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While the Angels went with all pitchers with their four selections on Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft, they took a more varied approach with their 17 picks on Day 2 on Monday. They still went heavy on pitching with 12 pitchers,
Munroe slashed .346/.451/.593 with 13 home runs, 13 doubles and 61 RBIs in his only season at Louisville. The Angels ended up with 14 pitchers (four left-handers) among their 21 total picks.
Washington used this year's No. 1 overall pick on Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits, our No. 1 ranked prospect in the draft class. Not surprisingly, the selection earned an "A" grade from us.
Talon Haley, a Vanderbilt baseball signee, was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 12th round of the 2025 MLB Draft.
The Angels selected LaCourse with the 169th overall pick in the 2025 draft. That slot comes with a $393,700 signing value, according to the MLB bonus pool, which assigns a dollar amount to each draft position for each team. Teams do not need to offer that amount but can not surpass their overall bonus pool total without penalty.
The question for the Angels coming into the draft was if they’d use the No. 2 pick to continue their strategy under GM Perry Minasian.
After selecting four pitchers on Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday, the Angels broke that stretch by taking Louisville third baseman Jake Munroe in the fourth round with the No. 109 overall pick to start Day 2 on Monday.
A number of former Dallas-area baseball standouts heard their name called at the 2025 MLB draft, including a couple headed to the hometown Texas Rangers.
The Washington Nationals select Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft.
Ethan Holliday and Kade Anderson went into the 2025 MLB draft as potential No. 1 overall picks. Instead, Anderson went No. 3 to the Seattle Mariners and Holliday fell to the Colorado Rockies at No. 4.