2025 MLB Draft Results and Grades for Overall Team-by-Team Results
The 2025 Major League Baseball draft wrapped on Monday with the final 17 rounds. While Day 2 didn't carry quite as much intrigue as opening night—which saw the Washington Nationals take Fort Cobb-Broxton HS shortstop Eli Willits first overall—it gave teams a great opportunity to load up on developmental depth.
Of course, not every draft class is created equal, and that's especially true in baseball. Teams can take wildly different approaches to the MLB draft, and for many of them, real results won't be seen for at least another year or two.
The fact that most MLB prospects won't contribute right away, as rookies often do in other sports, makes it difficult to accurately grade a team's rookie class the day after the draft. We're going to take a crack at doing just that here, though, based on player value, upside, team fit and the live Day 1 analysis provided by Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter.
2025 MLB Draft Team Grades
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Atlanta Braves: B-
Boston Red Sox: A-
Chicago Cubs: B
Cincinnati Reds: B+
Detroit Tigers: B-
Houston Astros: B+
Minnesota Twins: B+
New York Mets: B-
New York Yankees: B+
*Click on a team to view full draft results from MLB.com.
Worst Draft Class: Los Angeles Angels
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02: Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
47: Chase Shores, RHP, LSU
79: Johnny Slawinski, LHP, Johnson City HS (TX)
105: Nate Snead, RHP, Tennessee
109: Jake Munroe, 3B, Louisville
To be clear, the margin between "best" and "worst" is extremely thin right after the draft, and it can be very subjective. The Los Angeles Angels, for example, surprised most by taking UC Santa Barbara pitcher Tyler Bremner second overall.
It's not that Bremner isn't an intriguing prospect who could easily work out in the majors. It was a surprising choice because most viewed Kade Anderson as the top pitcher in the 2025 class and several other prospects were valued over Bremner.
It would seem that, for the Angels, the Bremner selection was about landing a player below slot value.
"This decision was still likely rooted in a widely held belief that the top talent of this draft wasn’t as elite as most other years," The Athletic's Sam Blum wrote. "And that created an incentive to sign a player below the $10.25 million slot value, with the hope of adding good players later in the draft."
The problem for Los Angeles is that the club doesn't have the strongest track record of developing pitchers. The Angeles used their next three selections on pitchers, likely as insurance after the Bremner pick, and there is some interesting potential among the group. However, L.A. took a bit of a risk with LSU righty Chase Shores, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023.
"The 6'8", 245-pound righty battled inconsistent command in his return this spring, but still punched out 70 hitters in 63.2 innings," Reuter wrote. "He still has premium stuff, including a 101 mph fastball, but there is a wide range of potential outcomes for his future."
Now, the draft could easily work out for the Angels, and with 21 total prospects, the class is unlikely to be an overall bust. In terms of value, though, it's hard to love what L.A. did over the last two days.
Best Draft Class: Seattle Mariners
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Top Picks
03: Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU
35: Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina
57: Nick Becker, SS, Don Bosco Prep (NJ)
91: Griffin Hugus, RHP, Miami
122: Mason Peters, LHP, Dallas Baptist (TX)
Since we are prioritizing value, we have to highlight the Seattle Mariners, who got a ton of it at the top of the draft. With L.A. taking Bremner, the Mariners were free to snag Anderson third overall.
Anderson is a high-floor prospect in a draft class that was largely viewed as underwhelming overall. After going 12-1 with a 3.18 ERA and 180 strikeouts in 119 innings this spring—while helping lead LSU to a College World Series championship—Anderson didn't leave many questions.
One could argue that Seattle landed the best overall player in the draft—Stillwater HS shortstop Ethan Holliday was also viewed as a potential top overall prospect—and he has a strong chance to contribute sooner than later.
"The Mariners develop pitching talent as well as anyone, and Anderson should join their dynamic young rotation in short order," Reuter wrote. "Not a scenario they likely envisioned being possible heading into the draft."
Seattle snagged another terrific prospect in North Carolina catcher Luke Stevenson during the initial balance round. A tremendous defensive player and pitch-framer, Stevenson could carve out a long-term role with the Mariners if he can improve his contact rate (70 strikeouts in 61 games).
Fellow Day 1 picks Nick Becker and Griffin Hugus also have future-starter potential, and Seattle landed some upside with the rest of its 21-player class. Fans will want to track the development of outfielder Korbyn Dickerson (152nd overall) who batted .314 with 19 home runs after transferring from Louisville to Indiana this past season.
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