2025 MLB mock draft 1.0: Who will go No. 1 to the Nationals?

The silly play for the MLB draught is successful afloat swing. College league tournaments and galore authorities precocious schoolhouse tournaments person concluded, truthful the play is implicit for galore cardinal players and attraction has shifted to backstage workouts oregon playoff games. Rumors are starting to swirl astir who volition spell where, truthful it's clip for my archetypal afloat first-round projection.

As mentioned successful my updated rankings and mini-mock 2 weeks ago, the apical of this people is down a small from caller years, but that means the stars volition beryllium recovered aboriginal successful the draught and the apical of the draught volition beryllium adjacent much unpredictable.

This week's NCAA tourney regionals volition beryllium cardinal for immoderate of the players listed below, but astir of those inactive playing person done capable that a fewer games won't substance much. The MLB Draft Combine (June 21-25) volition beryllium immense for immoderate third- to fifth-round benignant prospects, portion the existent fireworks for first-round implications volition travel either successful backstage workouts oregon successful the meetings teams are having to benignant done each of the accusation they've collected successful the past twelvemonth connected this class.

Here is who your favourite squad is targeting astatine the apical of this year's draft.

1.Washington Nationals

Ethan Holliday, 3B, Stillwater HS (Oklahoma)

Top 150 rank: 3

This 1 is inactive wide-open and my prime present is much a reflection of "I don't rather person capable info to alteration it from Holliday" than "I'm assured it's going to beryllium Holliday." Eli Willits and Seth Hernandez are the starring prep options portion the assemblage options (lefties Liam Doyle, Kade Anderson and Jamie Arnold) look little likely.

Bonus demands volition surely beryllium a factor, which are influenced by imaginable landing spots. Holliday's blistery spots are picks No.1, No. 4 and No. 5. Willits' are No. 1, perchance No. 2, past No. 5 done No. 8. Hernandez's are No. 1, perchance No. 2, No. 3 and past a spread until possibly No. 9. If you're confused, you're present caught up to wherever the manufacture is.

2. Los Angeles Angels

Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee

Top 150 rank: 6

I'm not ruling retired a precocious schoolhouse subordinate going present arsenic a anticipation (as referenced above), but I'm besides not taking it that seriously. The Angels' past is to instrumentality quick-moving assemblage players aboriginal and beforehand them rapidly done their system, past overpay immoderate precocious schoolhouse players later.

Doyle had 1 of the astir unthinkable regular seasons successful years, but did get deed astir successful the SEC tournament. You could warrant Kade Anderson oregon Jamie Arnold arsenic the apical assemblage imaginable here, but Doyle fits their interests better. Aiva Arquette is mentioned and I deliberation he's successful their mix, but I'd presume a pitcher is wherever they land.

3. Seattle Mariners

Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU

Top 150 rank: 7

It's starting to dependable similar this prime volition beryllium a pitcher. Hernandez is simply a existent enactment but comes from a risky subordinate demographic arsenic a precocious schooler. Anderson is finishing beardown and Arnold is posting coagulated K/BB numbers but getting deed around, truthful I'll thin to Anderson successful a choky finish.

4. Colorado Rockies

Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State

Top 150 rank: 8

If Holliday doesn't get here, I'm told the options considered astatine this prime volition beryllium among 1 of the remaining assemblage left-handers (Arnold successful this case), Kyson Witherspoon oregon Arquette. Witherspoon astir apt goes a spot aft this, truthful helium seems similar the slightest apt unless there's an underslot deal.

5. St. Louis Cardinals

Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (Oklahoma)

Top 150 rank: 2

In this scenario, I deliberation this prime volition travel down to Willits and Arnold, with JoJo Parker and Billy Carlson among the viable choices connected the periphery.

In the past, St. Louis has leaned heavy into reliable assemblage starters, but Willits is rather akin to St. Louis 2024 first-rounder JJ Wetherholt.

6. Pittsburgh Pirates

Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State

Top 150 rank: 1

The Pirates person been tied to Arquette (not disposable present successful this scenario), immoderate of the 3 assemblage lefties (just Arnold successful this scenario), and whichever of the prep shortstops get present (Carlson and Parker successful this scenario). I deliberation Arnold's coagulated accidental to beryllium the champion pitcher successful this people wins out.

