The Kansas City Royals and 29 other franchises will kick off the 2025 MLB Draft in a tumultuous pre-draft process in mere hours. There is no consensus selection at the top of this year's draft, with the Washington Nationals throwing another wrench into things by clearing their organizational leadership weeks before the amateur draft.
The Royals have quite a few chips to fall before their first of five Day 1 draft picks comes at 23rd overall. Who a team drafts is a wild mix of need, internal opinions, and who goes off the board first, so no mock draft will be a perfect process.