Players with Arkansas ties selected in the 2025 MLB Draft

ATLANTA – Among the 615 picks in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft, several players with ties to the Natural State heard their names called. There were also a bevy of draft picks who could find themselves playing in North Little Rock on their way to the show.

Pro Hogs in the Making

On Sunday, a program-record four Arkansas Razorbacks heard their names called in the first round of the draft, with the highest being Gage Wood at pick No. 26 by the Philadelphia Phillies. Wehiwa Aloy followed soon after at pick No. 31 by the Baltimore Orioles. The Los Angeles Dodgers concluded the first round for Arkansas, using pick No. 40 on pitcher Zach Root and pick No. 41 on outfielder Charles Davalan.

During the draft’s second day on Monday, seven more Hogs were chosen, beginning with Christian Foutch going to the Boston Red Sox at pick No. 148.

From the Natural State to the Show

Another college player from Arkansas to hear his name on Monday was former University of Central Arkansas Bear Charlie Christensen. The 6-foot-4 pitcher from Olathe, Kansas, was chosen with pick No. 459 by the Detroit Tigers. Former Little Rock Trojans pitcher Jackson Wells was not drafted but signed a free agent deal with the Houston Astros on Monday.

A pair of high schoolers from Arkansas were also selected in the draft on Monday. McLane Moody of Northside High School was chosen with pick No. 443 by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and shortstop Landon Schaefer from Fayetteville High School was chosen with pick No. 611 by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Future Arkansas Travelers

Since becoming the Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners in 2017, the Arkansas Travelers have been home to many of the team’s top picks on their way to the majors, like Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Emerson Hancock and Cole Young.

On Sunday, the Mariners drafted LSU pitcher Kade Anderson with the No. 3 pick in the draft and then added North Carolina Tar Heels catcher Luke Stevenson with pick No. 35. They added 12 more pitchers to their already stacked arsenal, including Miami’s Griffin Hugus at No. 91 and Dallas Baptist’s Mason Peters at pick No. 122.

With four of the Mariners’ recent first-round picks currently in High-A and a slew of draft picks soon to be moving through the system, Travs fans can expect to see plenty of future stars in the home dugout in the coming years.

Future Texas League Visitors

In addition to Seattle’s first-round picks coming to North Little Rock, several other teams in the Texas League made notable selections that could be making their way to CHI St. Vincent Field at Dickey-Stephens Park in the future.

A pair of the best college pitchers in the country could be making their way through central Arkansas soon with the St. Louis Cardinals drafting Tennessee’s Liam Doyle and the Oakland Athletics picking Florida State’s Jamie Arnold at pick No. 11.

Other future Texas Leaguers that Hog fans can look forward to seeing play in Arkansas again include Root and Davalan with the Tulsa Drillers, Justin Thomas with the Corpus Christi Hooks, and Aiden Jimenez with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.