2025 Draft Day 2 Recap: Rounds 11-20

Unlike past installments, the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft took place over two days instead of three. While Rounds 11-20 were typically reserved for that third and final day, they accompanied Rounds 4-10 on Monday. With that, here are brief summaries of who the Red Sox took with their 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th-round selections:

11. Barrett Morgan, RHP, Cowley College (KS)

Morgan (pictured) was taken out of Cowley College, a community college in Arkansas City, Kans., with the 328th overall pick. The 20-year-old righty from Stillwater, Okla., appeared in 16 games for the Tigers this past spring and posted a 0.42 ERA (0.75 WHIP) with 40 strikeouts to just four walks over 21 1/3 innings of relief en route to earning First Team All-KJCCC honors. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, Morgan features a fastball that reaches 95 mph and a mid-70s curveball. He is currently committed to transfer to Texas A&M for what would be his junior season.

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2025 Draft Recap: How Boston's picks ranked

Of Boston's 21 selections in the 2025 Draft, 12 were ranked in the Baseball America Top 500, seven in the MLB Pipeline Top 250 list, and six in the ESPN.com Top 250. Each of the team's first eleven selections were on the Baseball America list.

See below for a listing of the 2025 Red Sox draftees who were ranked by BA, MLB.com, or ESPN.com. The full list of this year's draft selections can be found over at the SoxProspects.com Draft History page.

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Welcome to the 2025 Draft Signing Period!

Now that the 2025 First-Year Player Draft is in the books, the signing period is upon us. With some limited exceptions, this year's signing deadline is 5:00 pm ET on July 28, 2025. As most of our readers know, each team's spending on draft pick bonuses is capped. The overall bonus cap is determined by the number and placement of each team's selections.

The bonus cap sets an aggregate limit for a team to spend on its selections in the first ten rounds and also limits teams from spending over $150,000 on players taken after the 10th round (the excess on any late-round bonuses will count against the bonus pool). Boston's cap is $12,409,300 this year. If the club exceeds its pool: (1) by 0-5%, it will be charged a 75% tax on the excess; (2) by 5-10%, it will pay the same tax and will also lose its first-round pick next season; (3) by 10-15%, it will be charged a 100% tax on the excess and lose its first- and second-round picks next season; and (4) by more than 15%, 100% tax on the excess and lose its next two first-round picks.

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Red Sox select Maximus Martin with 10th-round pick

With the 298th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Maximus Martin, a shortstop out of Kansas State. He is ranked 223rd by MLB Pipeline and 184th by Baseball America. 

 

Martin is a 21-year old who is coming off his junior season at Kansas State. He has switched schools a couple of times, playing his freshman season at Rutgers and his sophomore season at Georgia State. In 2025 at Kansas State, he batted .320/.420/.612 with 18 doubles, 14 home runs, five stolen bases, 54 RBI, 30 walks, and 55 strikeouts in 56 games. Although he played a majority of his games at shortstop, he also played one game at second base and another 18 in center field. 

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Red Sox select Jacob Mayers with ninth-round pick

With the 268th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Jacob Mayers, a right-handed pitcher out of Louisiana State University. Mayers is ranked #304 in Baseball America's Top 500 draft prospects.

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Red Sox select Dylan Brown with eighth-round pick

With the 238th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Dylan Brown, a left-handed pitcher out of Old Dominion University. He is ranked No. 226 in Baseball America's Top 500 and is not ranked within MLB.com's Top 250.

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Red Sox select Myles Patton with seventh-round pick

With the 208th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Myles Patton, a left-handed pitcher out of Texas A&M.

 

Originally from Long Beach, California, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound pitcher spent two years at hometown Long Beach State and was an all-Big West honorable mention player in 2024 before heading to College Station for his junior season. That sophomore campaign was his best, as he had a strikeout rate exceeding 30 percent with a 3.26 ERA.

 

A back injury ended his season prematurely and while he stayed healthy in 2025, he posted a 5.26 ERA, but still struck out more than a batter per inning (82 in 77 innings) and had strong walk numbers, issuing just 17 free passes.

 

Patton was unranked by MLB Pipeline and ESPN.

