2025 MLB Mock Draft: First-Round Picks With Lottery Complete & Order Set

2025 Mock Draft

1. Nationals — Ethan Holliday, SS, Stillwater (Okla.) HS

As the son of Matt Holliday and the younger brother of Jackson Holliday, Ethan is one of the more hyped prep prospects in recent years. He’s more than just a good baseball name, however, and more advanced relative to his peers at this stage in his career than Jackson was before him. Ethan is built more like his father than his brother, with a 6-foot-4, 210-pound frame and tons of power that comes from a smooth and easy lefthanded swing. Ethan has a keen batting eye and rarely expands the zone, though he does have some swing-and-miss tendencies. A shortstop now, Holliday could wind up at third base or a corner outfield spot in the future, though he has the offensive chops to profile anywhere on the diamond. 

2. Angels — Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M

The top-ranked player in the 2025 class, LaViolette has a special blend of power, on-base ability, physicality, speed and defense that makes for a package of big-time upside. He’s hit 50 home runs in two seasons with Texas A&M and is a career .297/.433/.726 hitter. He turns in plus run times despite a 6-foot-5, 230-pound frame and can play center field—at least at the start of his pro career. While LaViolette’s upside is clear, his 25.4% strikeout rate is on the higher end for the first college hitter off the board. Improving his contact skills will help stave off challengers during the 2025 draft season. 

3. Mariners — Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

Bremner enters the 2025 draft season as one of a trio of elite pitching prospects in the class alongside Florida State’s Jamie Arnold and California prepster Seth Hernandez. He’s a lean righthander with a 6-foot-2, 180-pound frame and excellent feel for a three-pitch mix. Bremner sits 94-96 mph with a fastball that touches 98 and features excellent riding life. He also has a pair of secondaries with plus potential: a mid-80s tumbling changeup and a mid-80s gyro slider with snappy finish. He pitched well with Team USA over the summer and owns a 31.1% strikeout rate and 6.4% walk rate in two seasons with UC Santa Barbara, but he hasn’t started more than eight games in a single season.

4. Rockies — Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona (Calif.) HS

Hernandez is a better pitching prospect than any high school player from the 2024 class and draws comparisons to pre-injury Dylan Lesko from the 2022 class thanks to his two-way ability, athleticism, fastball velocity and excellent changeup. While prep righties are a risky demographic, it’s easy to make a case for Hernandez having the highest overall upside in the class thanks to a mid-90s fastball that’s up to 98 with good extension, a projectable 6-foot-4 frame and a double-plus changeup with huge velocity separation and great movement that stymies lefties and righties. Add in a pair of high-spin breaking balls, and it’s easy to dream on a front-of-the-rotation starter. Jackson Jobe (No. 3 overall in 2021) is the only prep righty to get picked inside the first 10 picks in the last five drafts—Hernandez has a chance to match or exceed that in 2025. Hernandez leads an incredibly strong trio of 2025 prospects from Corona (Calif.) High.

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5. Cardinals — Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State 

Arnold is the top-ranked lefthander in the class and would have been the most impressive pitcher in the ACC in 2024 if it weren’t for former Wake Forest flamethrower Chase Burns. Arnold made a leap in performance as a sophomore and posted a 2.98 ERA over 18 starts and 105.2 innings, with a 35.4% strikeout rate and 5.8% walk rate. He throws from a low three-quarters slot and creates plenty of armside run with a 93-95 mph fastball that has been up to 97. He’ll also mix in a trio of secondaries: a mid-80s sweeping slider, a low-80s curveball and a mid-80s changeup.

6. Pirates — Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson

Cannarella won ACC freshman of the year honors after a season in which he hit .388/.462/.560 with seven home runs, 16 doubles and 24 stolen bases. He then replicated that hitting performance in 2024 while playing through a right shoulder injury, though without the steals. He’s an excellent contact hitter who can use the entire field and has managed an 84% overall contact rate in his two seasons with Clemson. Cannarella is a hit-first lefthanded batter who might never have above-average power potential thanks to a smaller 6-foot, 180-pound frame, but he should be a lock to stick in center field and be a good defender there.

7. Marlins — Xavier Neyens, 3B, Mount Vernon (Wash.) HS

Neyens rivals Ethan Holliday for one of the most exciting blends of power, on-base ability and physicality in the high school class. He was a standout as an underclassman and has continued to wow scouts with his excellent bat speed and raw power that has a chance to become a 70-grade tool in the future. Neyens is a physical lefthanded hitter with a terrific 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame and tremendous batting eye. He’s a patient hitter who can wander into passive territory at times, however, and he does have some swing-and-miss questions. A plus arm would be an asset for him at third base, and while he’s also been up to 93 mph on the mound, his pro future is certainly in the batter’s box. 

