On July 13 and 14, some New Jersey baseball prospects will hear their names called at the 2025 MLB Draft in Atlanta as part of All-Star Weekend. It’s a dream for each player, and at 6 p.m. on July 13, that dream will become reality for a few Garden State stars.

Anderson had Tommy John surgery in high school that took him off the trajectory he was on as an underclassman, to be a seven-figure prospect out of high school. He's eligible as a sophomore because of his age and showed flashes during the 2024 season as a freshman but threw only 38⅓ innings.