MLB draft: Nationals select Eli Willits with No. 1 pick
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The first 105 picks in the 2025 draft process will take place on Sunday night. The first round only features 27 picks this year as the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees were all stripped of their first-round selections as penalties for spending above luxury-tax thresholds.
It was no surprise that Bodine would be taken early in the 2025 MLB Draft, and on July 13, his dreams came true. Bodine was selected in the first round, compensation (30th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles, making him the first catcher taken off the board this year.
On Sunday afternoon, Sunset left-handed pitcher Kruz Schoolcraft was selected by the San Diego Padres with the No. 25 overall selection in the 2025 MLB Draft.
With their first of five picks on the opening night of the Major League Baseball draft, the Milwaukee Brewers went to a corner bat out of college, third baseman Andrew Fischer from the University of Tennessee. Fischer hit 25 home runs while batting .341 with a 1.257 OPS as a junior for Tennessee this season.
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Taken 20th overall in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft, Fischer was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers. “We are extremely proud of him and wish him the best of luck,” Wall head coach Jim Rochford said. “He is an extremely hard-working young man who has dedicated himself to reaching this level.”
With the No. 19 overall pick in the 2025 draft, the Baltimore Orioles selected outfielder/catcher Ike Irish out of Auburn University.
The 18-year-old Carlson is the third shortstop the Sox have selected with a first-round pick in the last five years.
The Red Sox have selected 20-year-old righty Kyson Witherspoon out of Oklahoma with the 15th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft.