Major League Baseball completes 2025 Draft presented by Nike

Major League Baseball completed its 2025 Draft presented by Nike on Monday, with a total of 615 players being chosen in the 20 rounds. The Draft resumed in the fourth round via MLB.com on Monday afternoon after Sunday’s completion of rounds one through three.

Pitchers were the most frequently chosen players, with 360 being selected (279 RHP & 81 LHP). The rest of the 2025 pool was comprised of 85 outfielders, 77 shortstops, 41 catchers, 21 third basemen, 15 first basemen, 11 second basemen, three two-way players, one utilityman and one infielder.

Florida State University and the University of Arkansas each had 11 players selected, marking the most in the Draft. Other universities with at least five selections included: the University of Georgia (10); Arizona State University (9); Louisiana State University (9); the University of Arizona (9); the University of Mississippi (9); the University of Tennessee (9); Texas A&M University (8); the University of Oklahoma (8); Auburn University (7); Mississippi State University (7); Oregon State University (7); the University of Virginia (7); Vanderbilt University (7); North Carolina State University (6); the University of California, Irvine (6); the University of Florida (6); the University of Louisville (6); Wake Forest University (6); Dallas Baptist University (5); Northeastern University (5); Oklahoma State University (5); Penn State University (5); Texas Tech University (5); the University of Central Florida (5); the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (5); the University of Oregon (5); the University of Texas (5); and West Virginia University (5).

Players were selected from 47 states, with California (70) producing the most selections, followed by Florida (57); Texas (51); Georgia (43); North Carolina (27); Illinois (24); Mississippi (23); New Jersey (23); Alabama (21); Pennsylvania (19); Missouri (18); Virginia (17); New York (16); Tennessee (14); Oklahoma (13); Washington (12); Indiana (11); Ohio (11); Arizona (10); Louisiana (10); South Carolina (10); Wisconsin (10); Iowa (9); Connecticut (8); Michigan (7); Oregon (7); Hawaii (6); Arkansas (5); Maryland (5); Massachusetts (5); Nevada (5); Kansas (4); Kentucky (4); Nebraska (4); Colorado (3); Minnesota (3); Delaware (2); Idaho (2); Maine (2); New Mexico (2); Utah (2); Alaska (1); Montana (1); New Hampshire (1); Rhode Island (1); South Dakota (1); and West Virginia (1). In addition to the 601 players selected from the United States, 10 players from Canada and four players from Puerto Rico were also drafted.

The Washington Nationals selected Eli Willits out of Fort Cobb-Broxton High School (OK) with the first overall pick in the Draft. Willits was the 13th shortstop taken with the first overall pick in the Draft and the first since the Baltimore Orioles selected Jackson Holliday with the first overall pick in 2022. Willits joined Stephen Strasburg (2009) and Bryce Harper (2010) as the only number one overall picks in Nationals’ history. Per Elias, Willits (17.216) is the third-youngest player taken in the Draft, following Tim Foli’s (17.180) selection in 1989 and Ken Griffey Jr.’s (17.193) selection in 1987. Willits is the son of Reggie Willits, who was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the seventh round of the 2003 Draft.

Overall, 24 selections were alumni of MLB events (Breakthrough Series, DREAM Series, Hank Aaron Invitational, States Play), including the first overall pick in Willits. Additional first round selected MLB Develops alumni included Kayson Cunningham (18th, AZ); Xavier Neyens (21st, HOU); and Tate Southisene (22nd, ATL). Additional drafted alumni included Quentin Young (2nd round, MIN); Dean Moss (2nd round, TB); Landon Harmon (3rd round, WSH); Griffin Hugus (3rd round, SEA); RJ Austin (3rd round, BAL); Miguel Sime Jr. (4th round, WSH); Adonys Guzman (5th round, PIT); Josiah Hartshorn (6th round, CHC); Alton Davis II (11th round, LAA); Xavier Mitchell (13th round, LAA); Eddie King Jr. (16th round, PIT); Jacob Walsh (15th round, WSH); Ethan Moore (18th round, CIN); Myles Upchurch (18th round, CIN); Mason Pike (19th round, WSH), Ma’Kale Holden (20th round, MIL) and Vaughn Neckar (20th round, CLE).

Following the third annual HBCU Swingman Classic Presented by T-Mobile Powered by the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation, two participants were drafted, including Broedy Poppell (13th round, SF) and Cardell Thibodeaux (16th round, SD). Alumni of the Nike RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program included Maximus Martin (10th round, BOS); Shai Robinson (10th round, MIN); and Braylon Owens (10th round, MIL). King Jr. is also an alumni of the Nike RBI program in addition to MLB Develops events.

Three sets of teammates were taken within the first 20 picks of the Draft, including University of Tennessee teammates Liam Doyle (5th overall, STL); Gavin Kilen (13th, SF); and Andrew Fisher (20th, MIL); Corona High School (CA) teammates Seth Hernandez (8th, PIT) and Billy Carlson (10th, CWS); and Wake Forest teammates Marek Houston (16th, MIN) and Ethan Conrad (17th, CHC). Fisher and Hernandez became the first set of high school teammates to be selected within the first 10 picks of a Draft and it marks the third consecutive year in which a set of teammates were selected within the top-10, joining Wake Forest University teammates Chase Burns (2nd), Nick Kurtz (4th) and Seaver King (10th) in 2024; and Louisiana State University teammates Paul Skenes (1st) and Dylan Crews (2nd) in 2023. Additionally, Fisher and Hernandez became the eighth set of high school teammates to be drafted in the first round in the same year, marking the first since Max Fried (7th) and Lucas Giolito (16th) out of Harvard-Westlake High School in the 2012 Draft. It is the third consecutive year that at least one pair of teammates have been selected back-to-back in the first round, joining Florida State University teammates James Tibbs (13th) and Cam Smith (14th) in 2024; and Skenes and Crews in 2023. Brady Ebel (32nd, MIL), whose father, Dino, currently serves at the third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, joined his Corona High School teammates in being selected within the first 32 picks of the draft.

Ethan Holliday, who was selected fourth overall by the Colorado Rockies, is the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, who was also drafted by the Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 Draft before playing six seasons in Colorado and leading the team to the 2007 National League pennant. Along with Jackson’s selection in 2022, the Holliday’s join the following notable father-son combinations to come through the Draft, including: Dante Bichette, Dante Bichette Jr. and Bo Bichette; Bob Boone, Bret Boone and Aaron Boone; Tom Gordon, Dee Gordon and Nick Gordon; Ken Griffey Sr., Ken Griffey Jr. and Craig Griffey; Jerry Hariston, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Scott Hairston; Dave LaRoche, Adam LaRoche and Andy LaRoche; and Don Mattingly, Taylor Mattingly and Preston Mattingly.

In addition to Ebel and Holliday, other notable selections with baseball and professional sports ties included:

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