Which 2025 Draft picks will reach the Majors quickest?

The initial dust is beginning to settle on the 2025 MLB Draft, with organizations throughout baseball busy inking their draft picks to contracts ahead of the July 28 deadline. Very soon, we'll be seeing these players suit up for their pro debuts with their new teams across Minor League Baseball.

The question then becomes: When will we see them in the Majors?

The latest MLB Pipeline Podcast, seeks to answer that question.

This week, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo -- along with host Jason Ratliff -- identify the players in this year's Draft class they think will be the quickest to reach the big leagues.

They did so in the most fitting way possible: by conducting a little mini draft of their own. Over the course of three rounds, the guys highlighted six players they predict could be Major Leaguers in short order. Here's who they chose:

Tyler Bremner, RHP, Angels
Pick: No. 2 overall (Draft No. 18)

The skinny: No organization in the current landscape brings their top prospects to the big leagues faster than the Angels, and Bremner, the surprise second overall pick, has an upper-90s fastball and a changeup so advanced some believe it could play in the Majors right now.

Mayo's take: "I'm taking the easy way and go right to the team that sends guys to the big leagues in a hurry -- that's the Angels -- and the No. 2 pick in the Draft. That's Tyler Bremner. He's an advanced pitcher. I think he has a chance to move very, very quickly."

Kade Anderson, LHP, Mariners
Pick: No. 3 overall (Draft No. 2)

The skinny: The highest-ranked pitcher in the Draft class, Anderson is fresh off Most Outstanding Player honors in the College World Series, where he led LSU to a national championship. It's a similar trajectory to the one Paul Skenes took in 2023 -- he was in the big leagues about 10 months later.

Callis' take: "I think Anderson is very polished and Seattle is contending. I think he'll be an asset really quickly."

Jamie Arnold, LHP, A's
Pick: No. 11 overall (Draft No. 4)

The skinny: Rated as MLB Pipeline's fourth-best pitching prospect in the class, Arnold may have the highest floor of any of this year's top prospects due to his stuff, control and track record.

Callis' take: "I'm going to say both these college left-handers reach the big leagues by July 2026 ... Jamie Arnold probably has the best two-pitch mix of any of these guys with the fastball and slider, and he's so deceptive. The A's aren't afraid to move guys quickly. They're not going to be afraid to move Jamie Arnold quickly at all."

Chase Shores, RHP, Angels
Pick: No. 47 overall (Draft No. 77)

The skinny: The 6-foot-8, 245-pounder lights up radar guns, throwing 47 pitches faster than 100 mph during this year's CWS. The Angels could fast-track him like they did another college reliever, Ben Joyce, in recent years.

Mayo's take: "I can't move away from the Angels. I think they put Shores in the bullpen. This is a team that started Ryan Johnson in the big leagues on Opening Day this past year. Now he's down pitching very well in High-A. I can see something very similar happening where they see a guy like Shores and his premium stuff, and they say: Let's let him start in the bullpen.' I think he is a guy who can follow the same kind of path. If they decide to let him develop as a starter, it might take a little longer. But I'm banking on them throwing him in the bullpen. The big league staff is going to see him in Spring Training and think, 'Ooh, I want that guy pitching for us.'"

Devin Taylor, OF, A's
Pick: No. 48 overall (Draft No. 30)

The skinny: One of the best pure hitters in the class from the college ranks, Taylor shattered all kinds of records at Indiana en route to an eye-popping .350/.459/.672 career slash line over three years. The bat isn't expected to need much development.

Mayo's take: "Going outside the first round again, I am picking Taylor. I think he's the kind of advanced hitter who could move very quickly. Advanced feel to hit. He's got plenty of power. He's not Jacob Wilson in terms of how advanced he is. But the A's have moved their college hitters pretty quickly. Nick Kurtz is in the big leagues. Jacob Wilson is an All-Star. I think Devin Taylor is next."

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Liam Doyle, LHP, Cardinals
Pick: No. 5 overall (Draft No. 8)

The skinny: Doyle vaulted himself into top-five pick consideration on the heels of a dominant junior season during which he led NCAA Division I in strikeout rate and was the SEC's pitcher of the year. He rides an explosive upper-90s fastball that could be big league ready real soon.

Callis' take: "I don't know if any of these guys are going to pitch professionally this year. But there is a lot of talk that Liam Doyle could pitch out of the bullpen in relief. He's not going to be up this year and be in a pennant race. But his fastball is unhittable, and with the fire he has, you can see him filling that role. The Cardinals have an older rotation, so I see him being in that rotation next year."