8. Blue Jays — Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP/1B, Sunset HS, Portland, Ore.

One of the few players in the 2025 class who remains uncommitted, Schoolcraft is unlikely to reach campus when he does make a college decision thanks to his arm strength and raw power. Originally a member of the 2026 class, Schoolcraft is a 6-foot-8, 225-pound lefthander and first baseman who wowed scouts over the summer with a mid-90s fastball and strong feel for a low-80s changeup and low-80s slider. While his huge power upside makes him interesting as a hitter or two-way player, most scouts are drooling over his upside on the mound.

9. Reds — Billy Carlson, SS/RHP, Corona (Calif.) HS

Carlson is one of the flashiest defensive shortstops in the 2025 class, but he also boasts impressive talent as a pitcher and featureds a fastball that’s been up to 97 mph. One of a handful of standout two-way players in the class, most teams will likely prefer Carlson as a hitter and shortstop, where he has a solid approach with developing power—but a line-drive swing—to go with excellent hands, instincts, actions and overall defensive ability at shortstop. 

10. White Sox — Devin Taylor, OF, Indiana

Taylor is a well-rounded lefthanded hitter who has produced in back-to-back seasons with Indiana and also impressed in every summer league and wood bat experience he’s had in college, including one with Team USA in 2024 and stints in the Cape Cod League and New England Collegiate League. He’s a career .338/.441/.655 hitter with Indiana who homered 26 times in two seasons and has bat speed, plus raw power and a solid batting eye. He’s more of a fringy defender in the outfield, profiling as a left fielder.

11. Athletics — Ike Irish, C, Auburn

Irish was a top 200 prospect in 2022 coming out of the same St. Mary’s Prep program that developed Rangers righthander Brock Porter. Viewed then as a power-over-hit offensive player, Irish has proven his hitting ability for two seasons with Auburn and is a career .343/.417/.582 hitter with a 15.1% strikeout rate and 10% walk rate. His contact skills now could be better than his power potential. After splitting time between catcher and outfield in 2024, Irish is expected to move into more full-time catching duties in 2025. 

12. Rangers — Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina

Bodine has contact traits that stand out in the 2025 class, and over two seasons with Coastal Carolina, he’s a .347/.432/.564 hitter with just an 8.1% strikeout rate. He’s a switch hitter who has a knack for the barrel from both sides of the plate and has managed an 89% overall contact rate in college, as well as a 94% in-zone contact rate. Defensively, Bodine has above-average arm strength and earns strong reviews for his receiving and blocking. 

13. Giants — Kayson Cunningham, SS, Johnson HS, San Antonio

Cunningham is perhaps the purest prep hitter in the 2025 class and is coming off a 2024 summer in which he was Team USA’s starting shortstop, leadoff hitter and the MVP of the WBSC America’s qualifier. He’s undersized at 5-foot-10, 180 pounds but has a snappy, quick and direct lefthanded swing that leads to plenty of contact in all parts of the zone and solid line drives in both gaps. He has plus hitting potential and the tools to stick at shortstop for now, despite some belief that second base might ultimately be a better fit for him.

14. Rays — Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton (Okla.) HS

Willits is young for the class and will still be 17 years old on draft day after reclassifying from 2026. In addition to his youth, he checks plenty of boxes as a switch-hitter with a loose and easy swing from both sides, strong contact skills and pitch recognition, above-average speed and solid defensive ability at shortstop. 

15. Red Sox — Sean Gamble, SS/OF, IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.

Gamble is a high-end athlete with physicality and loud tools between his bat speed, raw power and speed. He’s a consistent plus runner with a 6-foot-2, 185-pound frame who has plenty of strength now and more room to fill out and add to raw power that should become plus in the future. Gamble has played all over the infield and outfield with above-average arm strength.

16. Twins — Nick Dumesnil, OF, California Baptist

Dumesnil is a 6-foot-2, 205-pound outfielder with an enviable combination of athleticism, speed and hitting ability, and he has taken big strides forward in 2024. He homered 19 times with California Baptist in 2024, then slashed .311/.378/.489 in the Cape Cod League this summer. He’s an aggressive hitter who likes to swing, but he hammers fastballs, and cut his strikeout rate from 30% to 13% year-over-year in college. He also has the speed to stick in center field.

17. Cubs — Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State

Arquette is the top transfer in college baseball this year and will play with Oregon State this spring after a pair of strong seasons with Washington, including a 12-homer campaign that featured a .325/.384/.574 line this spring. He was an everyday second baseman during the spring with Washington but handled himself nicely at shortstop in the Cape Cod League while having exciting power projection thanks to a 6-foot-5, 220-pound frame.

18. Diamondbacks — Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas

Aloy was the WAC freshman of the year after a 2023 season in which he slashed .376/.427/.662 and hit 14 homers. In 2024, he transferred to Arkansas, where his overall offensive production slipped while still managing 14 home runs. He then hit well with Yarmouth-Dennis in the Cape Cod League over the summer, finishing with the third-most home runs (eight) and showing off his loud tools, including plus bat speed, above-average raw power, solid range and above-average arm strength at shortstop.

