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2025 MLB Draft: Live Tracking of Round 1

2025 MLB Draft: Live Tracking of Round 1

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By: Zach Thompson

The first round of the 2025 MLB Draft begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 13. The draft will be held in Atlanta at the Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery Atlanta as part of the festivities for All-Star week.

The draft will be a 20-round, two-day event with the first 105 picks, including the first three rounds, the compensatory rounds, the competitive balance rounds, and the prospect promotion incentive selections all made as part of the first night.

DraftKings Network has you covered with live tracking of each first round pick made on Sunday night.

Round 1 Picks

  1. Washington Nationals – Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (OK)
  2. Los Angeles Angels – Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
  3. Seattle Mariners – Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU
  4. Colorado Rockies – Ethan Holliday, 3B, Stillwater HS (OK)
  5. St. Louis Cardinals – Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee
  6. Pittsburgh Pirates – Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona HS (CA)
  7. Miami Marlins – Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State
  8. Toronto Blue Jays – JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis HS (MS)
  9. Cincinnati Reds – Steele Hall, SS, Hewitt-Trussville HS (AL)
  10. Chicago White Sox – Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (CA)
  11. Athletics – Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State
  12. Texas Rangers – Gavin Fien, 3B, Great Oak HS (CA)
  13. San Francisco Giants – Gavin Kilen, SS, Tennessee
  14. Tampa Bay Rays – Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek HS (GA)
  15. Boston Red Sox – Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
  16. Minnesota Twins – Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest
  17. Chicago Cubs – Ethan Conrad, RF, Wake Forest
  18. Arizona Diamondbacks –  Kayson Cunningham, SS, Johnson HS (TX)
  19. Baltimore Orioles – Ike Irish, RF, Auburn
  20. Milwaukee Brewers – Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee
  21. Houston Astros – Xavier Neyens, 3B, Mount Vernon HS (WA)
  22. Atlanta Braves – Tate Southisene, SS, Basic HS (NV)
  23. Kansas City Royals – Sean Gamble, OF, IMG Academy (FL)
  24. Detroit Tigers – Jordan Yost, SS, Sickles HS (FL)
  25. San Diego Padres – Kruz Schoolcraft, P, Sunset HS (OR)
  26. Philadelphia Phillies – Gage Wood, P, Arkansas
  27. Cleveland Guardians – Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M

Prospect promotion incentive picks

28. Kansas City Royals – Josh Hammond, SS, Wesleyan Christian Academy (NC)

Compensation picks

29. Arizona Diamondbacks – Patrick Forbes, P, Louisville
30. Baltimore Orioles – Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina
31. Baltimore Orioles – Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas
32. Milwaukee Brewers – Brady Ebel, SS, Corona HS (CA)

Competitive Balance Round A

33. Boston Red Sox – Marcus Phillips, P, Tennessee
34. Detroit Tigers – Michael Oliveto, C, Hauppauge HS (NY)
35. Seattle Mariners – Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
36. Minnesota Twins – Riley Quick, P, Alabama
37. Baltimore Orioles – Slater de Brun, OF, Summit HS (OR)
38. New York Mets – Mitch Voit, 2B, Michigan
39. New York Yankees – Dax Kilby, SS, Newnan HS (GA)
40. Los Angeles Dodgers – Zachary Root, P, Arkansas
41. Los Angeles Dodgers – Charles Davalan, OF, Arkansas
42. Tampa Bay Rays – Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona
43. Miami Marlins – Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson

Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
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