 

He's a finesse left-handed arm, sitting between 88-90 mph with his fastball and command is his carrying tool. Patton also has a change-up that possesses good shape is in the upper 70s.

 

The full slot value for this choice is $285,200.

Photo credit: Texas A&M University Athletics

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Red Sox select Leighton Finley with sixth-round pick

With the 178th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Leighton Finley, a right-handed pitcher out of the University of Georgia. Finley was ranked as the 357th best draft prospect by Baseball America. 

Finley is another big-bodied pitcher from the SEC as he is listed at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds. His fastball typically sits 91-94 mph but has hit 98. He also has a low-80s slider that is his main secondary pitch, and he will also flash a changeup and curveball. As a freshman Finley worked out of the bullpen for the Bulldogs, pitching to a 6.26 ERA while striking out 31 in 27 1/3 innings. That summer, he pitched for Yarmouth-Dennis of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was an All-Star on the Cape, as he did not allow an earned run over 17 1/3 frames while striking out 20. 

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Red Sox select Christian Foutch with fifth-round pick

With the 148th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Christian Foutch, a right-handed pitcher out of the University of Arkansas. He is ranked No. 231 in MLB.com's top 250 and No. 258 in Baseball America's Top 500.

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Red Sox select Mason White with fourth-round pick

With the 118th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Mason White, a shortstop from Arizona.

 

A local product out of Salpointe Catholic HS in Tucson, White had a big draft year, as he was given an All-American nod by Perfect Game (second team) and D1Baseball.com (third team). He was also the most valuable player of both the Big 12 Tournament and Eugene Regional with a .327/.412/.689 slash line, including 20 home runs.

 

However, some swing-and-miss comes with that raw power, as he struck out 65 times in 257 at-bats in 2025, though that's down significantly from 85 punchouts in 239 at-bats last season.

 

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Red Sox select Anthony Eyanson with third-round pick

With the 87th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Anthony Eyanson, a right-handed pitcher out of Louisiana State University. He is ranked #32 in the Baseball America Top 500 and #40 in the MLB.com Top 250

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Red Sox select Henry Godbout with second compensation round pick

With the 75th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Max Godbout, an infielder out of the University of Virginia. The full slot value for this selection is $1,093,800.

The 6-foot-2 right-handed hitter played mostly second base for the Cavaliers, although he was announced as a shortstop and Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting said after the pick that he will be developed at both shortstop and second base. He is a contact-over-power hitter, joining the long line of solid hitters to come out of Charlottesville. MLB Pipeline is higher on the power tool, which will mostly come to the pull side, than Baseball America.

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Red Sox select Marcus Phillips with 33rd overall pick

With the 33rd overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Marcus Phillips, a right-handed pitcher out of the University of Tennessee. The pick, in Competitive Balance Round A, was acquired from Milwaukee along with Yophery Rodriguez and John Holobetz in exchange for Quinn Priester. Phillips is the 67th-ranked draft prospect by Baseball America and 61st by MLB Pipeline. Eric Longenhagen of Fangraphs had the highest ranking on Phillips, ranking him at 13. 

The best pitch in his arsenal is a fastball that sits at 96-98 mph and touches 100. He struck out 98 in 83 innings this year for the Volunteers in his first year as a starter. He pitched out of the bullpen as a sophomore and struck out 22 over 20 innings with an ERA of 4.95. He attended Iowa Western Community College as a freshman, where he was a two-way player but pitched sparingly due to injuries and an inconsistent ability to throw strikes. Injuries were also an issue for him in his senior year of high school in South Dakota, which led him to the JuCo route. 

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Red Sox select Kyson Witherspoon with first-round pick

With the 15th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Kyson Witherspoon, a right-handed pitcher out of Oklahoma. 

For the first time since 2017, the Red Sox selected a pitcher with their first-round pick. Considered the top college right-hander in the class entering the draft, Witherspoon profiles as a polished starting pitcher who could move quickly through the farm system. He is coming off a season in which he pitched to a 2.65 ERA with 124 strikeouts and 23 walks in 95 innings with the Sooners. The 20-year-old Witherspoon spent one season at Northwest Florida State Junior College before transferring to Oklahoma in 2024 alongside his twin brother Malachi. He was ranked as the 7th-best draft prospect by Baseball America, 10th by ESPN, and 10th by MLB Pipeline. The slot value for the 15th pick is $5,114,200. 

