2025 MLB Draft Results and Hot Takes for Ethan Holliday, Kade Anderson, Top Prospects

Ethan Holliday and Kade Anderson went into the 2025 MLB draft as potential No. 1 overall picks.

Instead, Anderson went No. 3 to the Seattle Mariners and Holliday fell to the Colorado Rockies at No. 4.

MLB Draft Results

1. Washington - Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton HS (OK)
2. Los Angeles Angels - Tyler Bremner, P, UC Santa Barbara
3. Seattle - Kade Anderson, P, LSU
4. Colorado - Ethan Holliday, SS, Stillwater HS (OK)
5. St. Louis - Liam Doyle, P, Tennessee
6. Pittsburgh- Seth Hernandez, P, Corona HS (CA)
7. Miami - Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State
8. Toronto - JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis HS (MS)
9. Cincinnati - Steele Hall, SS, Hewitt-Trussville HS (AL)
10. Chicago White Sox - Billy Carlson, SS, Corona HS (CA)
11. Athletics - Jamie Arnold, P, Florida State
12. Texas - Gavin Fien, SS, Great Oak HS (CA)
13. San Francisco - Gavin Kilen, SS, Tennessee
14. Tampa Bay - Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek HS (GA)
15. Boston - Kyson Witherspoon, P, Oklahoma
16. Minnesota - Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest
17. Chicago Cubs - Ethan Conrad, OF, Wake Forest
18. Arizona - Kayson Cunningham, SS, Lady Bird Johnson HS (TX)
19. Baltimore - Ike Irish, C, Auburn
20. Milwaukee - Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee
21. Houston - Xavier Neyens, SS, Mount Vernon HS (WA)
22. Atlanta - Tate Southisene, SS, Basic HS (NV)
23. Kansas City - Sean Gamble, OF, IMG Academy (FL)
24. Detroit - Jordan Yost, SS, Sickles HS (FL)
25. San Diego - Kruz Schoolcraft, P, Sunset HS (OR)
26. Philadelphia - Gage Wood, P, Arkansas
27. Cleveland - Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M

Anderson was the No. 1 player in most draft rankings, but he dropped to the Mariners after the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels passed on him.

Holliday was chosen by the Rockies at No. 4. He joins the team in which his father, Matt, played for during his MLB career.

Tennessee pitcher Liam Doyle, who was projected to be a top-three pick, was taken by the St. Louis Cardinals at No. 5.

High-school infielder Eli Willits was the surprise No. 1 pick of the Nationals.