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2025 MLB Draft Board: First Edition

December 10, 2024
By Prep Baseball Draft HQ

Prep Baseball’s Draft HQ is prepping for the 2025 baseball season right around the corner, and the ongoing MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville tend to mark the start of the annual draft cycle, beginning with Tuesday's MLB Draft Lottery.

The third annual lottery determined the order of the first 18 picks, and two orgs shared the same odds at owning the top overall pick, the Rockies and the Marlins, each with a 22.45% chance at No. 1, and the Angels followed close behind at 17.96%. Well, here's how the lottery ultimately shook out:

  1. Nationals (10.20% chance at No. 1 pick)
  2. Angels (17.96%)
  3. Mariners (0.53%)
  4. Rockies (22.45%)
  5. Cardinals (0.82%)
  6. Pirates (5.31%)
  7. Marlins (22.45%)
  8. Blue Jays (7.48%)
  9. Reds (3.67%)
  10. White Sox (ineligible)
  11. Athletics (ineligible)
  12. Rangers (2.45%)
  13. Giants (1.90%)
  14. Rays (1.50%)
  15. Red Sox (1.22%)
  16. Twins (1.09%)
  17. Cubs (0.68%)
  18. Diamondbacks (0.27%)

Using this post-lottery information, we'll be jumping from org to org to project which teams will take which players in Draft HQ's first mock draft of this cycle, which we'll publish on Wednesday.

ABOUT THIS CLASS

What's apparent about this class in regards to the last few classes before it is the strength that's living inside its prep ranks. The top of the prep board features some serious star power in Ethan Holliday, but he's joined by premium prep pitching prospects like Seth Hernandez and Cam Appenzeller. Hernandez attends SoCal's Corona High School where he's teammates with a couple other names inside this top-20 (Brady Ebel; Billy Carlson), and the team's chase to repeat as CIF Southern Section champs in California will be an exciting side quest to follow this spring as we evaluate their performances leading up to July's MLB Draft.

Meanwhile, Holliday currently sits at No. 1 overall on the Prep Baseball Draft Board, and he could potentially be the first high schooler taken at 1-1 since his own brother, Jackson, was selected by the Orioles first overall in the 2022 Draft.

As it stands today, here's some other notes regarding the top-150 below: 

  • High School: 78
  • College: 72
  • Infielders: 51
  • RHPs: 38
  • Outfielders: 36
  • LHPs: 23
  • Catchers: 11

