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2025 MLB mock draft 1.0: Who will go No. 1 to the Nationals?

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MLB Draft Combine ( June 21-25 ) will be huge for some third- to fifth -round type prospects.

The real fireworks for first -round implications will come either in private workouts or in the meetings teams are having to sort through all of the information they've collected in the past year .

Eli Willits and Seth Hernandez are the leading prep options while the college options (lefties Liam Doyle , Kade Anderson ) seem less likely.

Teams picking here will be reactive and take who gets to them from the top group.

For some teams, the top tier is 10 players (I basically agree, though I might include one or two more) Kyson Witherspoon is the one that makes sense in this scenario.

JoJo Parker has multiple potential landing spots in the top 10 .

Brendan Summerhill is a dead ringer for Josh Donaldson .

Some scouts think that if he can make a number of starts for Arkansas this postseason, he could have a rise like Cade Horton .

Slater de Brun is similar to Corbin Carroll , Alek Thomas and Slade Caldwell .

Xavier Neyens has an intriguing upside for this juncture of the draft.

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