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Follow the Draft at SoxProspects!

The MLB Draft is just a few hours away! You can follow along with the draft this evening at SoxProspects.com, where we'll bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of the first three rounds. Similar coverage will continue on Day Two as well.

2025 Red Sox Draft Preview

Red Sox 2025 Draft Board

SoxProspects News

Podcast Ep #369: MLB Draft Preview with Geoff Pontes of Baseball America

Podcast Ep. #371: Draft & July rankings discussion with Mike Andrews

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2025 Red Sox Draft Preview

It’s that time of year again! The MLB Draft gets underway Sunday evening at 6:00 pm ET. Day One will include the first three rounds; Day Two will be Monday at 11:30 am, covering rounds 4 through 20. The Red Sox have four picks in the top 100 this year: #15 (first round), #33 (acquired in Quinn Priester trade), #75 (for losing Nick Pivetta in free agency) and #87 (third round pick). The club forfeited its second round pick (#54 overall) for signing Alex Bregman in free agency.

You can follow the Red Sox draft with us at SoxProspects.com as the picks come in, as we’ll have live coverage of Boston’s selections on SoxProspects News, the 2025 Draft page, and the @SoxProspects Twitter account. For now, here's a preview of some potential first round and local draft picks to whet your palette. 

First Round (#15 overall)

Gavin Kilen, 2B, Tennessee – drafted by the Red Sox out of high school in 2022. Contact hitter, solid defensively at second base. 

Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona – potential five-tool right fielder.

Ike Irish, OF/C, Auburn – high-end college bat spent most of 2025 in right field but has the tools to potentially develop into an average backstop.

Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest – plus defender with an average to better bat and above-average speed.

Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara – three potential plus pitches in his fastball, slider, and changeup. Slider needs work to get there. Solid control. Medium build.

Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas – middle infielder with a solid bat and impressive power. Needs to prove himself against breaking pitches. Not overly athletic. 

Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina – solid defender with a plus arm. Below-average hit tool but has some juice in his bat when he makes contact. Potential below slot option.

Gavin Fien, 3B, Great Oak (CA) – Toolsy prep player committed to Texas. Unclear what position he might play at the pro level.

Local Products

Some New England players who could get drafted this year include Northeastern OF Cam Maldonado, Salisbury (CT) C Thomas O’Connell, Avon Old Farms (CT) RHP Cole Raymond, Cheshire (CT) LHP Daniel Margolies, and Lawrence Academy (MA) RHP John Paone. 

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2024 Draft Recap: How Boston's picks ranked

Of Boston's 20 selections in the 2024 Draft, 10 were ranked in the Baseball America Top 500, 10 appeared in the Perfect Game Top 500, and six in the MLB Pipeline Top 250 list. 11 Red Sox selections appeared on at least one of the lists, including each of the team's first ten selections.

See below for a listing of the 2024 Red Sox draftees who were ranked by BA, PG, or MLB.com. The full list of this year's draft selections can be found over at the SoxProspects.com Draft History page.

Round-Pick: Player, Position (Rank)

1-12: Braden Montgomery, OF (BA: 7; MLB: 8; PG: 7)

2-50: Payton Tolle, LHP (BA: 82; MLB: 87; PG: 72)

3-86: Brandon Neely, RHP (BA: 212; MLB: 193; PG: 206)

4-115: Zach Ehrhard, OF (BA: 399; MLB: 221; PG: 133)

5-148: Brandon Clarke, LHP (BA: 289; MLB: 177)

6-177: Blake Aita, RHP (PG: 496)

7-207: Will Turner, OF (BA: 177; PG: 121)

8-237: Conrad Cason, RHP/SS (BA: 124; MLB: 102; PG: 168)

9-267: Hudson White, C (BA: 318; PG: 327)

10-297: Devin Futrell, LHP (BA: 210; PG: 280)

12-357: Brady Tygart, RHP (BA: 175; MLB: 181; PG: 116)

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2024 Draft Day 3 Recap: Rounds 16-20

The Red Sox wrapped up the third and final day of the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday by nabbing three more college pitchers, a Puerto Rican outfielder, and the son of a franchise icon. For more information on what could happen between now and the signing deadline later this month, be sure to check out this breakdown from our own Mike Andrews.

