2025 Amateur Draft

The 2025 First Year Player Draft will be the 61st Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. It will be held in July, 2025, in Atlanta, GA as part of the 2025 All-Star Game festivities.

As has been the case since 2023, the first overall pick was determined through a lottery held at the winter meetings on December 10, 2024. The Washington Nationals won that contest, leapfrogging past three other teams that had posted a worse record in 2024. Also, in the first concrete result from the anti-tanking policy adopted as part of the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Chicago White Sox were ineligible for a lottery pick and, in spite of posting a new record for most losses by a team since 1900, had to make do with the #9 pick. The Dodgers, Yankees and Mets all saw their top selection move to the middle of the Competitive Balance Round A round as punishment for exceeding luxury tax thresholds.

The early favorite to be selected with the First overall pick, at the time of the draft lottery, had a familiar last name: high school infielder Ethan Holliday, son of major leaguer Matt Holliday and brother of Jackson Holliday, drafted first overall in 2022. There was still plenty of time for other candidates to emerge, however.

Draft Order

First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Washington Nationals
2	Los Angeles Angels
3	Seattle Mariners
4	Colorado Rockies
5	St. Louis Cardinals
6	Pittsburgh Pirates
7	Miami Marlins
8	Toronto Blue Jays
9	Cincinnati Reds
10	Chicago White Sox
11	Athletics
12	Texas Rangers
13	San Francisco Giants
14	Tampa Bay Rays
15	Boston Red Sox
16	Minnesota Twins
17	Chicago Cubs
18	Arizona Diamondbacks
19	Baltimore Orioles
20	Milwaukee Brewers
21	Houston Astros
22	Atlanta Braves
23	Kansas City Royals
24	Detroit Tigers
25	San Diego Padres
26	Philadelphia Phillies
27	Cleveland Guardians

Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
28	Kansas City Royals					Received for Bobby Witt Jr. finishing 2nd in the MVP Award

Compensation Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
29	Arizona Diamondbacks					Compensation for Christian Walker leaving as a free agent
30	Baltimore Orioles					Compensation for Corbin Burnes leaving as a free agent
31	Baltimore Orioles					Compensation for Anthony Santander leaving as a free agent
32	Milwaukee Brewers					Compensation for Willie Adames leaving as a free agent

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
33	Milwaukee Brewers
34	Detroit Tigers
35	Seattle Mariners
36	Minnesota Twins
37	Tampa Bay Rays
38	New York Mets					1st-round pick downgraded for exceeding luxury tax threshold
39	New York Yankees					1st-round pick downgraded for exceeding luxury tax threshold
40	Los Angeles Dodgers					1st-round pick downgraded for exceeding luxury tax threshold
41	Los Angeles Dodgers					acquired from Cincinnati in Gavin Lux trade
42	Tampa Bay Rays					acquired from Athletics in Jeffrey Springs trade
43	Miami Marlins

Further Reading

• Jonathan Mayo: "New: Top 100 Draft prospects for '25", mlb.com, December 5, 2024. [1]
• Jonathan Mayo: "Nats win Lottery, get No. 1 pick in 2025; M's, Cards make big moves up board", mlb.com, December 10, 2024. [2]

Related Sites

• Complete draft order