ESPN's second MLB mock draft was a lot different than the first, including the landing spot for Oklahoma ace Kyson Witherspoon.
ESPN on Wednesday released its 2025 MLB mock draft 2.0 as Kiley McDaniel predicted the first 40 picks of the upcoming 2025 MLB Draft for the second time. This time around, McDaniel projected Witherspoon to go 13th overall to the San Francisco Giants, compared to eighth overall to the Toronto Blue Jays in his first mock last month.
"Witherspoon has some landing spots in the top 10, but Arkansas' Gage Wood is closing in on him as the top college righty," McDaniel wrote. "I think both will land just outside of the top 10. The Giants have been tied to many of the aforementioned second cut of college players, with Wehiwa Aloy and Marek Houston also coming up a lot, and Irish quite similar to recently traded former first-rounder James Tibbs."
Kyson Witherspoon predicted to go outside top 10 in 2025 MLB Draft
According to ESPN, Witherspoon is the 10th-best overall prospect in the 2025 MLB Draft. The MLB ranks Witherspoon as the No. 8 overall draft prospect and Bleacher Nation recently projected him to go to the Texas Rangers at No. 12.
This season as a junior, Witherspoon was named a First-Team All-America by Perfect Game and NCBWA Second-Team All-American after one of the best seasons from a pitcher in college baseball. He was also an All-SEC First-Team honoree.
Witherspoon led the SEC with a 2.65 ERA, which also ranked 23rd in the country. He was also first in the conference with 10 wins and fourth with 124 strikeouts. He had a 10-4 record in 16 starts as OU's right-handed ace.
In his two-year career at OU after transferring from Northwest Florida State College, Witherspoon posted a 3.16 ERA and 18-6 record.
Outside of Witherspoon dropping, ESPN's newest mock draft also featured a new top pick in LSU left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson, who dethroned Ethan Holliday, a third baseman from Stillwater High School in Oklahoma. Holliday was now predicted to go fourth to the Colorado Rockies, where his father, Matt, also started his MLB career.
OU commit Eli Willits, a shortstop from Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Oklahoma, was also a projected top-10 pick at No. 7 to the Miami Marlins.
The first round of the 2025 MLB Draft will be on July 13 during MLB All-Star Week in Atlanta, Georgia.
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