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7. Miami Marlins

Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (California)

Top 150 rank: 5

Carlson is heavy successful the premix for a fig of picks starting astir No. 5 and should spell beauteous soon aft that. Like Arnold, helium could beryllium the 1 from the champion of his subordinate demographic to gaffe but could besides easy beryllium the champion of the group. We're getting into the backmost of the apical tier of talent, truthful teams picking present volition beryllium reactive and instrumentality who gets to them from the apical group.

8. Toronto Blue Jays

Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma

Top 150 rank: 10

I don't deliberation the Blue Jays would instrumentality Seth Hernandez, but I bash deliberation they're connected astir of the different players successful the statement apical group, truthful Witherspoon is the 1 that makes consciousness successful this scenario; immoderate of the erstwhile 4 picks successful this mock would beryllium Toronto's prime if they were the 1 to fall, too.

9. Cincinnati Reds

Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona HS (California)

Top 150 rank: 4

This is simply a best-case script for Cincinnati arsenic the Reds get their feline present aft Hernandez loses immoderate coin flips up top. I deliberation this would beryllium rather unlucky for Hernandez and determination mightiness beryllium a squad lying successful the weeds betwixt No. 3 and No. 9 that would instrumentality him that hasn't tipped their manus yet.

10. Chicago White Sox

JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis HS (Mississippi)

Top 150 rank: 9

Parker has aggregate imaginable landing spots successful the apical 10. He mightiness beryllium the champion hitter successful the draft, it's conscionable that his different tools aren't arsenic bully arsenic his competition.

For immoderate teams, the apical tier is 10 players (I fundamentally agree, though I mightiness see 1 oregon 2 more) truthful the White Sox prime could beryllium rather simple, but likelihood are their committee doesn't conscionable person each 10 names successful a akin order.

11. Athletics

Brendan Summerhill, CF, Arizona

Top 150 rank: 27

The A's are successful a pugnacious spot, arsenic you tin surmise from the taxable processing that the apical tier of endowment is present moving out. That besides means prices volition travel into play starting astir present arsenic a fig of players people retired similarly; that means mocks get overmuch harder due to the fact that agents and teams don't cognize anyone's terms yet. The A's person been tied to Summerhill each outpouring and this is astir wherever helium should onshore anyway; he'll beryllium ranked higher erstwhile I update my list.

12. Texas Rangers

Steele Hall, SS, Hewitt-Trussville HS (Alabama)

Top 150 rank: 11

The Rangers volition instrumentality immoderate subordinate demographic but thin to thin toward tools/upside astatine premium picks. Hall is 1 of the youngest players successful the draught and is simply a plus-plus runner with the consciousness to pull/lift the shot successful games.

13. San Francisco Giants

Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas

Top 150 rank: 14

I've heard some Wake Forest SS Marek Houston and Aloy astatine this spot. Both are assemblage shortstops but different beauteous antithetic players. Aloy has interaction issues, isn't a large runner but is simply a bully defender, and Houston makes a batch of interaction with constricted powerfulness and is simply a large defender. Aloy has a accidental to beryllium a starting large league shortstop with positive powerfulness and that upside is rare, particularly from the assemblage ranks.

14. Tampa Bay Rays

Josh Hammond, 3B, Wesleyan Christian HS (North Carolina)

Top 150 rank: 18

Hammond had a large summertime and was getting Austin Riley comps for his two-way prowess (many teams preferred him arsenic a pitcher implicit the summer), past showed up notably stronger this spring, looking similar a dormant ringer for Josh Donaldson, headlined by plus-plus earthy power, though with a much power-focused violative approach.

15. Boston Red Sox

Gavin Fien, 3B, Great Oak HS (California)

Top 150 rank: 13

Fien is somewhat polarizing arsenic helium has mean tools but had a immense summertime show portion his lesser outpouring show has soured immoderate teams. He was knocking connected the doorway of the apical 10 earlier the outpouring and shouldn't get retired of the archetypal 20 oregon truthful picks contempt scouts being a spot confused by their outpouring looks.

16. Minnesota Twins

Jace LaViolette, CF, Texas A&M

Top 150 rank: 9

Speaking of a confusing spring, Laviolette besides has scouts unsure what to marque of him. His plaything is simply a spot mechanical and stiff, but helium has monolithic tools and has performed beauteous good each things considered -- though helium has been streaky. There's immoderate reasoning that helium should loosen up his swing, possibly similar Cody Bellinger, due to the fact that helium has 30-homer powerfulness and is viable successful halfway tract astatine 6-foot-6.

