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2025 Major League Baseball draft

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2025 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)July 13–15, 2025
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Network(s)MLB Network
ESPN (first round)
Overview
TBD total selections in 20 rounds
First selectionTBD
First round selectionsTBD
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The 2025 Major League Baseball draft will take place starting on July 13, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The draft will assign amateur baseball players from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico to Major League Baseball teams.

The first six selections were set via a lottery, with first round picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams will select in an order that combines postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage and postseason finish will be used to set the draft order for rounds two through 20.[2]

The Kansas City Royals were awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick after Bobby Witt Jr. finishing in top 3 of American League Most Valuable Player voting.[3][4]

The Washington Nationals won the draft lottery and the first overall selection.[5]

Draft lottery

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The 2025 MLB Draft Lottery took place on December 10, 2024, in Dallas, Texas during the Winter Meetings. The Chicago White Sox and Athletics were ineligible to participate in the lottery, as per a rule in the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and MLBPA that limits teams in larger markets from winning draft lottery picks in consecutive seasons.[6] The following table lists the percentage chances for each seed to receive lottery picks as a result of the draft lottery.

Denotes lottery winner
Denotes team that did not win lottery
Ineligible to receive lottery pick
Seed Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1 Colorado Rockies
2 Miami Marlins
3 Los Angeles Angels
4 Washington Nationals
5 Toronto Blue Jays
6 Pittsburgh Pirates
7 Cincinnati Reds
8 Texas Rangers
9 San Francisco Giants
N/A Chicago White Sox - - - - - -
N/A Athletics - - - - - -
10 Tampa Bay Rays
11 Boston Red Sox
12 Minnesota Twins
13 St. Louis Cardinals
14 Chicago Cubs
15 Seattle Mariners
16 Arizona Diamondbacks

Draft selections

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The Dodgers, Mets and Yankees exceeded the surcharge tax threshold in 2024, meaning that each had their first-round draft pick moved back ten slots.

First round

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Pick Player Team Position School
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

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Pick Player Team Position School
28 Kansas City Royals[Incentive 1]

Compensatory round

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Pick Player Team Position School
29 Milwaukee Brewers[Compensation 1]

Competitive Balance Round A

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Pick Player Team Position School
30 Milwaukee Brewers
31 Detroit Tigers
32 Seattle Mariners
33 Minnesota Twins
34 Tampa Bay Rays
35 Cincinnati Reds
36 Athletics
37 Miami Marlins

Second round

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Pick Player Team Position School
38 New York Mets
39 New York Yankees
40 Los Angeles Dodgers
41 Chicago White Sox
42 Colorado Rockies
43 Miami Marlins
44 Los Angeles Angels
45 Athletics
46 Washington Nationals
47 Toronto Blue Jays
48 Pittsburgh Pirates
49 Cincinnati Reds
50 Texas Rangers
51 Tampa Bay Rays
52 Boston Red Sox
53 Minnesota Twins
54 St. Louis Cardinals
55 Chicago Cubs
56 Seattle Mariners
57 Kansas City Royals
58 Detroit Tigers
59 Houston Astros
60 New York Mets
61 Arizona Diamondbacks
62 Atlanta Braves
63 Baltimore Orioles
64 Cleveland Guardians
65 San Diego Padres
66 Milwaukee Brewers
67 New York Yankees
68 Philadelphia Phillies
69 Los Angeles Dodgers

Competitive Balance Round B

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Pick Player Team Position School
70 Cleveland Guardians
71 Baltimore Orioles
72 Arizona Diamondbacks
73 Kansas City Royals
74 St. Louis Cardinals
75 Pittsburgh Pirates
76 Colorado Rockies

Notes

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Incentive picks
  1. ^ Received for Bobby Witt Jr. finishing in top 3 of American League Most Valuable Player voting
Compensation picks
  1. ^ Compensation pick for the San Francisco Giants signing Willy Adames

References

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  1. ^ "Major League Baseball releases 2025 Draft Calendar". MLB.com. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Glaser, Kyle (March 11, 2022). "Guide To The New CBA: Draft Lottery, Expanded Playoffs And More". Baseball America. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, R.J.; Perry, Dayn (November 21, 2024). "Aaron Judge named 2024 AL MVP: Yankees slugger unanimously wins second honor over Bobby Witt Jr., Juan Soto". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (December 10, 2024). "Nats win Lottery, get No. 1 pick in 2025; M's, Cards make big moves up board". MLB.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Yomtov, Jesse (December 10, 2024). "MLB Draft Lottery results: Washington Nationals win No. 1 overall pick for 2025". USA Today. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Anderson, R.J.; Axisa, Mike (December 10, 2024). "2025 MLB Draft order, lottery results: Nationals land No. 1 pick, Mets, Dodgers, Yankees all penalized". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 11, 2024.