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Patriots selected LSU OT Will Campbell with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
A five-star offensive lineman who was considered the number one player in the state of Louisiana according to 247Sports, Campbell (6’6/319) contributed immediately by earning Freshman All-American and Second-Team All-SEC in 2022. He would go on to log almost every meaningful snap at left tackle for LSU for his three years on campus, playing 800+ snaps in each. The 2024 Consensus All-American allowed a near-perfect 0.3 percent blown run block rate and two sacks over the last two seasons. However, Campbell allowed 18 pressures with 9 penalties last year, which is the second-most among 2025 NFL Draft tackles, knocking his PFF overall grade down to 71.7. Campbell’s Combine showing was all aces, running a 4.98s 40-yard dash with a 32” vertical jump to become only the fourth, 315+ pound offensive lineman in history to achieve a sub-5.00s 40 time and jump higher than 30”. His advanced movement skills make him hard to beat around the loop and he is strong enough to hold defenders at bay when he locks on. While Campbell resets his hands well and can drop anchor when pushed, his 32 ⅝ length arms put him at a disadvantage in leverage battles where he can sometimes fall prey to inside moves. There is plenty of speculation that Campbell could kick inside and become a perennial pro-bowl caliber guard, but regardless of position he is a premium talent and should be an NFL fixture for the next several years.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters after Wednesday’s win over the Athletics that Matt Sauer will start Thursday against the A’s.
Sauer will be capable of working multiple innings, but the 26-year-old won’t be able to go deep enough to qualify for a victory unless the Athletics are incredibly aggressive against the right-hander. He won’t be a quality streaming option for Thursday’s bullpen game against the Athletics.
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics on Wedneday.
Ohtani hit a no-doubter to lead off the game for the Dodgers and it bumps his homer total to 13. He’s been remarkably — and surprisingly — good in the month of May, and he’s now slashing .341/.442/.818 over those 48 at-bats in that timeframe. There’s a long way to go, but a back-to-back MVP season is well within reason, even if he doesn’t return to the mound in 2025.
Andy Pages went 3-for-4 with a homer in a win over the Athletics on Wednesday.
Max Muncy hit a three-run homer in a win over the Athletics on Wednesday.
Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in a loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.
Hyeseong Kim went 2-for-2 with a homer to help the Dodgers to a 9-3 win over the Athletics on Wednesday.