MLB mock draft: 2025 Opening Day update

Just in time for the start of the MLB regular season, this mock draft includes the entire first round of the 2025 amateur draft as well as prospect promotion incentive picks, free agent compensation picks and Competitive Balance Round A.

The Miami Marlins have pick No. 7 and pick No. 43. I have them taking Brendan Summerhill, an athletic outfielder from University of Arizona, and Quentin Young, a boom-or-bust high school talent from California. 

Brendan Summerhill has had an electric start to his junior year down in Tucson. Currently batting .418/.505/.670 through 22 games. Summerhill is 6'3", 200 pounds and a great athlete, runs well and can play center field in the pros. He combines this athleticism with an elite plate approach. A 87% contact rate is one of the highest rates in the nation with a low swing rate on pitches out of the zone. 

So far this season, Summerhill leads the country in triples with six. The home runs have not come yet (only two). This may be worrying to some, but he has had a nearly 5 mph increase in average exit velocity this season. Even if the home run power does not show itself this spring, his projectable frame gives him plenty of room to grow into long term.

With the 43rd overall pick, Quentin Young is a large, powerful, high school talent with baseball bloodlines. He is the nephew of former big leaguer and first overall pick Delmon Young.

Young is 6'5", 215 pounds. He currently plays shortstop, but will move off of short eventually, most likely to a corner infield or corner outfield spot, although Young moves very well for his size, which adds to his draft stock. He has a cannon for an arm and some of the loudest pop in this draft (potential 60-65 grade power).

The main concerns for Young are plate approach and strikeouts. His player profile and California roots may remind people of the Marlins' all-time home run leader, Giancarlo Stanton.

The LSU commit will be a project that takes patience to develop. The Marlins have time and the ability to take a risk on a guy like Young. He could pay big dividends for the Fish if their revamped development system unlocks his potential to be a great all-around hitter.