Dodgers select OU RHP Dylan Tate, Wake Forest RHP Logan Lunceford, WVU RHP Robby Porco, Georgia RHP Davis Chastain, Virginia LHP Matt Lanzendorf in Rounds 11-15 of 2025 MLB Draft

Bruce Kuntz 07/14/2025 MLB Draft Leave A Comment

Logan Lunceford (Via Wake Forest Athletics)

With the first 10 rounds down, remaining picks’ bonuses don’t count against the bonus pool unless signed for more than $150,000. There is also no bonus pool penalty for not signing a player in rounds 11-20, so usually not everyone drafted in the back half of the rounds gets signed. This is a chance for teams to take signability risks with whatever bonus pool money they have left over from rounds 1-10.

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The Dodgers drafted Oklahoma right-hander Dylan Tate with their 11th round pick at 345th overall. The 21-year-old missed most of the spring due to injury but returned right at the end and threw five good innings for the Sooners, including four one-run frames in the regional against No. 1 ranked North Carolina.

Tate’s fastball tops at 99 mph with good control. His bullet slider is also a weapon, averaging 87 mph with 2.1 inches of induced vertical break and 1.5 inches of sweep. Both pitches could be plus. Tate transferred to Oklahoma from Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Mo., where he threw 57.2 innings with 63 strikeouts, only 18 walks and a 3.90 ERA in 2024. The Missouri native is a high-upside arm likely to be deployed in relief.

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With their 12th round pick, the Dodgers drafted Wake Forest right-hander Logan Lunceford 375th overall. The 21-year-old had a 33% strikeout rate working as a starter this spring, although his 5.25 ERA doesn’t jump off the page. Lunceford stands 5-foot-10 on the mound but throws fairly over the top.

A former Mizzou Tiger before transferring to Wake, Lunceford has a starter’s pitch arsenal. His fastball only sits around 91 mph with a 95 mph max but he generated 22 inches of induced vertical break with the college ball, making it play well at the letters. He also had a solid -4.82 degree vertical approach angle on the heater.

Moving on to his secondaries, Lunceford throws a changeup, a slider and a curveball, all of which show intrigue. His changeup forced a 55% whiff rate and 32% chase. Out of his higher slot and tunneling with his high fastball, Lunceford’s mid-70s curveball also generated a whiff rate above half at 51%. Lastly, his slider has 10 inches of sweep and induced a 42% whiff rate. There’s plenty to like here about the arsenal; his command will need to improve, and we’ll see how the pitch movements change with the MLB ball, but the bare bones of a starter are present.

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In the 13th round, the Dodgers drafted West Virginia right-hander Robby Porco with the 405th overall pick. Porco stands 6-foot-8 and allowed an opponent batting average under .200 this spring. However, the 21-year-old struggled mightily with command, turning in an 18% walk rate.

Porco’s arsenal this spring went 50% four-seam, 23% slider, 17% cutter, 7% changeup and 3% sinker. His fastball averaged 93 while topping out at 97 mph. Going along with his 6.7 feet of extension, that’s a fairly high-octane fastball, and it produced a 26% in-zone whiff rate. Porco’s tight slider generated a 28% chase rate. The Dodgers will look to bring along his command and potentially have an outlier pitcher.

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With their 14th rounder, the Dodgers took Georgia right-hander Davis Chastain with the 435th overall pick. The 5-foot-10 hurler posted a 19.2 K-BB% this spring across 13 relief appearances for the Bulldogs. He played his first two seasons at Georgia State before transferring to Georgia.

Chastain was a three-pitch reliever this spring, throwing a four-seamer, a slider and a curveball. His fastball sits 92 while topping out at 95 mph with an impressive 21.8 inches of induced vertical break. He also had a -4.24 degree vertical approach angle, making his fastball a very intriguing pitch at the top of the zone, especially if he were to add a tick or two. Chastain’s slider had a 19% swinging strike rate and his curveball has big drop with -11.9 inches of IVB. He has only ever pitched in relief in college, but three pitches (plus the possibility of adding a changeup) and solid command makes me wonder if straight-relief will be the path here or if the Dodgers try him out as a starter.

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The Dodgers drafted Virginia left-hander Matt Lanzendorfer in the 15th round with the 465th overall pick. Lanzendorfer, 23, is the first graduate student in this draft class. He was highly effective as a reliever this spring, pitching to a 2.90 ERA, 31% strikeout rate and 10% walk rate.

Lanzendorfer transferred into Virginia after spending his first four seasons at the Division III level, winning a 2024 national championship with Misericordia. He led the Cavaliers this spring with five saves and was named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

The southpaw averages 92 mph on his fastball with 18 inches of induced vertical break and 13 inches of arm-side run. His main secondary is his slider, which generated a 28% chase rate. He looks to be a left-handed relief specialist type of prospect.

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The Dodgers are leaning heavily into college arms to this point in the draft. We’ll see if they venture more into the hitting side over the last five rounds.

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