The 2025 MLB draft is set to begin on Sunday, July 13, as the Atlanta Braves host 2025 All-Star festivities The Washington Nationals have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals to complete the top five.

The Red Sox hope that across 21 picks in the draft on Sunday and Monday, they identify players who take off once they are in their system.

The highest draft pick to come out of Venice High is right-handed pitcher Orion Kerkering, who was selected in the fifth round, 152nd overall, by Philadelphia out of the University of South Florida. Kerkering is a high-leverage reliever in the Phillies bullpen.

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Stuck choosing at No. 10, but with two picks in the first 44, the Sox are hoping to nab a pair of players to make the next stars of their rebuilding project.

The Washington Nationals, fresh off firing top executive Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez, will make the No. 1 selection for the third time in franchise history. (Their track record from that spot is pristine: they chose eventual ace Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and superstar outfielder Bryce Harper in 2010.

The downside of spending hundreds of millions in free agency each offseason is that it tends to leave teams devoid of top Draft picks. So it is with the Mets, who (for the third year in a row) had their first-round selection docked 10 spots.