MLB Draft 2025 Shockers: Nationals and Angels Upend Expectations While Orioles’ Blockbuster Haul Stuns Fans
3. The Dodgers brought in an interesting Day 1 haul
The defending World Series champions had an intriguing allotment of picks Sunday, with a quartet of selections that didn’t begin until No. 40 because the Dodgers’ sky-high payroll resulted in their first-round pick being dropped 10 spots (as was the case for the Mets and Yankees). The Dodgers also had the 41st pick, acquired from the Reds in the trade for Gavin Lux last year.
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Multiple mock drafts entering draft day had the Dodgers connected to high school infielder Quentin Young with one of their first two picks, but Young ended up going 54th to Minnesota. Beyond Young, L.A. is more traditionally tied to high school players near the top of the draft than collegians, but the Dodgers went in a different direction this year, as all four of their Day 1 picks were spent on college players, including the first two from the same school. Left-hander Zach Root (No. 40) was a notch below the elite tier of college lefties at the top of the class, but he had a lot of proponents in the industry after his sterling spring for the Razorbacks. And outfielder Charles Davalan (No. 41) also starred in Fayetteville this year and adds another advanced lefty stick to a farm system already loaded with them.
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