The 2025 MLB Draft is now in the books, and while the results will certainly have some impact on Clemson’s roster moving forward, the Tigers weren’t hit all that hard.
Clemson saw two players go in the first round, with both expected to be taken fairly quickly. The first was incoming freshman Dax Kilby, who Perfect Game tabs as one of the top shortstops in the nation. The Yankees took Kilby in the first round with pick No. 39.
Kilby has always been seen as a player with very little shot of ever making it to campus, so it is more than fair to assume Erik Bakich and the rest of the Tigers’ staff saw this one coming and have been preparing.