On April 3, USA Baseball announced its Midseason Watch List for the 2025 Golden Spikes Award. The list of 45 amateur players includes several players who will hear their names early during the 2025 MLB Draft. It also includes several breakout pitchers, including NCAA Division I strikeout king Liam Doyle.

Here’s the list, per USA Baseball:

Name	Year	Position	School	Conference
Wehiwa Aloy	JR	SS	Arkansas	SEC
Kade Anderson	SO	LHP	LSU	SEC
Jamie Arnold	JR	LHP	Florida State	ACC
Aiva Arquette	JR	SS	Oregon State	Pac-12
Max Bayles	JR	RHP	Santa Clara	WCC
Trey Beard	SO	LHP	Florida Atlantic	American
Tyler Bremner	JR	RHP	UC Santa Barbara	Big West
Drew Burress	SO	OF	Georgia Tech	ACC
Alex Calarco	SR	C	Maryland	Big Ten
Cam Cannarella	JR	OF	Clemson	ACC
Roch Cholowsky	SO	SS	UCLA	Big Ten
Ethan Conrad	JR	OF	Wake Forest	ACC
Korbyn Dickerson	SO	CF	Indiana	Big Ten
Liam Doyle	JR	RHP	Tennessee	SEC
Joseph Dzierwa	JR	LHP	Michigan State	Big Ten
Hunter Elliott	R-JR	LHP	Ole Miss	SEC
Patrick Forbes	JR	RHP	Louisville	ACC
Dominic Fritton	JR	LHP	NC State	ACC
Seth Hernandez	SR	RHP/INF	Corona HS (CA)	High School
Ethan Holliday	SR	INF	Stillwater HS (OK)	High School
Marek Houston	JR	SS	Wake Forest	ACC
Grant Jay	JR	CF	Dallas Baptist	C-USA
Jared Jones	JR	1B	LSU	SEC
Gavin Kilen	JR	2B	Tennessee	SEC
Aidan Knaak	SO	RHP	Clemson	ACC
Jace LaViolette	JR	OF	Texas A&M	SEC
Justin Lebron	SO	SS	Alabama	SEC
Logan Lunceford	JR	RHP	Wake Forest	ACC
Maximus Martin	JR	SS	Kansas State	Big 12
Wes Mendes	SO	LHP	Florida State	ACC
Mason Neville	JR	CF	Oregon	Big Ten
Adam Paniagua	SR	C	Regis University (DII)	RMAC
Liam Peterson	SO	RHP	Florida	SEC
Ethan Petry	JR	1B	South Carolina	SEC
Marcus Phillips	JR	RHP	Tennessee	SEC
Ryan Prager	R-JR	LHP	Texas A&M	SEC
James Quinn-Irons	JR	CF	George Mason	A-10
Nolan Schubart	JR	OF	Oklahoma State	Big 12
Luke Stevenson	SO	C	North Carolina	ACC
Brendan Summerhill	JR	OF	Arizona	Big 12
Devin Taylor	JR	OF	Indiana	Big Ten
Joey Volini	R-JR	LHP	Florida State	ACC
Ryan Wideman	JR	CF	Western Kentucky	C-USA
Kyson Witherspoon	JR	RHP	Oklahoma	SEC
Ryland Zaborowski	GR	1B	Georgia	SEC

USA Baseball’s Midseason Watch List includes many expected names, including likely 2025 top-5 pick Jace LaViolette, Drew Burress, and Alabama standout Justin LeBron. LeBron has been a key cog for the Crimson Tide, currently in the top-10 of Division I. His 90 total bases are 10th-most in Division I.

Likely 2025 Day 1 picks Ethan Petry, Marek Houston, and Cam Cannarella, all of whom were on the preseason list, are here, as well.

The updated list includes newcomer pitchers Liam Doyle (Tennessee), Trey Beard (FAU), Patrick Forbes (Louisville), and Kade Anderson (LSU), all of whom are in the top-eight of Division IN in total strikeouts. Doyle leads the way with 73 strikeouts over 36.2 IP.

But perhaps the most notable breakout performer of the three is Beard, the FAU pitcher who showcased a funky changeup last year and pitched well as a freshman. This year, Beard has 66 strikeouts over 38.1 IP.

USA Baseball also included two high schoolers, Seth Hernandez and Ethan Holliday. Both are considered first-round talents in 2025, with Holliday being on the shortlist to go #1 this July to the Nationals.

However, two notable additions on the list are Kyle Lodise (Georgia Tech) and Alex Lodise (Florida State). Alex leads Division I in total bases (101), while Kyle is third with 96.

The semifinalist announcement is scheduled for May 18. USA Baseball stated that a fan vote will help determine both the finalists and the winner, which will be announced in late June.

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