{"id":13420,"date":"2025-06-30T08:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/2025-mlb-draft-analysis-mock-draft-with-trades-and-surprises\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T08:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:55:38","slug":"2025-mlb-draft-analysis-mock-draft-with-trades-and-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/2025-mlb-draft-analysis-mock-draft-with-trades-and-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MLB Draft Analysis: Mock Draft with Trades and Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 2025 MLB Draft: A Look at the Top Picks<\/h2>\n\n\nThe 2025 MLB draft is just around the corner, with the first round scheduled for July 13th in Atlanta. Instead of focusing on traditional predictions, we&#8217;ve gathered our experts to take on the role of general managers and select the players who, in their opinion, should be chosen by each of the 30 teams in the first round.\n\nKiley McDaniel handled the selections for the teams in the National League East and the American League East, David Schoenfield for the Central divisions, and Jeff Passan for the teams in the West Division. In addition, selection trades were allowed during the process, adding an element of intrigue.\n\nWho was the first surprising pick? Which MLB stars were traded in our mock draft? Here&#8217;s how the first 40 picks of the 2025 MLB draft would unfold if we were in charge.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Round Selections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1. Washington Nationals<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU<\/li>\n<li><strong>2. Los Angeles Angels<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li><strong>3. Seattle Mariners<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State<\/li>\n<li><strong>4. Colorado Rockies<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Ethan Holliday, SS\/3B, Stillwater HS (OK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>5. St. Louis Cardinals<\/strong><br>\nSelection: JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis HS (MS)<\/li>\n<li><strong>6. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State<\/li>\n<li><strong>7. Miami Marlins<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (OK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>8. Toronto Blue Jays<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona HS (CA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>9. Cincinnati Reds<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li><strong>10. Chicago White Sox<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (CA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>11. Tampa Bay Rays (via trade with Athletics)<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Steele Hall, SS, Hewitt-Trussville HS (AL)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12. Texas Rangers<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Ike Irish, RF\/C, Auburn<\/li>\n<li><strong>13. San Francisco Giants<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona<\/li>\n<li><strong>14. Athletics (via trade with Rays)<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Gage Wood, RHP, Arkansas<\/li>\n<li><strong>15. Boston Red Sox<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Gavin Fien, 3B, Great Oak HS (CA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>16. Minnesota Twins<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest<\/li>\n<li><strong>17. Cleveland Guardians (via trade with Cubs)<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Gavin Kilen, SS\/2B, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li><strong>18. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Tyler Bremner, RHP, UCSB<\/li>\n<li><strong>19. Baltimore Orioles<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas<\/li>\n<li><strong>20. Milwaukee Brewers<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Xavier Neyens, 3B, Mount Vernon HS (Wash.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>21. Houston Astros<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&amp;M<\/li>\n<li><strong>22. Atlanta Braves<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek HS (GA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>23. Kansas City Royals<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Ethan Conrad, OF, Wake Forest<\/li>\n<li><strong>24. Detroit Tigers<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Devin Taylor, OF, Indiana<\/li>\n<li><strong>25. San Diego Padres<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Kayson Cunningham, SS, Johnson HS (TX)<\/li>\n<li><strong>26. Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Josh Hammond, 3B, Wesleyan Christian HS (NC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>27. Cleveland Guardians<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina<\/li>\n<li><strong>28. Kansas City Royals<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Sean Gamble, 2B\/CF, IMG Academy (FL)<\/li>\n<li><strong>29. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Slater de Brun, CF, Summit High (OR)<\/li>\n<li><strong>30. Baltimore Orioles<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina<\/li>\n<li><strong>31. Baltimore Orioles<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Dax Kilby, SS, Newnan HS (GA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>32. Milwaukee Brewers<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sunset HS (OR)<\/li>\n<li><strong>33. Boston Red Sox<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li><strong>34. Detroit Tigers<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Zach Root, LHP, Arkansas<\/li>\n<li><strong>35. Arizona Diamondbacks (via trade with Mariners)<\/strong><br>\nSelection: Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe 2025 MLB draft promises to be exciting, with emerging talents and strategic moves that could change the course of franchises.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 MLB Draft: A Look at the Top Picks The 2025 MLB draft is just around the corner, with the first round scheduled for July 13th in Atlanta. Instead of focusing on traditional predictions, we&#8217;ve gathered our experts to take on the role of general managers and select the players who, in their opinion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4306,2060,2176,1618],"class_list":{"0":"post-13420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-college-players","9":"tag-high-school","10":"tag-mlb-draft","11":"tag-trades"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}