Alabama pitcher Riley Quick gets new MLB draft projection
The 2025 MLB Draft is set for July 13-14 during All-Star Week festivities in Atlanta, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have a player who could be taken in the first round for the second year in a row.
Right-hander Riley Quick has been on several MLB mock drafts this year and recently concluded a solid season as a redshirt sophomore for an Alabama team that won 40 games in the regular season for the first time since 2002. Quick made 14 starts in 2025, going 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA over 62 innings for coach Rob Vaughn's team.
He started the year 5-0 before suffering his first loss on March 21 against Tennessee and had 70 strikeouts to 24 walks this past season for a combined 1.387 WHIP.
Over the weekend, veteran baseball analyst Jim Callis of MLB.com published his updated 2025 MLB mock draft. Callis has Quick going to the Seattle Mariners with the No. 35 overall selection as a supplemental first-round pick.
An earlier mock draft by USA TODAY Sports back on May 7 had Quick going at No. 28 overall to the Kansas City Royals.
Quick was the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in 2022 as a senior for Hewitt-Trussville High School. He made his first appearance for the Crimson Tide in 2023, appearing in 16 games and going 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 innings in relief. He missed most of 2024 due to season-ending elbow surgery.
Alabama has had seven players taken in the first round of an MLB draft dating back to 1966. Last year, the New York Yankees selected right-hander Ben Hess with the 26th overall pick. Hess became the first Crimson Tide player selected in the first round since the Marlins took left-hander Taylor Tankersley 27th overall in 2004.
The first round of the 2025 MLB draft will be televised on ESPN, with subsequent rounds broadcast and streamed on MLB Network. The draft will feature 20 rounds over two days.
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