2025 MLB Draft: Baseball America Staff Draft 3.0

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The 2025 MLB Draft is just six days away.

With that, Baseball America has conducted a final staff draft for the cycle featuring four BA writers—Geoff Pontes, Peter Flaherty, Carlos Collazo and J.J. Cooper—alternating picks through the first 40 selections.

As always, it is important to keep in mind that this is not a mock draft. This exercise is not meant to project what teams will actually do on draft day. Instead, it’s a way to explore how BA writers would pick players if they were in charge of making the picks.

You can see our most recent mock draft here and our updated BA 500 draft rankings here.

The complete results of the staff draft can be found below. You can also watch the staff draft as it unfolded in real time in the video below with explanations for each pick, thoughts on strategy and other players each writer considered along the way.

Previous Staff Drafts

Staff Draft 3.0 Results

Pick	Round	Team	Writer	Player	Pos	School	BA Rank
1	1	Nationals	Geoff	Ethan Holliday	SS	Stillwater (Okla.) HS	1
2	1	Angels	Peter	Kade Anderson	LHP	LSU	4
3	1	Mariners	Carlos	Seth Hernandez	RHP	Corona (Calif.) HS	2
4	1	Rockies	J.J.	Eli Willits	SS	Fort Cobb-Broxton (Okla.) HS	3
5	1	Cardinals	Geoff	Tyler Bremner	RHP	UC Santa Barbara	13
6	1	Pirates	Peter	JoJo Parker	SS	Purvis (Miss.) HS	10
7	1	Marlins	Carlos	Jamie Arnold	LHP	Florida State	6
8	1	Blue Jays	J.J.	Liam Doyle	LHP	Tennessee	8
9	1	Reds	Geoff	Aiva Arquette	SS	Oregon State	5
10	1	White Sox	Peter	Kyson Witherspoon	RHP	Oklahoma	7
11	1	Athletics	Carlos	Kayson Cunningham	SS	Johnson HS, San Antonio	11
12	1	Rangers	J.J.	Gage Wood	RHP	Arkansas	18
13	1	Giants	Geoff	Ike Irish	C/OF	Auburn	12
14	1	Rays	Peter	Marek Houston	SS	Wake Forest	14
15	1	Red Sox	Carlos	Billy Carlson	SS	Corona (Calif.) HS	9
16	1	Twins	J.J.	Steele Hall	SS	Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) HS	15
17	1	Cubs	Geoff	Wehiwa Aloy	SS	Arkansas	16
18	1	D-backs	Peter	Brendan Summerhill	OF	Arizona	21
19	1	Orioles	Carlos	Ethan Conrad	OF	Wake Forest	22
20	1	Brewers	J.J.	Alex Lodise	SS	Florida State	26
21	1	Astros	Geoff	Jace LaViolette	OF	Texas A&M	17
22	1	Braves	Peter	Gavin Kilen	2B	Tennessee	25
23	1	Royals	Carlos	Daniel Pierce	SS	Mill Creek HS, Hoschton, Ga.	23
24	1	Tigers	J.J.	Caden Bodine	C	Coastal Carolina	29
25	1	Padres	Geoff	Gavin Fien	3B	Great Oak HS, Temecula, Calif.	31
26	1	Phillies	Peter	Slater de Brun	OF	Summit HS, Bend, Ore.	30
27	1	Guardians	Carlos	Kruz Schoolcraft	LHP	Sunset HS, Portland, Ore.	20
28	PPI	Royals	J.J.	Cam Cannarella	OF	Clemson	27
29	1C	D-backs	Geoff	Josh Hammond	SS/RHP	Wesleyan Christian Academy, High Point, N.C.	38
30	1C	Orioles	Peter	Devin Taylor	OF	Indiana	34
31	1C	Orioles	Carlos	Xavier Neyens	3B	Mount Vernon (Wash.) HS	19
32	1C	Brewers	J.J.	Anthony Eyanson	RHP	LSU	35
33	1S	Red Sox	Geoff	Brady Ebel	SS	Corona (Calif.) HS	42
34	1S	Tigers	Peter	AJ Russell	RHP	Tennessee	37
35	1S	Mariners	Carlos	Andrew Fischer	1B	Tennessee	28
36	1S	Twins	J.J.	Luke Stevenson	C	North Carolina	24
37	1S	Rays	Geoff	Dax Kilby	SS	Newnan (Ga.) HS	75
38	1	Mets	Peter	Josh Owens	SS	Providence Academy, Johnson City, Tenn.	77
39	1	Yankees	Carlos	Landon Harmon	RHP	East Union HS, Blue Springs, Miss.	66
40	1	Dodgers	J.J.	Cam Leiter	RHP	Florida State	87