Presenting Our First Full Mock Draft For 2025

With the MLB Draft lottery in the books and the Nationals set atop next year’s order, it’s time for a time-honored tradition: the first full mock draft of the season!

This is our third post-lottery mock draft exercise. In 2023, we successfully identified 20 players who went in the first 30 picks, and in 2024 we identified 15 players.

A mock draft this far out is much more useful in identifying top-of-the-class talents than any team/player connections, and we’re hopeful that the 2025 group will have a higher hit rate thanks to a stronger high school hitting demographic at the top of the class.

Be sure to check out additional draft lottery night coverage, including:

• Carlos Collazo’s rapid-reaction list of lottery winners & losers

• J.J. Cooper’s first-person account of exactly how the ping pong balls fell on lottery night

• A look back at what the original lottery odds were for each team heading into the drawing

RULE 5 DRAFT TODAY AT 2 P.M. ET

Players Most Likely To Be Picked In The Rule 5 Draft

Happy Rule 5 draft day, everyone!

The draft officially gets underway at 2 p.m. and will be streamed online at MLB.com for fans at 2 p.m. ET.

We’ll have complete results for the draft on Baseball America here.

To celebrate one of Baseball America’s favorite days of the year, we’re presenting the fifth and final iteration of our Rule 5 preview, which brings our list of players to watch up to 89 and provides a rundown of those most likely to hear their names called.

Here’s run down of everything you’ll need to get ready:

• Rule 5 Draft Preview 5.0: Players Most Likely To Get Picked & Positional Breakdowns

• Explaining Rule 5 draft rules

• Every player protected at the roster deadline

• 10 notable prospects protected on 40-man rosters

• The best Rule 5 picks of the 21st century

• Rule 5 Draft Fixes Would Benefit Players, Add Intrigue For MLB Teams

KURTZ TOPS A’S PROSPECT LIST

We’re continuing our rollout of Top 10 prospect lists for 2025 with a look at the Athletics.

The top of the A’s system is headlined by Nick Kurtz, a skilled hitter with all-star upside who could progress quickly enough through the upper minors to join the big league club in Sacramento sometime in 2025. For the complete A’s breakdown, be sure to check out:

• The Athletics’ updated top 10 prospects heading into 2025

• Our projected 2028 A’s lineup and rundown of the system’s best tools

• An A’s-specific prospect chat led by Baseball America’s Mark Chiarelli

Stay tuned each day this week as we continue with our AL West prospect rollout.

2025 DYNASTY BASEBALL RANKINGS

Top 100 OF & UT Dynasty Rankings For 2025

Baseball America continues dynasty ranking season with a fresh top 100 ranking of the game’s best outfielders and UT players.

Shohei Ohtani, who made MLB history with the first-ever 50/50 season in his debut performance with the Dodgers, heads up our ranking of the top 100 OF/UT options for next year.

Compiled by Geoff Pontes and Dylan White, our middle infielder preview includes 100 detailed reports on players ranging from top fantasy producers and aging stars to potential sleepers and up-and-coming prospects to target in your dynasty league.

TRENDING NOW AT BASEBALL AMERICA

👯 On Tuesday, we published our Top 10 Twins prospects for 2025, complete with a projected 2028 lineup/best tools list and prospects chat.

🏆 The Dodgers’ Dave Roberts was named Baseball America’s 2024 MLB Manager of the Year.

👏 Other announced award winners include Brewers GM Matt Arnold for MLB Executive of the Year and Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter for MLB coach of the year.

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