College Baseball Stock Talk: Standouts from Week 13

With one more week to go in the regular season, collegiate draft profiles across the land are starting to come into focus as we approach the upcoming MLB Draft.

In this week’s edition of Stock Talk, we focus on eight draft-eligible players who made significant noise over the weekend and break down what specifically caught our attention.

Let’s dive in.

Tegan Kuhns | RHP

The most dominant outing in the Southeastern Conference this past weekend came in Knoxville, where Tegan Kuhns struck out a career-high fifteen batters against Texas in game one.

Working a four-pitch mix, Kuhns had legitimately all things working his way. Beginning with the four-seamer, a 93-95 (up to 96) mph weapon generating nearly 20 inches of ride with 2,400 rpm, good for 80% strikes.

His primary offspeed offering in this start was his upper-70s curveball, and it was a beauty. Getting true two-plane tilt with over 2,500 rpm living down in the zone, continuing to tunnel very well with the heater that resides up in the zone.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway of the start was Kuhns throwing his slider more. A pitch featuring gyro shape, it’s an 83-85 mph offering primarily thrown against right-handers, obtaining a whiff rate north of 80%.

He wrapped up his arsenal with an intriguing changeup, a pitch thrown against lefties with nearly 15 inches of fade that generated a 60% whiff rate.

Kuhns will likely make his next start for Tennessee on the road this coming weekend against Oklahoma.

Tegan Kuhns is #24 on our Updated Top 100 College Prospect Board.

Dylan Carey | INF

A nice rebound weekend for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, who improved to 23-1 at home after sweeping Iowa, with Dylan Carey helping lead the offense.

Across 12 batted balls, he averaged an exit speed just shy of 90 mph with a hard-hit rate of nearly 60%.

Carey maxed out over the weekend with a 104 mph exit velocity, good for a three-run shot back on Saturday.

He saw pitches over the middle-to-outer half really well, letting the ball travel and punishing offerings to the backside.

Carey also added two more batted balls north of 100 mph during the series, including a 101 mph two-run double and another homer that left the bat at 102 mph in game one.

Up to a .362 average with over 30 extra-base hits, he will be one of the premier senior draftees to monitor heading into July.

Carey will be back in action for Nebraska on the road this coming Thursday against Minnesota.

Cole Carlon | LHP

Another dominant outing from Cole Carlon, tossing seven innings while throwing a career-high 115 pitches in game one against a scorching-hot Cowboys lineup.

He threw a stunning 70 sliders in this start, averaging just over 88 mph with 2,400 rpm, ending up with a 55% whiff rate.

The four-seam was quite lively also, sitting 96-98 mph while getting over 16 inches of run through the zone that worked really well north/south.

Carlon rounded out his arsenal with two additional offspeed offerings. First, a kick-change living in the low-80s that’s thrown against right-handers posting sub-1000 rpm outputs. Lastly, a rare upper-70s curveball with typical slider shape, though getting more depth than his traditional cutter.

Though coming up short on Friday, Carlon has thrown 25 innings while punching out 40 in his last four starts. Now up to 70 innings in 2026 with a K-BB of 4.25, he is proving his case as arguably the best left-hander in this collegiate draft class.

Carlon will likely make his next start for Arizona State on the road this coming weekend against Houston.

Cole Carlon is #17 on our Updated Top 100 College Prospect Board.

Drew Burress | OF

Drew Burress has now homered in four straight games, helping the Yellow Jackets to seven consecutive ACC victories, including a series sweep of Duke over the weekend.

Across 12 batted balls, Burress averaged an exit speed of 98 mph as well as a hard-hit rate of 67%.

His first two home runs were absolute mammoths. In game one on Friday, Burress connected on a 430-foot blast traveling off the bat at 114 mph. As for the second, it wasn’t a cheapie either, hence a 107 mph exit speed with a distance of 406 feet.