DRAFT HQ: TOP-150

Rank
Player
Pos.
School
1 Ethan Holliday SS Stillwater HS (OK)
2 Jace LaViolette OF Texas A&M
3 Tyler Bremner RHP UC Santa Barbara
4 Seth Hernandez RHP Corona HS (CA)
5 Cameron Appenzeller LHP Glenwood HS (IL)
6 Jamie Arnold LHP Florida State
7 Brady Ebel SS Corona HS (CA)
8 Kayson Cunningham SS S.A. Johnson HS (TX)
9 Xavier Neyens 3B Mount Vernon HS (WA)
10 Cam Cannarella OF Clemson
11 Luke Stevenson* C North Carolina
12 Aiva Arquette SS Oregon State
13 Dean Curley* SS Tennessee
14 Ike Irish C Auburn
15 Kyson Witherspoon RHP Oklahoma
16 Billy Carlson SS Corona HS (CA)
17 Brayden Jaksa C Irvington HS (CA)
18 Josh Hammond RHP/INF Wesleyan Christian HS (NC)
19 Eli Willits SS Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (OK)
20 Ethan Petry OF South Carolina
21 Devin Taylor OF Indiana
22 Tre Phelps* OF Georgia
23 Brendan Summerhill OF Arizona
24 Marek Houston SS Wake Forest
25 Max Belyeu OF Texas
26 Jaden Fauske C/OF Nazareth Academy HS (IL)
27 Ty Peeples OF Franklin County HS (GA)
28 Angel Cervantes RHP Warren HS (CA)
29 Coy James SS Davie HS (NC)
30 Kruz Schoolcraft LHP Sunset HS (OR)
31 Trent Caraway* 3B Oregon State
32 Quentin Young 3B Oaks Christian HS (CA)
33 Henry Ford* OF Virginia
34 Caden Bodine C Coastal Carolina
35 Nick Dumesnil OF Cal Baptist
36 Nolan Schubart OF Oklahoma State
37 Ethan Conrad OF Wake Forest
38 Wehiwa Aloy SS Arkansas
39 Henry Godbout 2B Virginia
40 Chase Shores RHP LSU
41 Gabe Davis RHP Oklahoma State
42 AJ Russell RHP Tennessee
43 Kade Anderson* LHP LSU
44 Ben Jacobs LHP Arizona State
45 Omar Serna C Lutheran South HS (TX)
46 Jacob Parker OF Purvis HS (MS)
47 Matthew Fisher RHP Evansville Memorial HS (IN)
48 Brandon Compton OF Arizona State
49 RJ Austin OF Vanderbilt
50 Justice De Jong RHP Poly Prep HS (NY)
51 Aaron Watson RHP Trinity Christian HS (FL)
52 Gavin Fien SS Great Oak HS (CA)
53 Johnny Slawinski III LHP Johnson City HS (TN)
54 Joseph Parker SS Purvis HS (MS)
55 Josiah Hartshorn OF Orange Lutheran HS (CA)
56 Brock Sell OF Tokay HS (CA)
57 Danny Dickinson 2B LSU
58 Matt Scott RHP Stanford
59 Cam Leiter RHP Florida State
60 Malachi Witherspoon RHP Oklahoma
61 Jalin Flores SS Texas
62 Reid Worley RHP Cherokee HS (GA)
63 Nico Partida SS Pearland HS (TX)
64 Caleb Barnett 3B Mountain Brook HS (AL)
65 Andrew Fischer 3B Tennessee
66 Brock Ketelsen OF Valley Christian HS (CA)
67 Caden Crowell LHP Valparaiso HS (IN)
68 Dean Moss OF IMG Academy HS (FL)
69 Marco Paz RHP Hebron HS (TX)
70 Boston Kellner SS Hamilton HS (AZ)
71 Nick Becker SS Don Bosco Prep HS (NJ)
72 Sean Gamble OF IMG Academy HS (FL)
73 Jordan Martin RHP Jefferson City HS (MO)
74 Mason Pike SS Puyallup HS (WA)
75 Landon Harmon RHP East Union HS (MS)
76 CJ Gray RHP AL Brown HS (NC)
77 Briggs McKenzie LHP Corinth Holders HS (NC)
78 Murf Gray 3B Fresno State
79 Brooks Bryan C Troy
80 Jared Jones 1B LSU
81 Gavin Kilen SS/2B Tennessee
82 Easton Carmichael C/OF Oklahoma
83 Patrick Forbes RHP Louisville
84 James Ellwanger* RHP Dallas Baptist
85 Kolten Smith RHP Georgia
86 Anthony Eyanson RHP LSU
87 Cade Crossland LHP Oklahoma
88 Tanner Thach 1B UNC Wilmington
89 Anthony Martinez 1B UC Irvine
90 Alec Blair OF De La Salle HS (CA)
91 Carson Brumbaugh SS Edmond Santa Fe HS (OK)
92 Owen Jenkins C Lexington Catholic HS (KY)
93 Tate Southisene SS Basic Academy HS (NV)
94 Cooper Rummel RHP Dripping Springs HS (TX)
95 Kelvyn Paulino Jr. 3B Ledford HS (NC)
96 Ethan Baiotto RHP Southlake Carroll HS (TX)
97 Danny Wallace OF Papillion La Vista South HS (NE)
98 John Stuetzer SS Pope HS (GA)
99 Miguel Sime RHP Poly Prep HS (NY)
100 Josh Gibbs SS Forsyth Central HS (GA)
101 Harrison Didawick OF Virginia
102 JD Thompson LHP Vanderbilt
103 Zach Root LHP Arkansas
104 Ryan Prager LHP Texas A&M
105 Zane Adams* LHP Alabama
106 Connor Ware LHP LSU
107 Terrance Bowen 3B Blessed Trinity HS (GA)
108 Dylan Vigue* RHP Michigan
109 Nate Snead RHP Tennessee
110 Riley Quick RHP Alabama
111 Folger Boaz* LHP North Carolina
112 Grayson Boles RHP St. Augustine HS (CA)
113 Trent Grindlinger C Huntington Beach HS (CA)
114 Ethan Clauss SS Palo Verde HS (NV)
115 Braxton Van Cleave OF Mansfield HS (TX)
116 Anthony Pack OF Millikan HS (CA)
117 Slater de Brun OF Summit HS (OR)
118 Justin Lamkin LHP Texas A&M
119 Cade Fisher LHP Auburn
120 Liam Doyle LHP Tennessee
121 Gavin Turley OF Oregon State
122 Cannon Goldin OF Buford HS (GA)
123 River Hamilton RHP Sam Barlow HS (OR)
124 Daniel Pierce SS Mill Creek HS (GA)
125 Matthew Boughton SS Covenant Christian HS (TX)
126 Luke Billings RHP Prosper HS (TX)
127 Ethan Porter 3B Huntington Beach HS (CA)
128 John Paone RHP Lawrence Academy HS (MA)
129 Landon Schaefer SS Fayetteville HS (AR)
130 Brandon Logan OF Fort Wayne HS (IN)
131 Vaughn Neckar RHP Vista Murrieta HS (CA)
132 Brett Crossland RHP Mountain Pointe HS (AZ)
133 Uli Fernsler LHP Novi HS (MI)
134 Colby Shelton SS Florida
135 Cade Climie 3B Houston
136 Taylor Tracey LHP Dripping Springs HS (TX)
137 Dylan Dubovnik OF American Heritage HS (FL)
138 Alex Barr LHP Kankakee Valley HS (IN)
139 Robert X. Mitchell LHP Prestonwood Christian HS (TX)
140 Brody Walls RHP McKinney Boyd HS (TX)
141 Tyler Wood RHP Lee's Summit West HS (MO)
142 Grady Westphal RHP Blue Valley HS (KS)
143 Dallas Macias OF Oregon State
144 Karson Bowen C TCU
145 Cam Maldonado OF Northeastern
146 Anthony Silva SS TCU
147 Bryce Fowler OF Alabama
148 Max Williams OF Florida State
149 Grant Jay C Dallas Baptist
150 Luke Hill 2B Ole Miss

*Indicates the player is a college sophomore who's age-eligible for the 2025 MLB Draft.

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