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Heading into the 2025 MLB Draft, which runs Sunday and Monday in Atlanta, the Tigers and coach Erik Bakich hold a commitment from Newnan (Georgia) High School shortstop Dax Kilby. Kilby has been a pre-draft riser and considered a late first-round talent.
Major League Baseball will hold its 2025 Amateur Draft beginning on Sunday night in The Battery at Truist Park in Atlanta.
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Oregon is on a run of high school MLB prospects in recent years. With high picks in 2019, 2020 and 2023, this year could see two players taken in the first round.
Jace LaViolette leads the charge for the Aggies’ eight players named to ESPN’s Final Top 250 MLB Draft Prospects
The Guardians opt for Contact King, as Bodine finished the season with an absurd 24 strikeouts in 313 plate appearances while churning out a .915 OPS. As the Chanticleers reeled off 26 consecutive wins to reach the College World Series finals, Bodine’s stock rose along with it.
The Red Sox hope that across 21 picks in the draft on Sunday and Monday, they identify players who take off once they are in their system.
Aloy, 25, won the 2025 Golden Spikes winner after producing 21 home runs, 68 RBI and 19 doubles at Arkansas. The San Francisco Giants at No. 13 and Chicago Cubs at No. 17 stand out as teams that could use more power from the middle infield spots. Reuter projected Aloy to the Cubs.
Trinity Christian's Aaron Watson, nearly unhittable in 2025, awaits a big MLB Draft decision: College baseball at Florida, or straight to the pros?
The highest draft pick to come out of Venice High is right-handed pitcher Orion Kerkering, who was selected in the fifth round, 152nd overall, by Philadelphia out of the University of South Florida. Kerkering is a high-leverage reliever in the Phillies bullpen.
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The Washington Nationals, fresh off firing top executive Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez, will make the No. 1 selection for the third time in franchise history. (Their track record from that spot is pristine: they chose eventual ace Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and superstar outfielder Bryce Harper in 2010.
The 2025 MLB Draft is quickly approaching. On July 13 and 14, we can expect several players from New Jersey to hear their name called in the draft - making their dream a new reality.