2025 MLB Draft top 100 prospects: Ethan Holliday, Liam Doyle top a class with depth
Here's my Big Board for 2025, ranking the top 100 prospects in this year's MLB Draft class. This is how I would rank the players if I were working for a team, ignoring any questions about signability/bonus demands, and of course acknowledging that there may be medical or other information about players that I don't have.
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I have seen 59 of these players in person this spring, and I use my own scouting looks as one input, along with opinions from actual scouts and analysts, video and data. I will update the list between now and the draft to reflect any new information, with some players still playing, some likely to pull their names out of the draft, and, although I hope not, any injuries that occur between now and draft day.
It's a weak class at the very top; I don't think anyone on this list would have cracked the top five in 2023, or have been in consideration at 1-1 last year, for example. There is quite a bit of depth further down the list, however, especially in high school shortstops, college outfielders, and left-handed pitching at both levels. It's a good year to go under slot with your first pick and spread some money around, and a good year to have an extra pick or two. I expect a lot of rumors of deals up top before we get to the draft, and then for most teams to flee to the safety of college players when they actually have to put something on the table. Call it cynical if you wish; I call it the wisdom of experience.
(Note: Player tools are graded on the traditional 20-80 scouting scale; the shadow of the strike zone refers to pitches just off the edges of the strike zone.)
(Photo illustration: Will Tulos / The Athletic; photos: (from left to right) Seth Hernandez, Ethan Holliday, Gavin Kilen; Ric Tapia, Wesley Hitt / Getty Images; Steven Sisney / Imagn Images)
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