- Full name Trent Grindlinger
- Born 07/14/2006 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 195 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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Draft Prospects
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School: Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS Drafted/Committed: Tennessee
Age At Draft: 19.0
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Grindlinger is one of the best high school catchers in the 2025 class. At 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, he’s tall for the position but projects to stick behind the plate because of his catch-and-throw skills. He’s worked hard to stay on top of his conditioning, which has helped enhance his athleticism with good flexibility and looseness for a catcher his size. He has a plus arm and cuts his pop times under 2.0 seconds on his best throws. Grindlinger hit well on the travel circuit and showed a knack for using the opposite field and making hard contact with a good sense of the strike zone. For a bigger-framed hitter he showed an impressive amount of contact ability. Grindlinger has above-average raw power, though he doesn’t yet regularly tap into that power in games and instead employs an all-fields approach. Grindlinger is a well below-average runner who might be limited to first base if he has to move off catcher, but his defensive skill makes that unlikely. Grindlinger turns 19 on day two of the draft and is committed to Tennessee. He’ll be a draft-eligible sophomore if he makes it to campus, but fits on talent in the first five rounds.
Scouting Grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run:30 | Field: 55 | Arm: 60. -
School: Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS Committed: Mississippi State
Age At Draft: 19.0
Grindlinger is one of the best catchers in the 2025 class. At 6-foot-3, he’s tall for the position but he projects to stick behind the plate because of his catch-and-throw skills. He’s worked hard to stay on top of his conditioning over the past year, enhancing his athleticism with good flexibility and looseness for a catcher his size. He has a plus arm and cuts his pop times under 2.0 seconds on his best throws. He hit well during the summer circuit in 2023 and showed a knack for using the opposite field and making hard contact with a good sense of the strike zone. He doesn’t regularly tap into it during games because of his approach, but he has big raw power for his age, with a chance to develop into a 20-plus home run threat.
