The lone UCLA Bruin picked in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft was a right-handed pitcher taken by the San Francisco Giants in Round 12. Cody Delvecchio played three years for the Bruins and is now the latest of the 130 UCLA players drafted into MLB, according to UCLA. Delvecchio now stays in California, joining the Giants’ bullpen. He has the opportunity to prove that his arm is ready for the big leagues.
Delvecchio joined the Bruins in 2023, when he earned Pac-12 All-Conference Team honorable mention. He would continue to have success with the Bruins in 2024 until an injury sidetracked him. According to UCLA, he started eight games for the Bruins in 2025 with 39 strikeouts throughout his 37 innings. His batting average also took an enormous leap from .196 in 2024 to .293 in 2025.
He started in his last performance for the Bruins. That came in the College World Series finale against Arkansas, in a 7-3 loss. Delvecchio ended the game with three strikeouts and allowed three earned runs in his four innings, according to UCLA.
His final pitching stats as a Bruin: 108 innings pitched, giving up 56 earned runs and 20 home runs, but logging 114 strikeouts for a 4.67 earned run average.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: One UCLA player picked in 2025 MLB draft
Reporting by Ryan Lorenz, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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