Final 2025 MLB draft rankings: Top 250 prospects - ESPN

It's 2025 MLB draft week, so it is time to expand my ranking of the top prospects in this year's draft class to 250 players.

While my mock draft later this week will attempt to predict which teams will draft specific players, this list is based on how good I think the players actually are.

Behind the scenes, I've updated my overall minor league top 100 rankings (here's my recent top 50) to make adjustments and remove the graduated players, so I can tell you roughly where the top players in the draft would slot on that list the moment they sign. I've also included Future Value grades (FV) so you can see where those players would slot in your team's overall prospects rankings (now updated monthly). I've also included present and future tool grades for all of the players with a 45-plus FV or better.

This year's class is highlighted by a group of college left-handed pitchers near the top of the rankings. Which one is No. 1? It's time to find out.

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1. Kade Anderson (21.0), LHP, LSU

Fastball: 50/55, Slider: 55/60, Curveball: 45/50, Changeup: 50/55, Command: 45/55

Where he ranks in an MLB top 100 prospects list: 25

If it doesn't work out, what happened? His durability doesn't continue to progress, his stuff and/or command dips below 55-grade and he's a back-end starter.

Anderson had Tommy John surgery in high school that took him off the trajectory he was on as an underclassman, to be a seven-figure prospect out of high school. He's eligible as a sophomore because of his age and showed flashes during the 2024 season as a freshman but threw only 38⅓ innings.

Entering this season, he was seen as a speculative comp/second-round