OF Slater de Brun, a Vanderbilt commit, has a Canadian passport, thanks to his mom, Julie, who attended McGill and was a TV personality at CBC,TSN, TVOntario, Food Network and OLN.

Hometown: Bend, Oregon.

Born: Los Angeles.

Height/Weight: 5’ 9” 195 lbs.

Bats/Throws: L-L

Slot Value: $2,631,400

Scout: David Blume.

Teams: Summit HS Storm/Trosky/Team USA.

Committed: Vanderbilt Commodores.

Coaches: Aaron Boehm, Jason Stein, Rick Eckstein, David Eckstein.

Previous Teams: Crush Baseball, Summit junior Storm, Next Level, Trosky Baseball

Previous Coaches: Joe Kennedy, Chris Manfredi, Todd Sheets, Michael Torres, Abe Ruiz.

Rankings: Ranked No. 30 on Baseball America’s final 500 … Listed 24th on MLB Pipeline’s top 250 … Ranked 16th on ESPN’s top 150 … No. 27 on Perfect Game top 400 ... 29th on Baseball America’s top 400 ... No. 30 on Baseball America’s top 500 … No. 32 on Baseball America’s top 300 ... No. 32 on MLB Pipeline ... No. 26 by The Athletic ... Perfect Game’s No. 1 in the state.

Canadian passport: Yes.

Upcoming: Invited to MLB Draft Combine in Phoenix at Chase Field.

Good genes: “Mom was fast, had good endurance and has quick twitch. Dad has the hand-eye coordination. Dad played Division 1 squash and was a state champion tennis player in high school.”

TV Lights: Mom, Julie emigrated to Canada, in 1995, moved to Toronto and worked at TSN, TVO, CBC and Food Network, living in Toronto from the “mid-1990s-to-2000s, appearing on 52 episodes of ‘Surprise! It’s Edible Incredible!,’ “Canada’s Summer’s Best,” ‘BrainBounce!’ and ‘Stuff.”

The most influential people in my baseball life: “Richie Sexson (who played 12 years in the majors with Cleveland, Milwaukee, Seattle, Arizona and the Yankees hitting 306 career homers) is my best friend’s father and we talk about hitting and so much more. The most influential baseball person in my career would probably be Abe Ruiz, my summer coach on Trosky. He helped me believe in myself.”

Best day on the ball field: “Either winning gold medal for Team USA (a 4-2 win over Panama at Rod Carew Stadium), or beating the No. 1 seed in high school playoffs last year. I had a broken thumb in the gold medal game, so I was not playing -- just cheering. When we beat the No. 1 seed we played the best possible team baseball and picked each other up every single time.”

2025 season: Batting .370 with nine doubles, one triple, two homers and 26 RBIs with a 1.173OPS in 29 games. He has 22 stolen bases in 22 attempts (95.55% success rate) ... Drove in two runs in a win against Canby Cougars … Singled and stole a base in win over Wilsonville Wildcats … Doubled, tripled and knocked in a romp in win against Madras White Buffalos … Singled in a win over Caldera Wolf Pack Knocked in a run and stole a base in a win over Caldera … Doubled and tripled in win over Madras White Buffalos …. Singled in a 2-1 win against Caldera Wolf Pack … Knocked in a run against Caldera … Singled and stole a base in a win over Caldera … Had a pair of hits and a stolen bases in a win over Bend Lava ... Two doubles and an RBI in a win against Redmond ... Double, RBI, stolen base in win over Redmond ... Drove in five runs in a 7-0 win over Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions with two doubles, a homer and a stolen base ... Two hits against Mountain View Cougars ... Had a hit and drove in two against Mountain Ridge, stealing three bases ... Doubled in one run against Ridgeview Ravens ... Two hits and a steal against Ridgeview ... Singled in a win against Ridgeview ... Had one hit and stole two bags in a win over Oregon City Pioneers ... Doubled, knocked in a run and stole a base against Crescent Raiders ... Scored three times -- one hit two walks -- in win over Wooster Colts, while stealing three ... Was 2-for-2 with a walk facing Mountain Ridge ... Homered, knocking in three runs in a win over Rancho Christian Eagles ... Singled and stole a base against Santa Barbara Dons ... Drove in a run against Grants Pass Cavemen ... Knocked in a run and stole a base against Grants Pass.