He's a uncommon endowment with coagulated assemblage performance, but the interest astir his plaything and the interaction issues helium mightiness person astatine higher levels is creating uncertainty astir his draught position. He could sneak into the apical 10 but much apt goes successful the aboriginal teens. The Twins person taken players similar this and had immoderate success, with Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner.

17. Chicago Cubs

Gage Wood, RHP, Arkansas

Top 150 rank: 21

Wood is simply a blistery sanction due to the fact that of his immense stuff, but helium has started lone 10 games successful college. Some scouts deliberation that if helium tin marque a fig of starts for Arkansas this postseason, helium could person a emergence similar Cade Horton, who went No. 7 successful 2022 retired of Oklahoma and is present successful the large leagues for the Cubs. This projection is simply a small speculative, but I don't deliberation Wood would get retired of the 20s if the draught were held today. He is simply a much refined mentation of different Arkansas pitcher the Cubs took successful the 2nd circular successful 2023, Jaxon Wiggins.

18. Arizona Diamondbacks

Slater de Brun, CF, Summit HS (Oregon)

Top 150 rank: 16

You're going to spot de Brun successful this spot successful a batch of mock drafts due to the fact that he's beauteous akin to Corbin Carroll, Alek Thomas and Slade Caldwell, each prep presumption players who are abbreviated and speedy halfway fielders -- and each taken by the D-backs. He belongs successful this juncture of the draught anyhow and Arizona inactive seems rather funny successful this benignant of player.

19. Baltimore Orioles

Xavier Neyens, 3B, Mount Vernon HS (Washington)

Top 150 rank: 19

This is the country wherever you'll spot de Brun's Northwest prep moving mate Neyens' sanction the astir successful projections arsenic well. He belongs here, but the adjacent fewer picks are teams that thin to thin into Neyens' skillset: monolithic earthy power, coagulated athleticism, infield fit. Baltimore has taken a fig of players similar this implicit the years and Neyens has an intriguing upside (think Joey Gallo, some the bully and atrocious versions) for this juncture of the draft.

20. Milwaukee Brewers

Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek HS (Georgia)

Top 150 rank: 20

Pierce has a batch of involvement from the precocious teens into the 20s and could spell anyplace successful that range, (or possibly get overpaid later) due to the fact that determination are a ton of prep presumption players astatine this juncture of the draught and 1 oregon 2 of them person to descent arsenic assemblage talents invariably are moved up portion prep players get large bonuses to hold a spot longer. Pierce is simply a standout jock and defender with large constitution and interaction rates but constricted contiguous power.

21. Houston Astros

Tate Southisene, SS, Basic HS (Nevada)

Top 150 rank: 22

Tate's member Ty got $1 cardinal from the Cubs successful the 4th circular past twelvemonth and the Cubs are tied to Tate this spring, though Houston is arsenic well. Southisene is simply a spot antithetic arsenic a prep shortstop with standout powerfulness and patience successful a smaller frame, though not rather arsenic accelerated oregon young arsenic Steele Hall, different subordinate with that wide skillset who went 9 picks earlier successful this projection.

22. Atlanta Braves

Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest

Top 150 rank: 15

There was a batch of anticipation erstwhile Houston showed scouts a caller and improved plaything past autumn that caused immoderate to notation Dansby Swanson arsenic a comp. But it was followed by a spot of a letdown erstwhile his powerfulness numbers didn't summation precise overmuch this spring. He's inactive a positive runner and defender with coagulated interaction rates, but much similar 10-15 homer potential. He has a bully spot of involvement successful the teens, truthful this is much of a level than his blistery spot.

23. Kansas City Royals

Ike Irish, C/OF, Auburn

Top 150 rank: 26

Irish has a batch of momentum aft finishing 2nd successful the SEC successful OPS successful league games aft a dilatory start. There are landing spots for him each implicit the archetypal round, including the apical fractional of the round, truthful this is adjacent the second extremity of his range. As usual, the Royals are being tied to a fig of prep pitchers truthful I'd presume they would enactment up a fewer successful their adjacent picks aft taking Irish present successful this scenario.

24. Detroit Tigers

Kayson Cunningham, SS, Johnson HS (Texas)

Top 150 rank: 17

Cunningham is different subordinate with tons of involvement successful the teens who loses retired a spot successful this scenario, though Detroit has an other prime astatine No. 34 and the excavation abstraction to get a amended subordinate to this pick.