With that, here are brief summaries of who the Red Sox selected with their 16th, 17, 18th, 19th, and 20th-round picks:

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Welcome to the 2024 Draft Signing Period!

Now that the 2024 First-Year Player Draft is in the books, the signing period is upon us. With some limited exceptions, this year's signing deadline is 5:00 pm ET on July 30, 2024. As most of our readers know, each team's spending on draft pick bonuses is capped. The overall bonus cap is determined by the number and placement of each team's selections.

The bonus cap sets an aggregate limit for a team to spend on its selections in the first ten rounds and also limits teams from spending over $150,000 on players taken after the 10th round (the excess on any late-round bonuses will count against the bonus pool). Boston's cap is $10,521,600 this year. If the club exceeds its pool: (1) by 0-5%, it will be charged a 75% tax on the excess; (2) by 5-10%, it will pay the same tax and will also lose its first-round pick next season; (3) by 10-15%, it will be charged a 100% tax on the excess and lose its first- and second-round picks next season; and (4) by more than 15%, 100% tax on the excess and lose its next two first-round picks.

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2024 Draft Day 3 Recap: Rounds 11-15

After ending day two with a college pitcher, the Red Sox went back to the well to take college pitchers with each of their picks in rounds 11 through 15. Two of the picks recently underwent Tommy John surgery, while another was a top-rated prep pitcher who saw his season end early with a shoulder injury. 

Here are brief recaps of selections 11 through 15: 

11. Steven Brooks, RHP, Cal Poly (CA)

The trend of drafting tall pitchers continued on day three, with the Red Sox using their first pick of the day on the 6-foot-6 right-hander. Brooks was not ranked by any major publications, but Prospects Live noted that he has solid command of a five-pitch arsenal, with a fastball that tops out around 93. The 21-year-old started 15 games this year for the Mustangs, posting an ERA of 5.25 over 82 1/3 innings. He struck out 72 and walked 23. 

12. Brady Tygart, RHP, Arkansas

Tygart (pictured) was one of the top college pitching prospects left on the board entering the draft's final day. Baseball America ranked him 175, and MLB Pipeline slotted him at 181. The 6-foot-2 right-hander likely fell in the draft due to a shoulder injury that ended his junior season early. The reports state that it will not require surgery, but not much additional information is available. Tygart flashes an above-average breaking ball with very high spin rates. He posted an ERA of 3.94 for the Razorbacks this season, striking out 69 over 59 1/3 innings. He also walked 36 and hit 15 batters, and control of his arsenal was noted as an area of opportunity in his scouting reports. He was ranked as the top prep pitching prospect in Mississippi in 2021 and named a Perfect Game First-Team Freshman All-American selection in 2022. 

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Red Sox select Devin Futrell with 10th-round pick

With the 297th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Devin Futrell, a left-handed pitcher out of Vanderbilt University. Futrell is the 210th-ranked draft prospect in Baseball America's Top 500 but is not included in MLB Pipeline's Top 250.

Futrell, 21, hails from Pembroke Pines, Fla., and attended the same high school as Triston Casas (American Heritage) before arriving at Vanderbilt in 2021. As a junior this past spring, the lefty posted a 5.40 ERA and 1.30 WHIP with 44 strikeouts to 10 walks in 12 appearances (10 starts) spanning 48 1/3 innings for the Commodores.

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Red Sox select Hudson White with ninth-round pick

With the 268th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Hudson White, a catcher out of Arkansas.

 

The Keller, Texas native spent two seasons at Texas Tech before making the jump to Arkansas. He was a full-time player for the Red Raiders, making 102 starts, and had a power surge as a sophomore, knocking 11 home runs in 169 at-bats, which led to a .550 slugging percentage and an all-Big 12 honorable mention nod.

 

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Red Sox select Conrad Cason with eighth-round pick

With the 237th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Conrad Cason, a two-way player out of Greater Atlanta Christian High School (GA). He is ranked 102nd by MLB Pipeline, 124th by Baseball America, 168th by Perfect Game, and 141st by ESPN.