19. Orioles — Nolan Schubart, OF, Oklahoma State

Schubart had massive power as a high school player, but there were real concerns about his swing-and-miss tendencies at the time. That remains the case, as Schubart owns a career 28% strikeout rate in two seasons with Oklahoma State, but his offensive production has been terrific after a 17-homer freshman season and a 23-homer sophomore season in 2024. He has fast, strong hands that lead to huge exit velocities and towering home runs, and he was one of the best hitters with Team USA over the summer. 

20. Brewers — Ethan Petry, OF, South Carolina

Petry is a physical corner outfielder and first baseman who has been the focal point in South Carolina’s offense over the last two seasons. He’s a .341/.471/.686 career hitter with South Carolina with 44 home runs. During the 2024 summer, he led the Cape Cod League with 11 home runs, hit .360/.480/.760 and was named the league’s MVP, as well as being called the top overall prospect by scouts.

21. Astros — Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina

Stevenson is a draft-eligible sophomore who showed impressive all-around ability as North Carolina’s everyday catcher in 2024. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound backstop hit .284/.420/.535 with 14 home runs, a 20.4% strikeout rate and a 17.8% walk rate and then played with Team USA’s 2024 college underclass team during the summer. He should stick behind the plate as a solid receiver and thrower, though he caught just 16.7% of baserunners during the spring with UNC.

22. Braves — Landon Harmon, RHP, East Union HS, Blue Springs, Miss.

Harmon is a projectable righthander with a 6-foot-5, 190-pound frame who throws from a tremendously easy, controlled and balanced delivery. He throws a fastball in the mid 90s as if he’s playing a casual game of a catch, has touched 98 and has flashed a breaking ball that could develop into a plus offering, as well.

23. Royals — Cameron Appenzeller, LHP, Glenwood HS, Chatham, Ill.

Appenzeller was one of the most exciting up-arrow prep prospects from the 2024 summer. He’s a lanky southpaw with a 6-foot-5, 180-pound frame you can dream on and loud pure stuff you can see right now. He’s got a three-pitch mix, including a fastball up to 94 mph, a late-biting slider with big spin and sweeping action and a mid-80s changeup. 

24. Tigers — Henry Godbout, 2B, Virginia 

Godbout had a good 2023 season as a freshman with Virginia but a great followup season in 2024 in which he hit .372/.472/.645 with nine home runs, 18 doubles and more walks than strikeouts. A 6-foot-2, 190-pound infielder and righthanded hitter, Godbout makes a ton of contact against all pitch types and has solid pullside power with quick hands and a direct swing. How much defensive value he’ll provide at second base remains a question.

25. Padres — Lucas Franco, SS, Cinco Ranch HS, Katy, Tex.

Franco looks the part as a well-rounded, high-upside prep shortstop with a lean 6-foot-3 frame and an aesthetically-pleasing lefthanded swing. He’s a calm hitter with solid balance who tracks pitches well and understands the zone while showing solid footwork, soft hands and above-average arm strength at shortstop. 

26. Phillies — Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma

Witherspoon has some of the most electric pure stuff in the class, starting with a mid-90s fastball that’s been up to 99 and a hard, mid-to-upper-80s slider that makes hitters look silly on a regular basis. While scouts don’t doubt his ability to miss bats, he’ll need to improve his control and reinforce his starting profile next spring. 

27. Guardians — Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona

Summerhill is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound outfielder and lefthanded hitter who makes a lot of contact with a clean lefthanded swing. He slashed .324/.399/.550 with eight home runs and 18 doubles with Arizona during the spring then played well in the Cape Cod League, where he ranked as the No. 5 prospect on the circuit and showed the speed and athleticism to stick in center field.

28. Mets — Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest

Houston is on the short list of best defensive infielders in the 2025 class, and he ranked as a top-three defensive infielder on Baseball America’s 2024 college all-america polling from scouting directors as an underclassman. He’s a plus defender with excellent instincts who slows the game down and has impressive range to go with a strong arm. A contact hitter who understands the zone, he walked more than he struck out this spring and in the Cape Cod League.

29. Yankees — Brandon Compton, OF, Arizona State

Compton missed his freshman season at Arizona State because of a UCL injury, but in 2024, he hit 14 home runs with 16 doubles and a .355/.427/.661 slash line. He’s a physical 6-foot-1 lefthanded hitter with big raw power but has been susceptible to spin and likely profiles in a corner outfield spot.

30. Dodgers — Brady Ebel, SS, Corona (Calif.) HS 

Ebel, son of Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel, is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound lefthanded hitter and infielder who’s both young for the class and one of its best overall hitters. He’s got a sweet swing and knows how to manipulate the barrel at a high level, boasting a strong awareness of the strike zone and an overall baseball IQ that’s praised. He’s more likely to play third base than shortstop in the future.