The Athletic high on Connor Norby in 2025

by | Jan 28, 2025

Fans of ECU baseball know how good Connor Norby is on the field. The Athletic’s Jim Bowden is taking notice, too.

SI.com reports that Bowden reached out to each of the Major League Baseball teams to find out which one player on each squad would have a breakout season in 2025. From there, a list of 12 names to watch was published.

Norby occupied the No. 11 spot on Bowden’s list.

SI.com reports in part, “Bowden highlighted Norby’s high sweet-spot and barrel rates – plus his 94th percentile sprint speed – as reason to believe his production can grow.”

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