rate in 2024 with the Beavers, leading to a 27.3 percent strikeout
rate. He draws a ton of walks to help offset that, but he’s going to have to
improve his ability to make contact, especially against breaking stuff (50
percent miss rate last year).
Turley
has plus speed, though he hasn’t used that to be a basestealing threat, and his
athleticism does help him in the outfield, where his easily plus arm is also an
asset. He didn’t have a great fall, but because of his tools, scouts will watch
him carefully in the spring and any signs of adjustments will enable him to
move up boards in a hurry.
1-22-25 –
Just Baseball: 2025 MLB Draft – Top 80 College Prospects
https://www.justbaseball.com/college/mlb-draft-top-college-prospects/?s=03
33. Gavin Turley – OF
HT/WT: 6’1/196 | Bat/Throw: R/R | School: Oregon State | Age: 21.8
One of the toolsiest players in the entire class, Turley is
an impressive athlete with a ton of power at his disposal. It’s extremely loud
bat speed and pull-side juice with leverage and loft, tapping into it easily
in-game already.
His hips open explosively thanks to his twitchy nature, which
allows him to possess these kinds of tools at the plate. Turley’s pure contact
rates are a work in progress, as he’s had trouble recognizing spin and has
experienced significant whiff issues during his time in Corvallis.
With that said, Turley performed well on the Cape with
Falmouth and did a better job of reading spin and minimizing the whiffs, plus
he didn’t expand the zone often and chase pitches off the plate. If the hit
tool continues to turn the corner, he has loud upside offensively.
On the defensive side, Turley’s athleticism and speed allow
him to cover plenty of ground, plus he’s got plus arm strength that plays best
in right field. At the end of the day, if Turley can get the hit tool to a
fringe-average grade, it’s hard to envision him outside the first round.
2025 MLB
Draft Top 75 Collegiate Prospects: Conference Breakdowns
OF Gavin
Turley - Oregon State
Prospects
Live Ranking: #22
ATHLETE!
That sums up the skillset Turley brings to the table. There is a lot to like
with his toolset across the board. He’s got a ton of bat speed that generates a
massive amount of raw power. Turley’s weakness has always been his ability to
make contact, but he showed a new approach in the Cape Cod League over the
summer that led to much success. He cut down on his whiff and did a good job of
laying off struff out of the zone. It was pretty impressive to see how quickly
the new approach worked, and I’ll be curious to know if he can carry that
success into the 2025 season. Defensively, Turley’s athleticism plays well in
the outfield. Thanks to his speed, he gets good jumps and reads and can track
almost anything down. He has a plus arm, and his throws have a ton of carry and
accuracy. The key for Turley is going to be to continue refining his approach
and cutting back on the swing-and-miss. If he can do that, there is a good
chance he could see his name called early on day one.
RIGHT
NOW… the Top 13 Outfielders in the 2022 Draft – UPDATED –
13. Gavin
Turley (new)
6-2 190
Hamilton HS (AZ)
Some of
the biggest prep tools in 2022.
Plus-plus
speed and arm.
Swing has
plenty of physicality and natural loft. Huge bat speed.
Dynamic
center-fielder.
If he
hits, he's got all-star potential.
https://osubeavers.com/sports/baseball/roster/gavin-turley/10732
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MLB
First-Year Player Draft
•
Selected in the 19th round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Arizona
but did not sign.
• ABCA
All-America Third Team
• College
Sports Communicators Academic All-America Third Team
•
All-Pac-12 First Team
•
Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12
Player of the Week (April 8)
• Only
player to play in and start all 61 games.
• Batted
.277 with 13 doubles, one triple, 19 home runs and a team-high 74 RBI. Tied for
second on the team and in the Pac-12 with 19 home runs.
• Drew 48
walks, scored 53 runs and stole six bases. Totaled 21 multi-hit games and 18
multi-RBI efforts.
• Hit his
fifth grand slam of the season in the win over Tulane (5/31).
• Drove
in four runs on the strength of a 2-for-4 day at Arizona, hitting his 18th home
run of the season (5/16).
• Drilled
an eighth-inning home run and went 2-for-4 with three RBI against UCLA (5/11).
• Hit two
home runs and finished 3-for-5 with a four runs scored and three RBI at Gonzaga
(5/6).
