MLB 2025 Mock Draft 2.0: Predictions for Each 1st-Spherical Decide
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The Washington Nationals maintain the No. 1 total choose within the 2025 draft after successful the draft lottery again in December on the annual winter conferences, and they are going to be on the clock when the annual festivities kick off on July 13.
There’s numerous baseball to be performed between every now and then each at the highschool and faculty ranges, and the draft class remains to be taking form consequently.
Oklahoma prep shortstop Ethan Holliday and Texas A&M outfielder Jace LaViolette are the consensus high two gamers within the draft heading into the 2025 season, whereas Florida State left-hander Jamie Arnold and UC Santa Barbara right-hander Tyler Bremner symbolize the most effective arms on the board.
What follows is a full first-round mock draft, together with the Compensation Spherical and Aggressive Steadiness Spherical A by choose No. 43.
That offers us an opportunity to incorporate all 30 groups, for the reason that Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and New York Yankees every had their first choose moved again 10 spots as a penalty for a way far they exceeded the luxury-tax threshold.
Nos. 1-3
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1. Washington Nationals: SS Ethan Holliday, Stillwater HS (OK)
With a 6’4″, 200-pound body and 65-grade uncooked energy, Holliday has a profile that extra intently resembles his run-producing father than his hit-over-power, center infielder brother. He’ll possible wind up at third base as soon as he totally matures, and his recreation is polished sufficient that he might shortly be a part of James Wooden and Dylan Crews because the Nationals offensive core of the current and future.
2. Los Angeles Angels: OF Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
A 24.3 % strikeout fee and 81 strikeouts in 68 video games final season is all that’s preserving LaViolette from being the no-doubt No. 1 total choose within the 2025 draft class. Even with these modest swing-and-miss considerations, he nonetheless hit .305/.449/.726 with 29 dwelling runs and 78 RBI as a sophomore within the SEC. A step ahead in his contact fee this spring might make the choice lots harder for the Nationals, whereas the Angels are in an awesome spot to sit down again and see who falls.
3. Seattle Mariners: LHP Jamie Arnold, Florida State
With an elite fastball-slider mixture and plus command, Arnold went 11-3 with a 2.98 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 159 strikeouts in 105.2 innings final season to complete as a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. His stuff performs up due to a misleading arm slot, and he has proven the power to hold his stuff deep into video games even with a 6’1″, 188-pound body. The event of his changeup can be vital on the subsequent stage.
Nos. 4-6
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4. Colorado Rockies: RHP Tyler Bremner, UC Santa Barbara
Bremner spent the previous two seasons bouncing between the rotation and bullpen for UC Santa Barbara, posting a 3.63 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 184 strikeouts in 144 innings spanning 17 begins and 19 reduction appearances. He had a 104-to-21 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 88.2 innings in 2024, and with a refined three-pitch repertoire and plus command there may be little doubt he has the stuff to start out. The query is whether or not he can maintain up over a bigger workload.
5. St. Louis Cardinals: 3B Xavier Neyens, Mount Vernon HS (WA)
The Cardinals have typically focused prep hitters with loud uncooked energy early within the draft, and Neyens matches the mildew with a powerful 6’4″, 200-pound body and a 50-hit, 65-power offensive profile. He has been as much as 95 mph together with his fastball off the mound and that arm power performs properly on the sizzling nook the place he ought to be capable of stick long-term.
6. Pittsburgh Pirates: RHP Seth Hernandez, Corona HS (CA)
Considered one of three Corona Excessive Faculty gamers who might wind up listening to his identify known as within the first spherical, Hernandez enters the spring as the highest prep arm within the nation. With a particularly projectable 6’4″, 190-pound body and electrical current stuff that features a fastball that has touched 98 mph and a plus changeup, the Vanderbilt commit checks all of the containers to be a future ace.
Nos. 7-9
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7. Miami Marlins: OF Cam Cannarella, Clemson
With a plus hit device, good pace and the defensive chops to stay in heart discipline, Cannarella affords one of many highest ceilings of any faculty bat within the 2025 class. He performed by a torn labrum in his shoulder final season and nonetheless hit .337/.417/.561 with 16 doubles, 11 dwelling runs and 60 RBI. With a clear invoice of well being, he might shortly solidify his standing as a top-tier prospect on this class.
