Here’s the very last post I’ll do on 1-1 predictions for this Draft season. I’ll include all the “final” mocks for our various favorite pundits, probably will have to add in more post-publishing, and will make a final prediction on the top 5.
I’m repeating this link block b/c shops are updating their Draft Board Ranks, as noted below
- MLBpipeline expanded top 250 Draft Board. updated 6/27/25
- Baseball America top 500 Board updated 6/25/25 (paywall)
- Keith Law top 100 Draft board, updated 7/1/25 (paywall I think)
- CBS Sports/RJ Anderson Top 30 Board 6/12/25
- Baseball Prospectus MLB Draft Big Board for 2025 posted 7/3/25 (paywall)
- Prospects1500 Top 250 Draft board released 7/7/25
- ProspectsLive Final Top 400 Draft board released 7/12/25 (paywall past top 10)
- ESPN Full Draft coverage Home page, including links to all mocks, boards, etc.
Final Mocks from our favorite pundits:
- Keith Law/The Athletic: 7/12/25 final mock: Anderson, Hernandez, Arquette, Holliday, Willits.
- Jim Callis/MLBPipeline 7/13/25 Final Mock: Anderson, Doyle, Hernandez, Holliday, Willits.
- Jonathan Mayo/MLBPipeline: 7/13/25 Final Mock: Anderson, Doyle, Hernandez, Holliday, Willits.
- Baseball America Staff. Final Mock 7.0 7/13/25: Anderson, Doyle, Hernandez, Holliday, Willits.
- Fangraphs/Eric Longenhagen: 2025 Mock Draft 7/13/25: Willits, Doyle, Holliday, Anderson, Carlson
- ESPN/Kiley McDaniel: Mock 3.0 7/10/25: Anderson, Doyle, Hernandez, Holliday, Willits.
- RJ Anderson/CBSSports (didn’t see one)
- Mike Axisa/CBSSports First Round Prediction 7/13/25: Anderson, Doyle, Irish, Holliday, Willits
- Prospects 1500: Final Mock 7/13/25: Anderson, Arnold, Hernandez, Holliday, Willits.
- Prospects Live Final Mock 7/12/25: Anderson, Doyle, Hernandez, Holliday, Arnold
- Baseball Prospect Journal: Mock 4.0 7/20/25: Anderson, Arnold, Arquette, Holliday, Willits
- D1Baseball/Prep Experts Mock: paywall
- Baseball Prospectus: paywall
My current prediction for the top 5: More and more I think we’ll go Anderson, as does the rest of the industry. My final prediction:
- Anderson, Doyle, Arquette, Holliday (lock here if he doesn’t go 1-1), Arnold
I’m repeating this analysis from before on the teams in the top 5 and their proclivities with their 1st rounders, but i’ve added to it a bit as it helps guide the predictions:
Post publishing Actual top 5 picks
ACTUAL PICKS post mocks: shockers and surprises. Willits, Bremner, Anderson, Holliday, Doyle.
Almost nobody got it right: only Longenhagen, who was one of the last people to publish, got Willits right amongst the major shops. Bravo.