Rosternomics

2025 MLB Draft

Every MLB amateur draft, 1985–2025. Real = career WAR so far. Expected = the model's full-career projection for this slot × position × age-at-draft (HS vs college), ± a predictive band. DVOS = Real minus what the same cohort has produced by the same number of years post-draft (apples-to-apples — so we don't punish a 2024 pick for not yet being a 10-yr veteran). Example: Bazzana (2024 #1, college IF) has Real 0.8; the typical #1 college IF has produced 1.6 WAR by year 2 post-draft, so his DVOS = −0.8 (0.8 behind cohort); long-run Expected ≈ 40 WAR. Model: empirical-Bayes hierarchical, fit on 41 years of realized outcomes. SD leaderboard →

Unsettled: selected year(s) include a class with <5 seasons to play out — realized WAR is partial and vs-Pace is preliminary. Most picks take ~5 years to surface; the back of the draft can take a decade. The Expected column is the right "asset value" read for fresh picks.
Round:
Year Pick Rd Team Player Pos Age B/T Ht Wt Bonus Bonus% Scouting Dir GM / POBO Real DVOS Expected
2025 1 1.1 WSN Eli Willits IF SS 18 HS S/R 6'1" 180 $8.2M 44% Danny Haas Mike DeBartolo 0.0 49.9±4.0
2025 2 1.2 ANA Tyler Bremner P P 21 COLL R/R 6'2" 190 $7.69M 41% Tim McIlvaine Perry Minasian 0.0 17.9±3.9
2025 3 1.3 SEA Kade Anderson P P 21 COLL L/L 6'2" 179 $8.8M 48% Scott Hunter Jerry Dipoto 0.0 9.8±3.9
2025 4 1.4 COL Ethan Holliday IF SS 18 HS L/R 6'2" 210 $9.0M 53% Danny Montgomery Bill Schmidt 0.0 18.9±3.9
2025 5 1.5 STL Liam Doyle P P 21 COLL R/L 6'2" 220 $7.25M 47% Jamal Strong John Mozeliak 0.0 8.5±3.9
2025 6 1.6 PIT Seth Hernandez P P 19 HS R/R 6'4" 190 $7.25M 55% Joe Dellicarri Ben Cherington 0.0 9.9±3.8
2025 7 1.7 MIA Aiva Arquette IF SS 22 COLL R/R 6'5" 220 $7.15M 44% Peter Bendix 0.0 14.8±4.0
2025 8 1.8 TOR JoJo Parker IF SS 19 HS L/R 6'2" 200 $6.2M 51% Marc Tramuta Ross Atkins 0.0 14.3±3.9
2025 9 1.9 CIN Steele Hall IF SS 18 HS R/R 5'10" 180 $5.75M 45% Jeff Graupe Nick Krall 0.0 14.3±3.9
2025 10 1.10 CHW Billy Carlson IF SS 19 HS R/R 6'1" 185 $6.24M 44% Mike Shirley Chris Getz 0.0 14.3±3.9
2025 11 1.11 OAK Jamie Arnold P P 21 COLL L/L 6'1" 188 $5.99M 49% Eric Kubota David Forst 0.0 7.9±3.7
2025 12 1.12 TEX Gavin Fien IF SS 18 HS R/R 6'3" 200 $4.8M 38% Kip Fagg Chris Young 0.0 7.8±3.8
2025 13 1.13 SFG Gavin Kilen IF SS 21 COLL L/R 5'10" 187 $5.25M 54% Michael Holmes Buster Posey 0.0 10.8±3.7
2025 14 1.14 TBR Daniel Pierce IF SS 19 HS R/R 6'0" 185 $4.31M 32% Chuck Ricci Erik Neander 0.0 7.8±3.8
2025 15 1.15 BOS Kyson Witherspoon P P 21 COLL R/R 6'2" 206 $5.0M 35% Devin Pearson Craig Breslow 0.0 7.9±3.7
2025 16 1.16 MIN Marek Houston IF SS 21 COLL R/R 6'3" 205 $4.5M 32% Sean Johnson Derek Falvey 0.0 10.8±3.7