8. Toronto Blue Jays: SS Kayson Cunningham, Johnson HS (TX)
Cunningham is the highest prep shortstop within the 2025 class not named Ethan Holliday, and his 60-hit, 60-speed profile and plus defensive instruments give him the potential to be an offensive catalyst and a defensive cornerstone. His undersized 5’9″, 170-pound body and pure hitting expertise have drawn comparisons to New York Mets prospect Jett Williams.
9. Cincinnati Reds: OF Brendan Summerhill, Arizona
Summerhill has solely scratched the floor of the uncooked energy potential in his 6’3″, 200-pound body after he hit .324/.399/.550 with 18 doubles, six triples, eight dwelling runs and 59 RBI in 58 video games final season. He performed heart discipline within the Cape Cod League final summer season the place he logged a .790 OPS with eight extra-base hits and 12 steals in 24 video games, and extra in-game energy manufacturing would ship his inventory hovering this spring.
Nos. 10-12
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10. Chicago White Sox: LHP/1B Kruz Schoolcraft, Sundown HS (OR)
The White Sox hit on a lanky prep left-hander a couple of years in the past once they chosen Noah Schultz within the first spherical, and Schoolcraft has an analogous profile. The 6’8″ southpaw is among the higher two-way prospects within the 2025 class and has some similarities to Giants high prospect Bryce Eldridge, although he has the next ceiling on the mound than he does within the batter’s field.
11. Athletics: SS Eli Willits, Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (OK)
Willits stands out for his superior 60-grade hit device and polished total recreation, which ought to come as no shock given he’s the son of a six-year MLB veteran and grew up across the recreation. He reclassified from the 2026 class and doesn’t flip 18 years outdated till Dec. 9, possible making him the youngest Day 1 prospect on the board. Even when he peaks at 15 dwelling runs, he gives worth in sufficient different areas to make an affect.
12. Texas Rangers: SS Marek Houston, Wake Forest
Houston was a shock winner of Vanderbilt’s beginning shortstop job as a real freshman in 2023 on the power of his defensive instruments, and he has steadily developed an offensive recreation to match. He hit .326/.434/.516 with 25 extra-base hits in 54 video games final season, and he adopted that up with a .465 on-base share and extra walks (26) than strikeouts (21) over 114 plate appearances within the Cape Cod League. His glove is nice sufficient that even common offensive instruments would make him an on a regular basis shortstop.
Nos. 13-15
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13. San Francisco Giants: OF Ethan Petry, South Carolina
After posting a 1.157 OPS with 44 dwelling runs and 128 RBI in 124 video games throughout his first two seasons at South Carolina, Petry gave his draft inventory an extra increase final summer season when he hit .360/.480/.760 with 11 dwelling runs and 25 RBI in 31 video games within the Cape Cod League to take dwelling MVP honors. The 6’4″, 235-pound slugger is restricted athletically and he struck out at a 25.3 % clip final spring, however his playable energy is hard to disregard.
14. Tampa Bay Rays: 2B Aiva Arquette, Oregon State
Arquette tallied simply 56 plate appearances as a freshman however broke out final spring when he hit .325/.384/.574 with 14 doubles, 12 dwelling runs and 36 RBI in 48 video games. He performed properly within the Cape Cod League after getting into the switch portal and ended up touchdown at Oregon State the place he’ll exchange Travis Bazzana at second base. With a 6’5″, 220-pound body and 55-grade energy, he’s not the prototypical second baseman, although he has the defensive instruments to stay up the center and maybe even deal with shortstop.
15. Boston Purple Sox: SS/RHP Billy Carlson, Corona HS (CA)
Carlson is probably the most well-rounded two-way participant within the 2025 class with five-tool potential at shortstop and electrical stuff on the mound, together with a fastball that touches 96 mph and breaking ball. His 6’1″, 160-pound body raises some questions on his sturdiness on the mound and he might need the next ceiling as a shortstop, but when he comes out greater and stronger on the mound this spring that would change. Regardless, his expertise belongs someplace in the midst of the primary spherical.