•
Homered, doubled and finished with four RBI in game two at Washington State
(5/4).
• Hit a
second-inning solo home run in the series opener at Washington State (5/3).
• Doubled
twice in the series-opener versus Oregon (4/26).
• Hit his
fourth grand slam of the season and went 2-for-5 with two runs scored at Nevada
(4/17).
• Homered
twice, with a third-inning grand slam, and drove in six runs in the series
finale versus Stanford (4/14).
•
Homered, doubled, went 3-for-5 and scored two runs in the series finale versus
Arizona State (4/7).
• Hit a
two-run home run and finished 2-for-5 with two runs against Arizona State
(4/6).
• Homered
in the first and doubled in a 3-for-5 night against Gonzaga, driving in three
runs (4/2).
• Drove
in three runs and finished 2-for-4 with a run scored against Gonzaga (4/1).
• Walked
twice and hit a solo home run to center field in the seventh inning in the
opener at USC (3/28).
• Homered
for the second consecutive game vs. Washington (3/24).
• Hit his
second grand slam of the season and finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run
scored versus Washington (3/23).
• Drove
home the game-winning run on a single in the eighth in the victory over CSUN
(3/9).
• Doubled
twice and scored a run in the win over North Dakota State (3/2).
• Homered
and went 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBI in the win over Michigan (2/24).
• Doubled
and finished 2-for-4 with a run scored in the win over Texas Tech (2/21).
• Hit a
grand slam and a two-run home run to drive in six in the win over CSUB (2/18).
• Doubled
home three runs and went 2-for-4 with two runs and a walk in the season opener
versus New Mexico (2/16).
2023
• Perfect
Game Second-Team Freshman All-American
• Baton
Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12
Player of the Week (Feb. 27)
• Played
in 44 games, starting 39. Batted .309 with nine doubles, one triple and a
team-best 14 home runs. Drove in 46.
•
Fourteen home runs ties him for the sixth-most in a single season at OSU.
•
Recorded 13 multiple-hit games and 12 multi-RBI efforts.
• Played
in 18 Pac-12 games, starting 15, and batted .164 with one double, one home run
and three RBI.
• Hit two
home runs against LSU - one an inside the park home run - in a 2-for-5 day.
Drove in four (6/5).
• Doubled
and hit a two-run home run versus LSU (6/4).
• Went
3-for-4 with three runs scored, six runs batted in, two doubles and a two-run
home run against Sam Houston (6/2).
• Tripled
in his first three at bats and finished 4-for-4 with four runs, three RBI and a
walk against Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament (5/24).
• Hit two
home runs for the second consecutive game and walked three times in a 2-for-3
night against Western Carolina, driving in five (5/19).
• Drove
in a season-high seven runs and hit two home runs in a 3-for-5 night in the
opener versus Western Carolina (5/18).
•
Homered, doubled and scored a season-high three runs in the finale at UCLA
(5/14).
• Drove
in two in the first against Utah (5/5).
• Homered
in the win over San Diego (3/7).
• Drove
in the game-winning runs on a single in the third in the finale at Cal Poly
(3/4).
• Hit a
solo home run and finished with two hits and two RBI at Cal Poly (3/3).
• Doubled
and went 2-for-5 in the opener at Cal Poly (3/2).
• Hit a
435-foot home run to left center and drove in three in a 3-for-5 day vs. Coppin
State (2/25).
• Posted
his first career two-hit and two-RBI game in going 2-for-2 with a home run and
two walks against Coppin State (2/24).
• Homered
in his first career at bat in the season opener versus New Mexico (2/17).
Hamilton
High School
•
Letterwinner for head coach Mike Woods.
• Member
of the Reds team at the 2021 Area Code Games.
• Perfect
Game All-American and First-Team All-State selection while at Hamilton High
School.
• Rated
by The Athletic as the No. 87 MLB Draft Prospect prior to the 2022 MLB Draft.
• Led
Hamilton a 29-4 record as a senior.
• Batted
.317 with 32 hits in 33 games as a senior. Tallied eight doubles and 15 home
runs with 31 RBI. Also stole 14 bases.
• Batted
.355 as a junior, totaling 22 hits with 28 runs scored, six doubles, five home
runs and 15 runs batted in.
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