Starting pitcher Cole Gilley was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round (311rd pick) of the 2025 MLB Draft.
Gilley started his career at Indiana State for his first four years of college baseball. He missed the entire 2022 season at Indiana State after undergoing Tommy John Surgery and spent his fifth and final season of college baseball this spring at Indiana. He went 10-3 and was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All-Midwest Region.
“I had talked to them before, and to me, it didn’t really matter who,” Gilley said. “I just wanted a chance to play. My advisor sent me a text and said what about the Phillies. He called me about eight picks before and said they were 99 percent certain they were going to take me. I didn’t want to get too excited because it might fall through. So I just decided to sit back and enjoy the moment.”
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Cole Gilley marked the seventh right-handed pitcher taken by the Phillies. A native of Columbus, Indiana, Gilley played three seasons at Indiana State in 2021 and 2023-24 before transferring to Indiana in 2025; he didn't pitch in 2022 due to Tommy John surgery.
Gilley, a fifth-year senior, earned a Second Team All-Big Ten selection this year. He started a team-best 12 games and made 18 appearances overall, working his way to a .211 batting average against. The 23-year-old's cutter sits in the upper 80s, and his slider sits in the lower 80s. – Grace Del Pizzo of OnPattison.com
Indiana pitcher Cole Gilley was ranked No. 17 in ESPN’s rankings of the top 20 starting pitchers in college baseball heading into this year's 2025 MLB Draft.
Gilley makes the 17th top-10 round selections under head coach Jeff Mercer in the last seven seasons for the Indiana Hoosiers baseball program.