 

The Sox go with one of the more exciting players in the draft in the eighth round, a two-way prep player who was Georgia's Gatorade high school player of the year. He bats and throws right-handed and stands at 6-foot-2, weighing 190 pounds. 

 

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Red Sox select Will Turner with seventh-round pick

With the 207th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Will Turner, an outfielder out of the University of South Alabama. Turner is the 177th-ranked draft prospect in Baseball America's Top 500 but is not included in MLB Pipeline's Top 250.

Turner, 21, was projected as a potential Day 1 pick coming into the spring following a successful sophomore year at South Alabama and with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The left-handed hitting junior instead saw his draft stock fall after slashing .218/.409/.421 with 13 doubles, nine home runs, 24 RBIs, 49 runs scored, 12 stolen bases, 56 walks, and 47 strikeouts in 56 games (268 plate appearances) for the Jaguars in 2024.

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Red Sox select Blake Aita with sixth-round pick

With the 177th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Blake Aita, a right-handed pitcher from Kennesaw State University. Aita was not ranked in Baseball America's Top 500 or MLB Pipeline's Top 250, but he did slot in as the 496th-ranked prospect by Perfect Game USA. 

Standing at 6-foot-4, Aita is a draft-eligible sophomore who turned 21 last month. The MLB.com broadcast noted that Aita is likely an analytics-driven pick, as he has high spin rates on his fastball and breaking ball. He was a starter for Kennesaw State this year, where he pitched to a 3.90 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings. He was an All-Atlantic Sun First Team selection. He also played in the Cape Cod League last summer, striking out 22 over 19 innings for Yarmouth-Dennis. 

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Red Sox select Brandon Clarke with fifth-round pick

With the 148th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Brandon Clarke, a left-handed pitcher out of State College of Florida (Junior College).

 

Clarke landed with the Manatees by way of Alabama, where he spent his freshman year but did not pitch. He was the No. 2 left-hander in the Class of 2021 from Virginia according to both Prep Baseball Report and Perfect Game, but was not drafted out of high school. The organization will try to sign him away from a South Carolina commitment.

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Red Sox select Zach Ehrhard with fourth-round pick

With the 115th pick in the 2024 draft, the Red Sox selected Zach Ehrhard, an outfielder from Oklahoma State University. He is ranked #399 in the Baseball America top 500 and #221 in the MLB.com Top 250. Ehrhard was previously drafted by Boston in the 13th round of the 2021 draft out of Paul Wharton High School in Tampa Florida.

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Red Sox select Brandon Neely with third-round pick

With the 86th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Brandon Neely, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Florida. Neely is the 212th-ranked draft prospect in Baseball America's Top 500 and the 193rd-ranked prospect in MLB Pipeline's Top 250.

The 6-foot-3 junior spent all three years with the Gators, primarily working out of the bullpen. His most starts came as a freshman in 2021, when he started in 10 out of 21 appearances. He finished with a 3.76 ERA and was named to the 2022 Freshman All-SEC Team. In 2023 all 34 of his appearances came out of the bullpen. He struck out 72 over 55 1/3 innings while recording 13 saves and notching a 3.58 ERA. He was a 2023 First Team All-SEC selection and entered 2024 as a Preseason All-American First Team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. 

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Red Sox select Payton Tolle with 50th overall pick

With the 50th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Payton Tolle, a left-handed pitcher out of Texas Christian University. Tolle is the 82nd-ranked draft prospect in Baseball America's Top 500 and the 87th-ranked prospect in MLB Pipeline's Top 250.

Tolle, 21, spent the first two years of his collegiate career at Wichita State University -- where he was a standout two-way player -- before transferring to TCU for his junior season. The Oklahoma native was used on both sides of the ball by the Horned Frogs this past season, but he found more success on the mound than at the plate.

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Red Sox select Braden Montgomery with 12th overall pick

With the 12th overall pick in the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Braden Montgomery, an outfielder out of Texas A&M University. Montgomery is the seventh-ranked draft prospect in the Baseball America Top 500 and eighth by MLB.com. 

