Overview

• The 2025 MLB Draft opens July 13 at Cobb County’s Roxy Theater in Atlanta.
• The Washington Nationals, fresh off a front-office shake-up, hold the No. 1 overall pick and are widely projected to select Oklahoma high school shortstop Ethan Holliday.
• Final mock drafts from USA Today and MLB.com project that at least half of the first 20 selections will be high school shortstops, including names like Holliday, Kade Anderson and Aiva Arquette.
• Clubs are conducting rigorous signability and medical evaluations to manage the slot-based bonus pools that govern draft spending.
• Despite near-final projections, analysts warn that considerable uncertainty persists around the precise order and selections in the opening round.