Last night marked the beginning of the 2025 MLB Draft, and the Yankees welcomed two new picks to their system: Georgia high school shortstop Dax Kilby in the first round and Texas A&M shortstop Kaeden Kent in the third. Draft rules limited the Yanks to just those two players on Day 1, as they lost a second-rounder (and a supplemental fourth-rounder) for signing Max Fried this past offseason. All the same, seeing the next generation of Yankees join the organization marked a welcome distraction from
the sluggish first-half finale.
The second day of the MLB Draft process is about to begin, and it’s a doozy. In previous years, there was a third day for all selections beyond the 10th round, but now, every pick from Rounds 4-20 will occur in one long MLB.com conference call beginning at 11:30 AM ET. As always, Pinstripe Alley will provide coverage! We’re looking forward to meeting the 17 new players who will join Kilby and Kent in this draft class.
To help conveniently track all of the Yankees’ picks — from the selection process to any known eventual signing news — I’ve assembled this tracker that will be regularly updated throughout July. The players’ names are linked to the Pinstripe Alley stories about their draft selections. If available, I’ve also included their Instagram or Twitter handles if you have any interest in following them.
Draft pick signing news can be a slow process and team assignments might be even fuzzier, but we’ll do our best to keep you posted. Players have until 5:00 PM ET on August 1st to sign unless they’re college seniors who have already used up their years of eligibility. As always, give us a shout in the comments section of this post if you see any news that needs to be added.
Note: Teams are allotted $150,000 per pick for each selection from Rounds 11-20. This doesn’t count toward their total bonus pool, though they are permitted to use any leftover bonus funds to increase their offers beyond $150,000 to these players.
Post-draft updates
Any draft pick signing news will be relayed here!
More from pinstripealley.com:
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- Yankees Trade Deadline Coverage
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