MLB Draft 2025

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The Major League draft is July 13-14 this year.  The Reds pick 9th.

Currently the Reds have a good supply of both infielder and pitching prospects in the minors, but are light in outfielder prospects.

As you can see by this ranking https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/draft...the best early draft prospects are infielders and pitchers.

The best outfielders in the draft are likely Ike Irish, who is a late riser, and Jace LaViolette who has dropped out of preseason number 1.

The top overall players are...

Ethan Holliday SS/3B High school...Likely number 1 pick.  His bloodlines... brother and father...tough to bet against.  
Kade Anderson LHP LSU...Some consider him a number 2 pitcher.  Has 30 percent swing/miss rate on 4 different pitches.
Seth Hernandez RHP High School...Number 1 stuff but high school pitchers are riskier.
Jamie Arnold LHP Fla St...Has a reliable high floor and has excelled consistently 2 consecutive years.
Eli Willits SS High School...Only 17.  Son of an ex-Major Leaguer also.  Has an Anthony Volpe comp.
Aiva Arquette SS/3B Ore St....Has terrific size.  I've seen a Troy Tuluwitski comp.
Billy Carlson SS High School..Has a great arm.  Is a bit older.  Almost 19.  Trea Turner'ish'?
Liam Doyle LHP Tenn...His fastball and k rate are elite but there is some mechanical/reliever concern.  
Kyson Witherspoon RHP Okla....He reads like a high velocity ground ball pitcher.
Jo Jo Parker and Steele Hall are other highly ranked SS prospects.  Hall, in particular, grades super high in foot speed.

Early prediction...this draft could go a lot of ways....these prospects are closely ranked....but the BPA, as the Reds pick, will be Kyson Witherspoon.

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I may lean toward pitching if Reds aren't wanting to go for an OF.
While Reds have Burns and Lowder ready to perform at MLB level now, here are the remaining years before each of the current rotation becomes a Free Agent.

Greene - FA in 2030 (4 more years under contract)
Lodolo - FA in 2028 (2 more years under contract)
Abbott - FA in 2030 (4 more years under contract)
Singer - FA in 2027 (1 more year under contract)
Martinez - FA next year

Burns and Lowder will take over for Martinez and Singer, but especially if they take a HS pitcher, they'll be a few years away, so they could be coming up right as Greene and Abbott are about to hit FA and Reds aren't willing/able to pay their market value that other teams would.

But as for Ike Irish that was mentioned, I'm seeing mocks just from this last week that are putting him around the 8-12 range, so right where the Reds will be picking.
MLB.com has Irish listed as their 11th prospect now, forecasting him best for RF and utilizing his great hitting ability.
Irish is also likely someone who can come to the bigs within a year or two.
We should know by then too whether Rece Hinds is worth a damn.

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Currently ranked Reds prospects

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/reds/

Tyson Lewis, SS, ranked 9th, is playing very well in rookie ball.

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MLB.com latest mock

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-mock-draft-july-3-2025

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They're probably going to take a college student, valuing a higher floor over a higher ceiling, and if they are a hitter they're probably going to be lacking power.  #TheRedsWay

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(07-03-2025, 11:08 PM)Goalpost Wrote: MLB.com latest mock

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-mock-draft-july-3-2025

I hate the Cardinals even more if they get Irish.  Please not another SS.  

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ESPN's final rankings

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45688041/2025-mlb-draft-rankings-top-250-prospects-final-kade-anderson-liam-doyle-ethan-holliday

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CBS Sports mock

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2025-mlb-mock-draft-new-nationals-gm-gets-the-no-1-pick-college-catcher-sneaks-into-top-5/

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

Can I just mention how much I hate the draft lottery? Some NBA nonsense.

3 years so far, and the 1st overall pick has gone to the 3rd worst, 10th worst, and 6th worst teams.

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Seattle went 85-77 last year and will pick 3rd.

St Louis went 83-79 last year and will pick 5th.

We don't want losing teams to 'tank', but, we dont want winning teams moving up so far either imo.

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So the Reds pick at 9, 51 and 83 tonight.

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Eli Willits goes 1st, in a surprise, to Washington.

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Another surprise. Tyler Bremner P goes 2nd to the Angels.

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Seattle takes P Kade Anderson 3rd.

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Rockies take Ethan Holliday 4th.

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Cards take Liam Doyle P at pick 5.

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Pirates take Seth Hernandez P at pick 6

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(Yesterday, 07:13 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Eli Willits goes 1st, in a surprise, to Washington.

Who you thinking for the Reds?

JoJo Parker? Ike Irish? Or just another pitcher because they want to try to win every game 2-1 and 3-2?

Hernandez to the Pirates, and I know there was talk about him dropping to the Reds.

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Miami takes Aiva Arquette SS at pick 7.

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(Yesterday, 07:43 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Who you thinking for the Reds?

JoJo Parker? Ike Irish? Or just another pitcher because they want to try to win every game 2-1 and 3-2?

Hernandez to the Pirates, and I know there was talk about him dropping to the Reds.

I'm only hestitant on Ike Irish because of a position change for a catcher to RF.  But it wouldnt bother me.  Arnold is the BPA on the board right now.