Nos. 16-18
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16. Minnesota Twins: OF Max Belyeu, Texas
Belyeu gained Huge 12 Participant of the Yr honors throughout a breakout 2024 season, hitting .329/.423/.667 with 18 dwelling runs and 53 RBI in 59 video games, and now he’ll be a part of the remainder of his Longhorns teammates in making the transfer to SEC competitors. He has a 55-hit, 55-power profile and an awesome understanding of the strike zone, which permits him to maximise his uncooked instruments. The Twins have focused faculty bats time and time once more within the first spherical.
17. Chicago Cubs: C Luke Stevenson, North Carolina
Probably the greatest draft-eligible sophomores within the 2025 class, Stevenson hit .284/.420/.535 with 14 dwelling runs and 58 RBI in 64 video games as a real freshman. With a powerful arm and strong receiving expertise, he’s probably the most full prospect of the three faculty catchers who might go within the first spherical, forward of Ike Irish (Auburn) and Caden Bodine (Coastal Carolina).
18. Arizona Diamondbacks: C Ike Irish, Auburn
Irish has a 55-grade hit device and sufficient energy potential to be a 20-homer hitter on the subsequent stage, although his defensive recreation remains to be a piece in progress behind the plate. He’s athletic sufficient to deal with an outfield nook if he wants to maneuver out from behind the plate, however that may undercut his offensive worth. The D-backs have a strong observe file of growing younger catchers, and he’s arguably the most effective faculty bat on the board at this level.
Nos. 19-21
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19. Baltimore Orioles: OF/3B Tre Phelps, Georgia
Phelps gave his draft inventory a serious increase by taking part in properly for Workforce USA final summer season, and that got here on the heels of a freshman season through which he hit .353/.441/.699 with 12 dwelling runs in 161 plate appearances. He began video games at each nook infield and nook outfield spots final season, and it stays to be seen the place he’ll find yourself long-term, however his capacity to make constant, exhausting contact will drive his worth.
20. Milwaukee Brewers: SS Brady Ebel, Corona HS (CA)
Ebel has been a powerful performer on the showcase circuit, outperforming his common bodily instruments due to his polished total recreation and excessive baseball IQ. The 6’3″, 190-pound infielder would possibly match greatest at third base as soon as he fills out bodily, although he might want to proceed including pop to his easy left-handed swing. The Brewers choose once more at No. 32 and No. 33, so anticipate a mixture of high-ceiling preps and high-floor faculty gamers.
21. Houston Astros: OF Devin Taylor, Indiana
The highest draft prospect within the Huge Ten this season, Taylor hit .357/.449/.660 with 20 dwelling runs final spring, then adopted that up with a .907 OPS and 10 extra-base hits in 29 video games within the Cape Cod League. He had virtually as many walks (37) as strikeouts (38), showcasing the superior strategy to maximise his energy device, and he’ll go so far as his bat carries him with restricted defensive worth and pace.
Nos. 22-24
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22. Atlanta Braves: LHP Cameron Appenzeller, Glenwood HS (IL)
The Braves are one of many few groups that has not shied away from drafting highschool pitching within the first spherical, and that offers them their choose of high-ceiling preps right here with solely Seth Hernandez and Kruz Schoolcraft off the board from that demographic on this mock situation. Appenzeller is a projectable 6’6″, 180-pound lefty with three high quality pitches, repeatable mechanics and good command.
23. Kansas Metropolis Royals: 1B/OF Ethan Conrad, Wake Forest
If Oregon State infielder Aiva Arquette is probably the most notable switch amongst place gamers heading into the 2025 season, Conrad is a detailed second after hitting .389/.467/.704 with 40 extra-base hits in 55 video games at Marist School in 2024. He posted a .385/.433/.486 line over 30 video games within the Cape Cod League to showcase his expertise towards high-level competitors, and now he’ll look to observe within the footsteps of Seaver King who went D-II to first-round by means of Wake Forest a 12 months in the past.
24. Detroit Tigers: 3B Trent Caraway, Oregon State
A high draft prospect out of California prep powerhouse JSerra Catholic in 2023, Caraway ended up going undrafted due to his sturdy dedication to Oregon State. A damaged finger restricted him to 18 video games as a freshman in 2024, however he made up for misplaced time with an All-Star flip within the Cape Cod League. He has the offensive instruments to be one of many breakout hitters of the faculty season with good well being, and he might play his means a lot larger up the draft board.
