Arizona ended up having its entire weekend starting rotation and its closer taken in the 2024 MLB Draft, while on the recruiting front only one member of its 2024 class was selected and there’s a good chance he’ll make it to campus.

A lot can happen in the next year, but 2025 figures to be an even bigger year for the Wildcats in the draft.

Baseball America has released its top 100 high school and college prospects list for the 2025 MLB Draft, and the UA has a trio on each.

Outfielder Brendan Summerhill is ranked as the No. 8 draft-eligible college player for 2025, with shortstop Mason White at No. 18 and catcher Adonys Guzman at No. 98.

Summerhill, who had a breakout sophomore year in which he led the UA with a .324 average while hitting eight home runs and 59 RBI, has kept that going in the Cape Cod League. He’s batting .323, has struck out only nine times in 19 games and has 10 stolen bases on 13 attempts.

White led the Wildcats in homers (19) and RBI (65) as a sophomore, while Guzman was stellar behind the plate in his first season after transferring from Boston College and is listed by BA as having “the best arm of any catcher in the class.”

On the prep side, there are three players the Wildcats have commitments from who are expected to be drafted a year from now:

• RHP Jack Lafflam (No. 38)
• OF Caleb Danzeisen (No. 77)
• RHP Dylan Wood (No. 83)

Lafflam, who plays for Brophy Prep in Phoenix, is 6-foot-6 and has been compared to lanky Cleveland Guardians righty Triston McKenzie. He’s ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 84 player in the 2025 recruiting class.

Danzeisen, who plays for Chandler Valley Christian, hit .524 with seven homers and 52 RBI as a junior. He is a left-handed hitter who could be a starting corner outfielder for Arizona in 2026 if he makes it to campus.

And Wood, from Elk Grove, Calif., is a 6-foot-2 arm with an array of pitches who would likely thrive under the guidance of UA pitching coach Kevin Vance.

Arizona had two signees ranked among the Top 250 overall draft prospects for 2024 but only one got picked. Lefty Mason Russell, considered a top-100 player, went 599^th overall in the 20^th round to the Cincinnati Reds and has until Aug. 1 to sign a pro deal or he’ll be coming to Tucson, while righty Smith Bailey went undrafted and will be a Wildcat next spring.

KINGMAN, AZ (AZFamily) — A Kingman man was charged with several felonies after investigators said he sold weapons and homemade bombs to an undercover federal agent earlier this year.

According to court records, Matthew Edward Dach first met with a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives undercover agent on May 29 at his camper trailer.

That’s where Dach reportedly talked about and showed the agent a rocket he made from a PVC pipe, a .22 caliber round attached to the tip and an ignition switch connected to an air compressor.

Dach also admitted to mixing “my own powder, flash powder,” court paperwork said.

Investigators said the undercover agent bought a Tapco Tap-15, 7.62 gauge rifle, 53 rounds, firearms accessories and two small homemade bombs.

The agent returned on June 20, where a bag of potassium nitrate, homemade flash powder, PVC pipes and other items to make bombs were seen inside Dach’s camper trailer.

The agent told Dach somebody was going to testify against the agent’s brother and needed to blow up the witness’ car.

Dach told the agent he would make a bomb with “310 grams” of explosive powder that would “knock the doors off,” court paperwork said.

Dach was “animated, smiling, laughing, and rubbing his hands together excitedly” while talking about the plan, court records said.

The agent then bought about 20 small homemade bombs, a bag of methamphetamine, and a device with a tripwire, investigators said.

The agent met Dach for a final time on June 28, when the agent bought a pipe bomb made out of a meta Maglite flashlight that had about 21 pieces of various hardware like nails, screws and more.

Dach reportedly talked about throwing the device on a victim’s lap to kill them.

Dach was later charged with drug and weapons charges.

It’s unclear if he’s been taken into custody.

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PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — In the midst of the Republican National Convention, several Democrats are crafting a potential pathway for President Joe Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee. Arizona’s very own Sen. Mark Kelly is now viewed as a strong possible replacement, according to a new poll obtained by Politico.

California Rep. Adam Schiff became the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid on Wednesday.

The Democratic party has pushed ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August before the party’s convention opens in person two weeks later.

The BlueLabs poll showed that Kelly was among four candidates who outpaced Biden by roughly five points in key battleground states.

The Arizona senator followed Maryland Gov. Wes More, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The poll also found that 60% of those who support another Democrat say that finding a candidate that “can beat Trump” was among the top two traits that they were looking for.

The poll says that almost “3% of Trump voters” would vote Democrat should an alternative candidate lead the ticket.

But the BlueLabs report isn’t the only one suggesting that Biden step aside.

An AP-NORC poll also released this week found that nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate.

However, that number is still down slightly from 40% in an AP-NORC poll in February.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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