2025 17 1.17 CHC Ethan Conrad OF OF 21 COLL L/L 6'2" 220 $3.56M 32% Dan Kantrovitz Jed Hoyer 0.0 4.4±3.7
2025 18 1.18 ARI Kayson Cunningham IF SS 19 HS L/R 5'10" 182 $4.58M 39% Ian Rebhan Mike Hazen 0.0 2.8±3.7
2025 19 1.19 BAL Ike Irish C C 22 COLL L/R 6'2" 201 $4.42M 21% Matt Blood Mike Elias 0.0 2.0±3.9
2025 20 1.20 MIL Andrew Fischer IF 3B 21 COLL L/R 6'0" 210 $3.5M 25% Tod Johnson Matt Arnold 0.0 10.8±3.7
2025 21 1.21 HOU Xavier Neyens IF SS 19 HS L/R 6'3" 210 $4.12M 47% Deric Ladnier Dana Brown 0.0 2.8±3.7
2025 22 1.22 ATL Tate Southisene IF SS 19 HS R/R 5'11" 180 $2.62M 24% Ronit Shah Alex Anthopoulos 0.0 2.8±3.7
2025 23 1.23 KCR Sean Gamble OF OF 19 HS L/R 6'1" 188 $4.0M 27% Dan Ontiveros J.J. Picollo 0.0 8.0±3.7
2025 24 1.24 DET Jordan Yost IF SS 19 HS L/R 6'0" 170 $3.25M 25% Mark Conner Scott Harris 0.0 2.8±3.7
2025 25 1.25 SDP Kruz Schoolcraft P P 18 HS L/L 6'8" 229 $3.61M 45% AJ Preller 0.0 5.5±3.7
2025 26 1.26 PHI Gage Wood P P 22 COLL R/R 6'0" 205 $3.0M 32% Brian Barber Dave Dombrowski 0.0 3.0±3.7
2025 27 1.27 CLE Jace LaViolette OF OF 22 COLL L/L 6'6" 228 $4.0M 33% Paul Gillispie Chris Antonetti 0.0 3.8±3.7
2025 38 1.28 NYM Mitch Voit IF 2B 21 COLL R/R 6'0" 201 $1.75M 25% Drew Toussaint David Stearns 0.0 3.8±3.7
2025 39 1.29 NYY Dax Kilby IF SS 19 HS L/R 6'2" 190 $2.8M 40% Damon Oppenheimer Brian Cashman 0.0 2.8±3.7
2025 40 1.30 LAD Zach Root P P 21 COLL L/L 6'2" 210 $2.2M 22% Zach Fitzpatrick Andrew Friedman 0.0 3.0±3.7

Model: empirical-Bayes hierarchical — smooth monotone slot curve × position group (P/IF/OF/C/DH) × age bin (HS <20 vs COLL 20+) × maturity. The slot curve is forced monotone-decreasing within each position+age cell, so pick N can't have lower expected than pick N+1 by construction. Predictive ± band = √(σ²·(1 + 1/n_cell)) — pooled within-cell residual SD plus the cell-mean uncertainty for a new pick at that cell. Fallback chain when a (slot, pos, age) cell is too sparse: → (slot, pos) → (slot). Position × age effects: pitchers debut earlier (high realized at 2 yrs, lower career due to attrition); college catchers ~2× HS catchers career WAR at top slots; HS slot-1 IF/OF carry premium upside (Harper/Correa/A-Rod pattern). Coverage: position 100% (1985–2025), bio (born/ht/wt) ~97%, age 97%, signing bonus only ~11% (sparse pre-2008 — MLB Stats API hasn't backfilled). SD attribution follows SABR (single unambiguous name per team-year), GM uses our hire/POBO records. Team/GM development effects intentionally NOT in the model — that signal belongs on the DVOS-attribution side (per-SD on /sds, per-GM in this table), or it would collapse to zero by construction.