Benge Previews: 2025 MLB Draft Combine


Over 320 MLB Draft-eligible prospects will participate at Chase Field in Arizona for the 2025 MLB Draft Combine Tuesday through Saturday, featuring a series of assessments and direct interaction with Major League Club general managers and scouting directors.

There will be 322 players at the home of the Diamondbacks, who’ve hosted the combine for three-straight years. The 2021 combine was held in North Carolina in Cary and Raleigh. These players were identified by USA Baseball and MLB Clubs, according to a release, and they’ll go through “medical and performance assessments as well as educational programming designed to prepare them for careers in professional baseball.”

MLB Network will broadcast the Draft Combine, which has had 55 former participants go on to make their Major League debut, according to Joe Trezza of MLB.com

Here is the MLB Draft Combine schedule:

Tuesday

9-3 p.m.: On-field workouts and MLB Network Showcase.

6 p.m.: High school game

Wednesday

9:30-4:30 p.m.: On-field workouts

Thursday

8-6 p.m.: Strength and conditioning

This year, 180 college and 142 high school players will comprise the combine field. MLB Pipeline releases an annual list of the top draft prospects, and 174 of the Top 200 Draft Prospects will be in Arizona later this week.

2025 Hall of Fame inductee CC Sabathia and two-time All-Stars Michael Bourn and Brad Penny will be “on-field to offer instruction” during the combine. They’ll also join Rick Eckstein, Dave Trembley, Bruce Chen, Courtney Duncan, Jeff Manto and Jeff Reboulet.

This year’s draft will take place July 13-14 in Atlanta, and the first 105 picks will be announced on opening night.

Details were announced for the 2025 MLB Draft Presented by Nike on June 9. Opening night will feature the first three rounds, compensatory rounds, competitive balance rounds and prospect promotion incentive rounds that will take place at the Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery Atlanta.

Here is the draft order for the first round:

  1. Washington
  1. Los Angeles (AL)
  1. Seattle
  1. Colorado
  1. St. Louis
  1. Pittsburgh
  1. Miami
  1. Toronto
  1. Cincinnati
  1. Chicago (AL)
  1. Athletics
  1. Texas
  1. San Francisco 
  1. Tampa Bay
  1. Boston
  1. Minnesota
  1. Chicago (NL)
  1. Arizona
  1. Baltimore
  1. Milwaukee
  1. Houston
  1. Atlanta
  1. Kansas City
  1. Detroit
  1. San Diego
  1. Philadelphia
  1. Cleveland

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