Nos. 25-27
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25. San Diego Padres: SS/OF Sean Gamble, IMG Academy (FL)
There are at all times a handful of Day 1 and Day 2 prospects at IMG Academy every spring, and Gamble is the most effective of the bunch heading into the 2025 season. The 6’1″, 185-pound has an opportunity to be a real five-tool heart fielder, although he has additionally proven the chops to doubtlessly deal with shortstop. His 55-hit, 50-power offensive profile performs up due to his athleticism, and he might proceed to climb draft boards this spring after a powerful run on the showcase circuit final summer season.
26. Philadelphia Phillies: OF Nick Dumesnil, Cal Baptist
Dumesnil has a powerful, athletic 6’2″, 210-pound body and profiles as a possible 20/20 participant in heart discipline. He hit .362/.440/.702 with 19 doubles, 19 dwelling runs and 45 RBI in 61 video games final spring, then proved he can deal with top-tier competitors with an .866 OPS and 26 steals in 36 video games within the Cape Cod League.
27. Cleveland Guardians: RHP Chase Shores, LSU
A extremely regarded prep prospect who made it to LSU due to a excessive bonus asking value, Shores posted a 1.96 ERA in 18.1 innings as a freshman earlier than blowing out his arm and lacking the rest of the 2023 season and all the 2024 season recovering. He returned to the mound throughout fall follow and was again as much as 99 mph together with his fastball, which might pave the best way for a breakthrough spring. The 6’8″, 245-pound flame thrower is a undertaking of types, however Cleveland is aware of the best way to develop pitching.
Compensation/Aggressive Steadiness A Picks
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Compensation Picks
If a participant was rated as a preseason Prime 100 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and/or ESPN (at the least two of the three) and was on his workforce’s Opening Day roster and goes on to win the Rookie of the Yr Award or place within the high three in MVP or Cy Younger voting previous to qualifying for arbitration, the membership is awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive choose after the primary spherical. Because of this, Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) earned his workforce a draft choose.
28. Kansas Metropolis Royals: RHP Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma
If a workforce that loses a qualifying free agent, is a revenue-sharing recipient and the free agent indicators for at the least $50 million, the workforce can be awarded a choose between the primary spherical and Aggressive Steadiness Spherical A. Christian Walker (ARI), Corbin Burnes (BAL), Anthony Santander (BAL) and Willy Adames (MIL) every earned their former workforce a choose.
29. Arizona Diamondbacks: 3B Gavin Fien, Nice Oaks HS (CA)
30. Baltimore Orioles: SS Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
31. Baltimore Orioles: RHP James Ellwanger, Dallas Baptist
32. Milwaukee Brewers: 1B/OF Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State
Aggressive Steadiness Spherical A Picks
All groups which have both one of many 10 smallest markets or 10 smallest income swimming pools obtain an extra choose on the finish of the primary or second spherical. The teams of groups alternate between the 2 rounds annually. These are the one picks which can be eligible to be traded.
The Dodgers, Mets and Yankees additionally every obtained a 10-pick penalty on their first picks for exceeding the second luxurious tax threshold, leaving their first picks as a part of the Aggressive Steadiness Spherical A.
33. Milwaukee Brewers: OF Brock Promote, Tokay HS (CA)
34. Detroit Tigers: C Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina
35. Seattle Mariners: RHP Matt Scott, Stanford
36. Minnesota Twins: 2B Henry Godbout, Virginia
37. Tampa Bay Rays: OF Slater de Brun, Summit HS (OR)
38. New York Mets: RHP Landon Harmon, East Union HS (MS)
39. New York Yankees: 3B/OF Quentin Younger, Oaks Christian HS (CA)
40. Los Angeles Dodgers: RHP Aaron Watson, Trinity Christian Academy (FL)
41. Los Angeles Dodgers (through CIN): RHP Angel Cervantes, Warren HS (CA)
42. Tampa Bay Rays (through OAK): SS Dean Curley, Tennessee
43. Miami Marlins: 1B Henry Ford, Virginia
Observe: Decide explanations courtesy of MLB.com