7/14/25 : 2025 MLB Draft - 5th Round Pick (overall pick # 161)

RHP  Gabe Craig - 24 yrs old - Baylor University

“Craig took a circuitous path to becoming one of the best sixth-year college prospects in the 2025 Draft. He began his college career at Tyler (Texas) JC in 2020, barely pitched at Texas A&M during a redshirt season in 2021, returned to Tyler in 2022 and then spent the last three years at Baylor. After sporadic success in the past, he posted a 0.56 ERA, .124 opponent average and 51/3 K/BB ratio in 32 innings this spring. The key to Craig's dominance, which included not surrendering an extra-base hit all season, is his wipeout slider. It sits in the mid-80s and touches 88 mph with huge sweep and some depth as well, and opponents went 8-for-72 (.111) with 43 strikeouts against his slide piece. He sets it up with a 93-95 mph fastball that tops out at 97 with armside run in the opposite direction of his out pitch. Craig works exclusively out of the stretch with a high release point and pounds the zone with both of his offerings. He's a two-pitch reliever who turns 24 ten days before the Draft, but he also could move quickly to the Majors. He could factor into the first five rounds as a deep-discount candidate.” - MLB

“Was one of just four relief pitchers in the country to earn five or more All-America accolades … Selected as a finalist for the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award … Became the second Bear in program history to be named a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award … An All-Big 12 First Team reliever … ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region second-team relief pitcher … Tabbed the No. 10 relief pitcher in the country by D1Baseball in Week 12 of the season … Posted a microscopic 0.56 ERA, a mark which led the nation, after tossing 32 innings … Also led the country with a 0.50 WHIP and a 17:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio after punching out 51 batters and allowing just three walks, one of which was intentional … Went 3-0 on the year and collected 10 saves, the most by a Bear since 2018 … Of his 24 appearances, 22 were scoreless and 14 were hitless … Recorded multiple strikeouts in 16 outings … Finished the season on a 20.1-inning scoreless streak, spanning his last 12 appearances of the year … Was even better in Big 12 play with a 0.49 ERA, allowing just one run on seven hits across 18.1 innings and 12 appearances with six saves … Struck out 31 batters and walked just one in league action … Ranked second among Big 12 pitchers with 20 games finished in 2025 … Did not allow an extra-base hit all season … His 10 saves ranked 18th in the country … Started the year tossing a scoreless inning against Youngstown State with two strikeouts (2/15) … Picked up his first save against Gonzaga (2/22) after a scoreless frame … Earned save number two on the year against Ohio State (3/1) at Globe Life Field in Arlington … His next appearance was a four-out save against LMU (3/8) in which he struck out the final three batters of the game … Started a streak of eight-straight strikeouts across three appearances as he fanned two against Sam Houston (3/11) and all three in a scoreless ninth at Kansas (3/16) for his fourth save of the season … Sealed both of Baylor’s wins at Arizona (3/28, 3/29) with back-to-back saves … After allowing one run against Houston (4/4), did not allow a run for the rest of the season … Worked first multi-inning outing at Texas Tech (4/13), the first of three-straight three-strikeout performances … Earned his first win of the year in an extra-innings thriller at UT Arlington (4/15) … Collected another win against Utah (4/18) with 1.1 perfect innings and three strikeouts … Dominated TCU (4/27) on the road with five strikeouts in two innings to earn save number seven … Punched out four in a two-inning save against Arizona State (5/2) … Collected another save against UTRGV (5/6) in BU’s final midweek contest of the year … Had a career performance against Oklahoma State (5/11) in 2025 finale at Baylor Ballpark, working a career-long 4.1 innings to earn his third win of the year … Collected save No. 10 at UCF (5/15) with a one-two-three ninth … Fanned four of the six batters he faced in 1.2 scoreless frames against Oklahoma State (5/21) at Big 12 Championship … Also named a Third Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators.” - Baylor College Profile