{"id":1698,"date":"2025-07-17T03:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1698\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:11:07","slug":"2025-mlb-draft-how-to-watch-mock-drafts-rankings-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1698\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MLB draft: How to watch, mock drafts, rankings, analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 16, 2025, 05:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>The MLB draft is complete. The first three rounds played out on Day 1 followed by Rounds 4-20 on Day 2.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"a73e1046-e9aa-ef6b-4e0d-2a7c808cb284\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-nationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals<\/a> starting things off by taking prep shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 overall pick. The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"053868c7-8bff-5edb-3cb6-f5490f33ef99\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> followed up by picking college pitcher Tyler Bremner and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56d60582-088f-6848-5180-1fb04440cf87\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> nabbed another in Kade Anderson at third. The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f3f1ba71-05f1-a49a-0363-3b1d8e0db4cf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/col\/colorado-rockies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> took prep shortstop Ethan Holliday, who had been in the mix to go first overall, with the fourth pick, and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c781e7c6-2c5b-beaf-55b8-999c76f76661\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/stl\/st-louis-cardinals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> rounded out the top five by selecting college pitcher Liam Doyle.<\/p>\n<p>Like last year, the draft will feature 20 rounds. <\/p>\n<p>Explore our full draft coverage below, including mock drafts, player rankings, in-depth scouting reports, the complete draft order and more.<\/p>\n<p>Post-draft analysis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45709418\/mlb-draft-2025-kiley-mcdaniel-recap-analysis-all-30-teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 MLB draft recaps for all 30 teams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45694406\/2025-mlb-draft-tracker-live-updates-order-results-analysis-every-first-round-pick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 MLB draft tracker updates: Picks and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45709341\/2025-mlb-draft-analysis-winners-losers-takeaway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Day 1 winners, losers and takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45709412\/2025-mlb-draft-kiley-mcdaniel-favorite-day-1-picks-best-available-day-2-prospects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kiley McDaniel&#8217;s favorite picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB mock drafts and rankings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45709252\/2025-mlb-mock-draft-31-kiley-mcdaniel-predictions-final-picks-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mock draft 3.1: Draft day update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45709226\/2025-mlb-mock-draft-30-kiley-mcdaniel-predicts-top-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mock draft 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45688041\/2025-mlb-draft-rankings-top-250-prospects-final-kade-anderson-liam-doyle-ethan-holliday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final draft rankings: Top 250 prospects for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45597881\/2025-mlb-mock-draft-experts-picks-first-round-trades-kade-anderson-liam-doyle-ethan-holliday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB expert mock draft: We make picks for all 30 teams &#8212; with trades!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story?_slug_=2025-mlb-mock-draft-20-kiley-mcdaniel-predicts-first-round-picks&amp;id=45532575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mock draft 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story?_slug_=2025-mlb-mock-draft-kiley-mcdaniel-first-pick-washington-nationals&amp;id=45344216\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mock draft 1.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45110962\/2025-mlb-draft-rankings-150-mock-draft-top-prospects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draft rankings 2.0: Top 150 and mini-mock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/44669785\/mlb-draft-2025-rankings-update-top-midseason-ncaa-college-high-school-baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draft rankings: Midseason update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/43938826\/2025-mlb-draft-rankings-10-kiley-mcdaniel-top-50-prospects-ncaa-high-school\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draft rankings 1.0: Top 52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB draft analysis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45677790\/2025-mlb-draft-guide-one-big-question-intel-nationals-angels-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB draft guide: Questions, intel for all 30 teams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45618831\/2025-mlb-draft-ethan-holliday-eli-willits-top-prospects-sons-major-leaguers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the MLB draft journey for two sons of former major leaguers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story?_slug_=2025-men-college-world-series-ranking-top-mlb-draft-prospects-omaha&amp;id=45500492\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top MLB draft prospects in the 2025 Men&#8217;s College World Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45375202\/2025-mlb-draft-college-baseball-ncaa-regionals-teams-most-prospects-tennessee-arkansas-lsu-texas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA baseball teams with the most MLB draft prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/44817497\/mlb-draft-2025-scouting-high-s[...]1-pick-ethan-holliday-eli-willits-billy-carlson-seth-hernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scouting four potential superstars in this year&#8217;s draft class<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB draft order<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45592216\/2025-mlb-draft-complete-order-picks-every-round\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Complete order of picks for every round<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 16, 2025, 05:00 PM ET The MLB draft is complete. 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