Facing primarily right-handed pitching throughout the weekend, Burress rarely came up empty, evident by a 7% in-zone whiff rate. Burress consistently got pitches at the bottom of the zone and punished nearly every mistake, regardless of pitch type.

Burress will be back in action for Georgia Tech on the road this coming Thursday against Boston College.

Drew Burress is #10 on our Updated Top 100 College Prospect Board.

Gavin Eddy | RHP

One of the best performances of the weekend also belonged to Gavin Eddy, carving through Virginia for seven innings while punching out 14 hitters in Charlottesville.

Displaying a three-pitch mix, Eddy had each working in full effect, including two different fastballs.

Most often used was his four-seam fastball, a 91-94 mph pitch getting nearly 20 inches of ride and 2,400 rpm while thrown with 6.5 feet of extension. As for the sinker, it’s a rare offering with identical velocity featuring clear offset shape thrown primarily against left-handers.

His slider rounds out his outing repertoire, and it was unreal. Posting an 85% whiff rate, it’s a short-action weapon averaging just under 2,600 rpm while thrown for over 65% strikes.

Eddy will likely make his next start for Cal back at home this coming weekend against Stanford.

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Brody DeLamielleure | OF

What a week for outfielder Brody DeLamielleure, collecting 10 knocks and increasing his slug this week for Florida State.

Across 18 batted balls, DeLamielleure averaged an exit speed of 92 mph with a hard-hit rate over 60%.

He posted a max exit velocity of 111 mph over the calendar week. Across the four-game stretch, he consistently punished elevated fastballs and did just as much damage against spin that was left up in the zone.

DeLamielleure also produced five additional batted balls of 100+ mph, including a 109 mph home run, a 107 mph double, a 106 mph homer, a 104 mph double, and a 100 mph single.

Recently, he has tormented left-handed pitching, translating into a 75% hard-hit rate against them on the week while not posting a single whiff in-zone.

DeLamielleure will be back in action for Florida State at home this coming Thursday against Miami.

Jaxon Jelkin | RHP

In a 4-2 victory in game one over the Gators, Jaxon Jelkin was nails in his 128-pitch outing in Gainesville.

Working a four-pitch arsenal, Jelkin did a phenomenal job mixing both looks and locations. Kicking things off with the fastball, a high-spin weapon with sinker-esque characteristics, producing more than 20 inches of run with roughly 2,500 rpm while reaching up to 96 mph.

The pitch of the night, though, was his low-80s curveball. An offering that can occasionally post 3,000 rpm, it features tight-action downward tilt that posted a 47% whiff rate while thrown for 60% strikes.

Wrapping up Jelkin’s arsenal, he incorporated both a changeup and a cutter. With the cambio, a pitch thrown ideally against lefties and when ahead, generated nearly 22 inches of fade while living in the upper-80s. As for the cutter, he commands it well within the bottom sector of the zone while averaging close to 2,700 rpm with roughly eight inches of lift.

Jelkin will likely make his next start for Kentucky back at home this coming weekend against Arkansas.

Alex Sosa | C

Perhaps the loudest performance across power four baseball this past weekend belonged to Alex Sosa, who collected nine RBIs while hitting nearly .700 against Louisville.

Across 12 batted balls, Sosa averaged an exit speed of 90 mph with a 50% hard-hit rate. That said, it’s important to note nearly all of these came from left-handed arms.

Sosa didn’t whiff on a single pitch against lefties all weekend, with his max exit speed also coming from one at 105 mph (good for a two-run blast back on Saturday).

In addition to that blast, Sosa added a 104 mph single, a 103 mph home run (off a left-handed arm), and a 102 mph single. He also launched a third home run on the weekend that left the bat at 98 mph and carried 416 feet.

Now leading the way in a plethora of offensive categories, Sosa has become the driving force of this Hurricane lineup at the perfect time, as we approach conference tournament play.

Sosa will be back in action for Miami on the road this coming Thursday against Florida State.