2025 Top MLB Draft Prospects

Baseball America presents the final update to our top 500 draft prospect rankings before the start of the 2025 MLB Draft. These rankings are an attempt to capture the industry’s consensus on the talent of the 2025 draft class. The list is compiled in consultation with MLB scouts, front office executives, scouting directors, college coaches and other professional evaluators. Ben Badler, Mark Chiarelli, J.J. Cooper, Peter Flaherty, Tom Lipari, Bill Mitchell, Jacob Rudner and Carlos Collazo contributed to the reporting, writing and editing of the list and reports.

The 2025 draft class has been a puzzle for teams to figure out.

It’s a deep group, but one that lacks much separation at the very top of the class. In particular, scouts have lamented the quality of the highest-caliber college hitters in the class, which is typically a demographic every team is excited about with their earliest picks. That doesn’t mean the 2025 draft class is not strong—it’s simply not top-heavy in the least-risky demographic.

The high school hitting talent of the class stands out, led by Oklahoma shortstop Ethan Holliday, who boasts one of the loudest packages of hitting ability and power in the class. Other notable prep names include California righthander Seth Hernandez and Oklahoma shortstop Eli Willits, who round out the top three.

The top-end college arms are more impressive than their hitting peers. LSU lefthander Kade Anderson overtook a strong group of college arms by consistently putting together high-quality starts throughout the season. Behind him, it’s hard to separate a top-tier pitching group that also includes Florida State lefthander Jamie Arnold, Oklahoma righthander Kyson Witherspoon and Tennessee lefthander Liam Doyle.

The college hitting crop is led by Oregon State shortstop Aiva Arquette, who is the lone college bat to rank inside the top 10.

Tennessee and LSU lead all colleges with 10 players ranked on the BA 500. On the high school side, Corona High in California leads all teams with four ranked players. The program has a chance to set the all-time record for highest high school duo and trio drafted.

Below, Baseball America subscribers can see full reports for the top 500 players in the class, as well as BA grades and tool grades for the top 200 players.

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