Between the Draft Mix and the Males’s Faculty World Collection, the 2025 Draft is on all people’s thoughts this week. The MLB Pipeline Podcast crew is on web site at Chase Discipline for the Mix as the perfect Draft-eligible prospects look to spice up their respective shares.
Every week main as much as the Draft, Jim Callis or Jonathan Mayo launch a mock draft projecting how they suppose the primary spherical might shake out. This week, they did it collectively on the MLB Pipeline Podcast with Callis and Mayo alternating picks primarily based on intel they’re listening to with the massive night time lower than a month away.
Detailed scouting reviews, grades and video for all gamers talked about under may be discovered on MLB Pipeline’s Draft High 200 listing. The rankings shall be revamped and expanded to the High 250 after the Mix concludes this week.
That is how Callis and Mayo see Spherical 1 shaking out:
1. Nationals: Ethan Holliday, SS/3B, Stillwater (Okla.) HS (No. 1)
He is been No. 1 on our Draft listing for a while now and nonetheless has the perfect likelihood at going No. 1 general to the Nationals.
2. Angels: Kade Anderson, LHP, Louisiana State (No. 3)
If it is not Holliday, Anderson has the perfect likelihood at going No. 1. If not, he’s precisely what the Angels love — a school man who can attain the massive leagues rapidly.
3. Mariners: Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State (No. 6)
This most likely comes right down to the perfect school bat or the perfect school arm. Arquette has separated himself among the many school bats because the one who actually suits within the high 5 picks or so.
4. Rockies: Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State (No. 4)
The Rockies can get a very polished school pitcher who perhaps would not have Seth Hernandez’s unimaginable ceiling however nonetheless has a very excessive ceiling and a very excessive ground.
5. Cardinals: Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton (Okla.) HS (No. 5)
The Cardinals would like to see Arnold accessible at 5. If not, it will come right down to which highschool shortstop they like the perfect or a school arm.
6. Pirates: Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona (Calif.) HS (No. 2)
You are not drafting for want up high. Final 12 months, they have been solely certainly one of a few groups within the high 10 picks who would’ve taken Konnor Griffin over Bryce Rainer. Griffin had the best ceiling of any participant within the Draft final 12 months. By that logic, they take the participant with the best ceiling on this 12 months’s Draft, and that is Hernandez.
7. Marlins: Billy Carlson, SS, Corona (Calif.) HS (No. 7)
If Willits is off the board, that is the subsequent finest highschool shortstop.
8. Blue Jays: Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee (No. 9)
Doyle’s gone as excessive as No. 2 in our earlier mocks, however his inventory is down barely. The Blue Jays go for a man that two, three weeks in the past they did not anticipate being right here.
9. Reds: Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma (No. 8)
One other crew ready to see who may drop to them. If any of the highest eight get to them, they will not attempt to get too intelligent. Witherspoon is the perfect school arm nonetheless on the board.
10. White Sox: JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis (Miss.) HS (No. 10)
Parker’s title is buzzy. He is been talked about as excessive as No. 2. If the White Sox seize him, they might take his twin brother, Jacob (Draft No. 107), within the second spherical.
11. Athletics: Gavin Kilen, 2B, Tennessee (No. 17)
You do not wish to robotically give the A’s a school hitter, however they’ve latest historical past of drafting polished bats that attain the massive leagues rapidly.
12. Rangers: Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek (Ga.) HS (No. 18)
There are such a lot of highschool shortstops, and if you line them up, Pierce would not come out the perfect in any instrument. However he may need the second-best instrument in virtually each class.
13. Giants: Kayson Cunningham, SS/2B, Johnson (Texas) HS (No. 11)
Could possibly be Cunningham, may very well be Steele Corridor, may very well be Ike Irish. Cunningham has a plus hit instrument.
14. Rays: Steele Corridor, SS, Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) HS (No. 13)
The Rays may wish to take a pitcher right here, however there is probably not a pitcher who suits right here essentially. Corridor is among the finest runners and finest defenders on this 12 months’s prep shortstop class, incomes comps to Trea Turner in highschool.
15. Purple Sox: Ike Irish, OF/C, Auburn (No. 21)
Boston can stick Irish within the outfield and let his athleticism and bat play. This may be the beginning of a mini-run on school bats.
16. Twins: Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona (No. 19)
Minnesota continues the faculty bat pattern with a participant who may need pretty much as good all-around instruments as anybody. If all of it clicks, he is a 20/20 heart fielder.
17. Cubs: Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas (No. 22)
One other school bat — one of many few nonetheless enjoying within the Faculty World Collection. Aloy has performed himself into this vary of the Draft with a superb season for the Razorbacks.
18. Diamondbacks: Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest (No. 12)
A possible high 10 choose getting into the 12 months, Houston might be the perfect defensive shortstop within the school ranks. However there are questions concerning the hit and the ability instruments.
19. Orioles: Gavin Fien, 3B, Nice Oak (Calif.) HS (No. 26)
He was the perfect pure highschool hitter on final 12 months’s showcase circuit. His senior season was a bit up-and-down, however that is most likely the ground for as little as Fien stays on the board.
20. Brewers: Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M (No. 15)
MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 Draft prospect getting into the 12 months, LaViolette dropped after a not-stellar junior 12 months for the Aggies. However his mixture of physicality, athleticism and upside ought to begin getting actual intriguing if he stays accessible for this lengthy.
21. Astros: Xavier Neyens, 3B, Mount Vernon (Wash.) HS (No. 27)
Neyens regarded like one of the crucial harmful highschool energy hitters at instances. The swing-and-miss is a priority, however he nonetheless has a ton of ceiling.
22. Braves: Gage Wooden, RHP, Arkansas (No. 50)
The Braves are comfy taking pitchers within the first spherical, and Wooden is the most well liked title after his historic 19-strikeout no-hitter within the Faculty World Collection.
23. Royals: Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sundown (Ore.) HS (No. 16)
Kansas Metropolis loves taking prep left-handers, so the highest highschool southpaw going to the Royals right here makes an excessive amount of sense to not predict.
24. Tigers: Slater de Brun, OF, Summit (Ore.) HS (No. 25)
Detroit has had a number of success with highschool hitters in latest Drafts, and de Brun provides off Corbin Carroll vibes.
25. Padres: Josh Hammond, 3B, Wesleyan Christian (N.C.) HS (No. 30)
San Diego has taken a excessive schooler with its first choose in 9 consecutive Drafts. That streak would not finish right here. Hammond was a two-way participant who turned himself right into a first-round-caliber hitter.
26. Phillies: Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (No. 14)
They’ve gone highschool with their final 5 first-round picks, however with so many prep targets off the board, Philadelphia might go along with a school arm right here. Bremner dropped in our rankings due to a sluggish begin this spring, however he completed robust and will provide some worth and upside in the back of the primary spherical.
27. Guardians: Andrew Fischer, 1B/3B, Tennessee (No. 29)
Fischer suits the sort of left-handed energy bat the Guardians covet. He cranked 56 homers in his school profession, together with 25 for the Volunteers this spring.
On the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Mayo and Callis are your tour guides via all of the unfolding tales and breaking information of baseball’s high prospects. Every week, you may discover out concerning the stars of tomorrow from the fellows who know as we speak. Obtain, subscribe and assist others discover the present by leaving a ranking and evaluate on iTunes or your favourite platform.
