Your 2025 Red Sox MLB Draft Tracker. Sox select Kyson Witherspoon

UPDATE, 8:45 PM EDT: And with the Larry Bird pick, the Sox select another towering pitcher, Marcus Phillps out of South Dakota (!) via the University of Tennessee. This is the reverse scenario we encountered with Witherspoon. While Witherspoon fell to 15 after being considered a top-10 guy, the Sox stretched a bit going with Phillips, who was only the 61st ranked player on Pipeline’s big board. But, hey, he touches 100 MPH on the gun. When you have an opportunity to add someone who can do that to your organization, it’s generally a good idea to take it.

UPDATE, 7:36 PM EDT: The first pick is in and all of America is shouting Justice for Bob Osgood! After completely whiffing on Braden Montgomery last year, Bob comes roaring back in 2025, nailing the Sox first round pick as none other than Kyson Witherspoon, a right-handed pitcher from Oklahoma.

Like Kyle Teel and Marcelo Mayer before him, Witherspoon is one of those guys who inexplicably dropped in the first round and fell into the Sox lap (Baseball America had him as #7 on their big board). Here’s what Bob wrote about him earlier this week:

Kyson Witherspoon RHP, Oklahoma

Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Curveball: 60 | Slider: 60 | Cutter: 60 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 50 | Overall: 55

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Witherspoon transferred to Oklahoma from a JuCo prior to his sophomore season and has taken major steps forward since. Pitching in the SEC this year, Witherspoon was 10-4 with a 2.65 in 16 starts, striking out 124 in 95 innings. His walk rate dropped from 4.5 BB/9 as a sophomore to 2.2 BB/9 as a junior. While it is less likely that the Red Sox go with an arm, Witherspoon and Tyler Bremner are the two that they seem most linked to.

Did you know that the MLB draft used be conducted entirely over the phone? No cameras. No handshakes with the commissioner. No hordes of people on the internet pretending that they’ve ever seen any of these guys play an inning baseball.

In light of the fact that the vast majority of players drafted over the next two days won’t have any impact on their teams for years — if they ever do at all — the old way of doing things over the phone was, in a way, more honest. But the televised draft is obviously more fun.

Tonight we’ll get the first three rounds. Coverage starts at 6 PM on MLB Network, while ESPN will also cover the first round.

The Red Sox, true to their recent legacy of being MLB’s most mid team, will be drafting right smack in the middle of the first round at #15. They’ll go again at #33 and #75 before pausing to resume tomorrow.

We’ll have updates here as the Sox make their picks. In the meantime, take a look at some players who might be available when they’re on the clock.

Round 1

1. Nationals

2. Angels

3. Mariners

4. Rockies

5. Cardinals

6. Pirates

7. Marlins

8. Blue Jays

9. Reds

10. White Sox

11. Athletics

12. Rangers

13. Giants

14. Rays

15. Red Sox

16. Twins

17. Cubs

18. Diamondbacks

19. Orioles

20. Brewers

21. Astros

22. Braves

23. Royals

24. Tigers

25. Padres

26. Phillies

27. Guardians

Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks

28. Royals [for Bobby Witt Jr. finishing in the top three for AL MVP]

Compensation Picks

29. Diamondbacks [for losing Christian Walker in free agency as revenue-sharing recipient]

30. Orioles [for losing Corbin Burnes in free agency as revenue-sharing recipient]

31. Orioles [for losing Anthony Santander in free agency as revenue-sharing recipient]

32. Brewers [for losing Willy Adames in free agency as revenue-sharing recipient]

Competitive Balance Round

33. Red Sox [acquired from Brewers for Quinn Priester]

34. Tigers

35. Mariners

36. Twins

37. Orioles [acquired from Rays for Bryan Baker]

38. Mets [first-round pick moved back due to luxury tax]

39. Yankees [first-round pick moved back due to luxury tax]

40. Dodgers [first-round pick moved back due to luxury tax]

41. Dodgers [acquired from Reds for Bryan Baker]

42. Rays [acquired from Athletics for Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez]

43. Marlins

Round 2

44. White Sox

45. Rockies

46. Marlins

47. Angels

48. Athletics

49. Nationals

50. Pirates

51. Reds

52. Rangers

53. Rays

54. Twins

55. Cardinals

56. Cubs

57. Mariners

58. Orioles

59. Brewers

60. Braves

61. Royals

62. Tigers

63. Phillies

64. Guardians

65. Dodgers

Competitive Balance Round

66. Guardians

67. Rays [compensation for not signing 2024 second-round pick Tyler Bell]

68. Brewers [compensation for not signing 2024 second-round pick Chris Levonas]

69. Orioles

70. Guardians [acquired from Diamondbacks for Josh Naylor]

71. Royals

72. Cardinals

73. Pirates

74. Rockies

Compensation Pick

75. Red Sox [for losing Nick Pivetta in free agency]

Round 3

76. White Sox

77. Rockies

78. Marlins

79. Angels

80. Nationals

81. Blue Jays

82. Pirates

83. Reds

84. Rangers

85. Giants

86. Rays

87. Red Sox

88. Twins

89. Cardinals

90. Cubs

91. Mariners

92. Diamondbacks

93. Orioles

94. Brewers

95. Astros

96. Braves

97. Royals

98. Tigers

99. Padres

100. Phillies

101. Guardians

102. Mets

103. Yankees

104. Dodgers

Competitive Balance Round

105. Angels [compensation for failing to sign 2024 third-round pick Ryan Prager]