Honours: 2025 season _ Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All-Region West All Region First Team ... Won Rawlings/Perfect Game Finest in the Field 2024 season _ Made all-prospect team at Perfect Game National Showcase in Phoenix ... With Trosky/Milwaukee Brewers Scout Team _ All-tournament team at Perfect Game 17U World Series National in Surprise, Az. ... All-tournament team at WWBA 17U National championship in Marietta, Ga. ... 2023 season: All-prospect team at Perfect Game at WWBA Workout Showcase in Marietta, Ga. ... With USA Prime 17U Red _ All-tournament team at Perfect Game 2025 Grads or 17U Fall World Series in Marietta, Ga. ... With Next Level _ WWBA 2025 Grads or 16U National Championship at Marietta

2024 season: With Trosky/Milwaukee Brewers Scout Team _ All-tournament team at Perfect Game 17U World Series National in Surprise, Az. ... All-tournament team (Nine hits, 15 runs scored, two doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBIs, 10 walks, two stolen bases) at WWBA 17U National championship in Marietta, Ga.

2023 season: With USA Prime 17U Red _ All-tournament team (Three hits, four runs, two RBIs, three stolen bases, five walks) at Perfect Game 2025 Grads or 17U Fall World Series in Marietta, Ga.

Scouting reports

Baseball America

Ranked #32 prospect in 2025 draft

School: Summit HS, Bend, Ore. Committed: Vanderbilt

Age At Draft: 18.1

De Brun is small in stature but he’s young for the class with a good mix of tools and a high baseball IQ. He added significant strength in 2024, and while he doesn’t have much physical projection and doesn’t look like he will be a big home run threat, he puts the ball in play at a high clip with consistent hard contact from his short, level swing from the left side. He’s a dynamic runner with good defensive instincts in center field, where he has an above-average arm.

Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 30. Run:65. Field: 60. Arm: 50.

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MLB Pipeline

OF Slater de Brun

AGE: 17 B-T: L.L

HT/WT: 5’ 10” 187 lbs.

COMMITTED: Vanderbilt

Does size no longer matter, at least not as much, in evaluating draft talent? Last year, 5-foot-9 Slade Caldwell went at the end of the first round to the D-backs. And in 2019, Arizona also took the 5-foot-10 Corbin Carroll, who went on to win the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year Award. Like Carroll, de Brun is an undersized outfielder from the Pacific Northwest who has the chance to go early in the Draft after performing very well at Perfect Game National and World Series and was on USA Baseball’s 18U team before breaking his thumb in World Cup Qualifying play.

First jumping on the radar as an underclassman at the WWBA in Jupiter in 2023, de Brun’s profile took a step forward with his performances on the summer showcase circuit. He has very impressive bat-to-ball skills with an advanced eye at the plate, understanding that his job is to put the ball in play and get on base, then using his well-above-average speed on the basepaths. Power is never going to be a huge part of his game and some evaluators worry about impact, while others see some thump in his left-handed swing, with more physicality than Carroll at this stage.

De Brun’s speed is also a huge asset in the outfield. His arm is fringy but he has plus range and is an excellent defender who can play center field for a long time. Teams will want to be convinced the Vanderbilt recruit can impact the ball enough in the spring, but those that believe in him as a future table-setter will consider de Brun in the same area as Caldwell and Carroll.

Perfect Game Scouting Service

OF Slater de Brun

Summit HS, Bend, Oregon

Same tool profile as 2024 All-American Slade Caldwell, 6.39, punishes baseballs at the plate, hit .474-2-for-9 with 10 BB at 17U WWBA, PG All-American.

OF Slater de Brun, 1st round (37th) – Baltimore Orioles