Cunningham has arguably the champion deed instrumentality successful the draught and volition play the infield, but doesn't person overmuch powerfulness close now, mightiness beryllium much of a 2nd baseman and being aged for the people makes him a no-go for immoderate model-oriented teams. He's besides among the astir apt large leaguers successful this heavy prep class, truthful this is simply a large value.

25. San Diego Padres

Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sunset HS (Oregon)

Top 150 rank: 33

It's mostly bully concern to foretell a prep left-hander to the Padres with Kash Mayfield and Boston Bateman taken arsenic their archetypal 2 picks past year, and Robby Snelling and Ryan Weathers arsenic first-rounders successful past years.

Schoolcraft besides fits astir this spot successful the draft, with immoderate accidental to spell wrong of the apical 20 but much apt being a slot-or-above enactment successful the 20s and aboriginal 30s. He's 6-foot-8 with mid-90s velo and a positive changeup, though his breaking shot prime is inconsistent.

26. Philadelphia Phillies

Matthew Fisher, RHP, Evansville Memorial HS (Indiana)

Top 150 rank: 40

The Phillies person had immoderate occurrence with being much unfastened to prep right-handers successful the archetypal circular than the mean squad (Andrew Painter, Mick Abel), though they haven't done it of late. This is the juncture successful the draught wherever the adjacent tier of prep arms down Seth Hernandez (Schoolcraft, Cam Appenzeller, Aaron Watson, Landon Harmon) volition spell flying disconnected the committee and the Phillies look to beryllium astir funny successful Fisher of this group.

27. Cleveland Guardians

Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

Top 150 rank: 28

Bremner looked similar a imaginable top-10 prime entering the spring, past didn't person the play galore were hoping for, but helium inactive has a starter look with mid-90s velocity, and a knockout changeup. The Guardians are bully astatine the past signifier of pitcher improvement and Bremner has fallen excessively acold astatine this point.

Prospect promotion inducement picks

28. Kansas City Royals: Aaron Watson, RHP, Trinity Christian HS (Florida)

Compensation picks

29. Arizona Diamondbacks: Ethan Conrad, RF, Wake Forest
30. Baltimore Orioles: Sean Gamble, 2B, IMG Academy (Florida)
31. Baltimore Orioles: Mason Neville, CF, Oregon
32. Milwaukee Brewers: Gavin Kilen, SS, Tennessee

Competitive equilibrium picks

33. Boston Red Sox: Dax Kilby, SS, Newnan HS (Georgia)
34. Detroit Tigers: Anthony Eyanson, RHP, LSU<
35. Seattle Mariners: Nick Becker, SS, Don Bosco HS (New Jersey)
36. Minnesota Twins: Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina
37. Tampa Bay Rays: Jaden Fauske, OF, Nazareth Academy HS (Illinois)

These 3 teams had their first-round picks moved down 10 slots aft exceeding the 2nd surcharge threshold of the competitory equilibrium tax. We'll see afloat writeups for them truthful each 30 teams person a projected pick.

38. New York Mets

Marcus Phillips, RHP, Tennessee

Top 150 rank: 37

Phillips is electrifying, sitting successful the upper-90s with positive worldly from a debased limb slot but immoderate teams interest his limb enactment volition bounds him to relief. The Mets haven't been frightened to instrumentality this benignant of hazard successful the past and Phillips mightiness besides onshore successful the 20s, truthful this would beryllium a bully value.

39. New York Yankees

Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee

Top 150 rank: 53

Fischer is sneaking up the committee on the aforesaid lines arsenic Ike Irish and Ethan Conrad, arsenic axenic hitters who are astir apt large leaguers of consequence. Fischer has the slightest antiaircraft worth of the radical arsenic a apt archetypal baseman who has immoderate changeable to play 3rd base, but helium besides mightiness spell higher than this arsenic the request for SEC-proven hitters is ever high.

40. Los Angeles Dodgers

Cam Cannarella, CF, Clemson

Top 150 rank: 34

Cannarella hasn't looked rather the aforesaid arsenic helium did past outpouring and scouts look to deliberation helium won't spell successful the apical 20-30 picks. I deliberation this driblet is excessively acold for his endowment and would beryllium different draught coup for the Dodgers.