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The 2025 Major League Baseball Draft begins Sunday night in Atlanta, and the Washington Nationals will make the No. 1 overall pick. The 20-round draft runs through Monday. Sunday night features Rounds 1-3; Monday features Rounds 4-20. The first night of the 2025 MLB Draft will be broadcast live from the Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery Atlanta, near Truist Park, home of the Braves. 

The Nats have the first pick and notably fired club president Mike Rizzo just a week before the draft. The Angels follow with the Mariners picking third. The Yankees, Dodgers and Mets don’t have a first-round pick this year due to exceeding their CBT threshold in 2024.

CBS Sports’ latest mock draft from Mike Axisa had a pair of SEC southpaws going first and second overall: LSU’s Kade Anderson to the Nationals and Tennessee’s Liam Doyle to the Angels. High school shortstop Eli Willits, meanwhile, is ranked as the No. 1 overall player in the class by CBS Sports’ R.J. Anderson.

Where to watch 2025 MLB Draft

Date: Sunday, July 13 | Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery Atlanta
TV: ESPN, MLB Network | Live stream: fubo (Try for free)

LSU’s Anderson has had plenty of buzz in the weeks leading up to the draft, and he entered Sunday morning as the favorite to go No. 1 overall. Doyle, Willits, Jamie Arnold (Florida State) and Ethan Holliday (son of Matt, brother of Jackson)  are all candidates to go in the top five.

No. 1 MLB Draft pick odds

(Odds via Caesars Sportsbook as of Sunday morning)

Kade Anderson: -240Ethan Holliday: +225Eli Willits: +250Aiva Arquette: +1600 Seth Hernandez: +2000

And here’s R.J. Anderson’s scouting repot on Kade Anderson: “Anderson is a four-pitch lefty who survived an SEC vetting. What more do you need to know? Maybe that he possesses a low-90s fastball, two breaking balls (including a harder slider), and a changeup that generated ample whiffs against right-handed batters. And possibly that he’s also shown good control over his pitches, averaging fewer than two walks per appearance. It’s a strong year for collegiate lefties at the top of the draft, but Anderson might be the safest of the top three. That’s why some veteran evaluators I’ve spoken with lately have predicted that he’ll be the No. 1 pick.”

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