We are now two months away from the 2025 MLB Draft, and Carlos Collazo at Baseball America unveiled another mock draft on Monday based on industry conversations over the last few weeks.

The mock draft extends to the 40th pick, which happens to be the Dodgers’ first selection in this draft. They also pick 41st overall, a Competitive Balance Round A pick acquired from the Reds in January, fueling a total bonus pool of just over $9 million that is the second-highest of the 14 years of his draft format.

With the 40th pick, Collazo’s mock draft had the Dodgers taking Louisville pitcher Patrick Forbes:

Forbes’ last three outings have seemingly taken him out of first-round consideration, but the Dodgers might be a team that’s happy to scoop up his arm talent and help him find the zone more consistently. When he’s over the plate, his fastball/slider combination is as electric as any pitcher in this class.

Forbes was recruited out of high school as a hitter, and played most of his freshman year in Louisville’s outfield before switching to the mound in 2024. After a combined 38⅓ innings in his first two years in college, including only four starts, Forbes has already surpassed that innings total as a junior.

He has a 4.74 ERA in 11 starts this season for Louisville, with 78 strikeouts (a 35.1-percent strikeout rate) and 23 walks in 49â…“ innings. Since missing the final three weeks of April, the right-hander has allowed five runs in six innings over his last two starts, with nine strikeouts and two walks.

MLB Pipeline rates Forbes as the 34th-best prospect in the draft:

Kentucky’s top 2022 prep prospect as a power-hitting third baseman, Forbes went undrafted because of his strong commitment to Louisville. The Cardinals used him more as a DH/outfielder as a freshman before shifting gears in 2024, when an errant pitch broke his left hand in his lone plate appearance, sidelining him for a month. After working just 38 1/3 innings on the mound in his first two college seasons, he took off as a full-time pitcher in 2025 and was headed toward the upper half of the first round until coming down with a flexor strain in April.

Baseball America rated Forbes as the No. 43 prospect in the draft.

The Dodgers have used a first-round pick on a player from Louisville three times in their history, all coming in the previous 10 years. They did not sign 2015 first-rounder Kyle Funkhouser, but did come to terms with catcher Will Smith (2016) and pitcher Bobby Miller (2020), both of whom are still with the team.

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