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2024 Red Sox Draft Preview

It’s that time of year again! The MLB Draft gets underway Sunday evening at 7:00 pm ET. Day One will include the first two rounds; Day Two will be Monday at 2:00 pm, covering rounds 3 through 10; and Day Three will be Tuesday at 2:00 pm, covering rounds 11 through 20.

This year, the Red Sox have three picks in the top 100: #12 (first round), #50 (second round), and #86 (third round). 

You can follow the Red Sox draft with us at SoxProspects.com as the picks come in, as we’ll have live coverage of Boston’s selections on SoxProspects News, the 2024 Draft page, and the @SoxProspects Twitter account. For now, here's a preview of some potential first round and local draft picks to whet your palette. Scouting reports are compiled from our review of video, college baseball games, and ongoing review of scouting reports from sites such as Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and Perfect Game.

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Cup of Coffee: Teel shines in FCL; Rafaela delivers again

8/6 Cup of Coffee: There were several big performances Saturday down on the farm, but it was top draftee Kyle Teel who stole the show. In just the second game of his pro career, Teel homered as part of a three-hit day, powering the FCL Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela (pictured) went deep again with a game-tying homer in a contest that Worcester would go on to win in extra innings. Jedixson Paez was masterful for Salem, but the Sox needed extra-inning heroics to come away victorious after a ninth-inning collapse. Greenville couldn't capitalize on a big effort by Tyler Miller, while Portland continued to falter in Bowie. The DSL affiliates combined to go 3-0 on the day, with the Blue squad sweeping a de facto doubleheader. 

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Worcester Red Sox 6, Syracuse Mets (NYM) 3

The WooSox faced off against old friend Denyi Reyes, who had the game well in control before giving way to the bullpen. Down 2-1 headed into the ninth, Ceddanne Rafaela cracked a game-tying solo home run, the fifth straight day he has gone deep. A two-run shot by David Hamilton in the 10th inning provided a pair of important insurance runs. Caleb Hamilton also went deep with a sixth-inning blast that was the only blemish on Reyes' line. 

Tanner Houck returned to the mound for the first time since taking a line drive to the face in mid-June. Houck understandably showed some rust, allowing two runs on three hits in 1 2/3, striking out three and issuing three walks. Brandon Walter scattered two hits in 3 1/3 scoreless out of the Worcester bullpen. AJ Politi got credit for the win, firing a hitless ninth that included two walks and two strikeouts. 

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Podcast Ep. #288: 2023 Draft Recap with Jim Callis

Our good friend Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline stopped by for his annual visit to discuss this season's draft crop!

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Minor Notes: Draft, transaction frenzies

In one of the busiest periods on the baseball calendar, the MLB Draft took place July 9-11 and the Red Sox made 22 selections over the three-day affair. The Futures Game also took place surrounding MLB All-Star festivities, while the full-season minor league affiliates are on an extended break. That hasn't prevented many different transactions from occurring, however.

MLB Draft

The MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday, as up to 22 new minor leaguers will join the Boston organization, should they sign contracts. It was Devin Pearson's first draft as amateur scouting director and he was able to secure a consensus top-10 prospect in Kyle Teel, a catcher from Virginia, with the No. 14 overall pick, along with Rhode Island native Zach Fogell out of UConn in the 18th round. Overall, the Red Sox selected just five high schoolers, along with a junior college player and 16 from four-year colleges. Overall, the Red Sox selected 12 pitchers and 10 position players.

The Red Sox have until 5 p.m. on July 25 to sign each of the 22 draftees and have a bonus pool of $10,295,100 with which to sign them but can go up to $10,809,855 without losing any draft selections. However, the organization will need to pay a 75 percent tax on the overages.

 

Check out the news page for our rapid reaction podcast on the first night of picks, a write-up on each of the selections in the first 10 rounds, and plenty of other content.

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2023 Draft Recap: How Boston's picks ranked

Of Boston's 22 selections in the 2023 Draft, seven were ranked in the Baseball America Top 500, seven also appeared in the Perfect Game Top 500, and four in the MLB Pipeline Top 250 list. Nine Red Sox selections appeared on at least one of the lists.

See below for a listing of the 2023 Red Sox draftees who were ranked by BA, PG, or MLB.com. The full list of this year's draft selections can be found over at the SoxProspects.com Draft History page.

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Draft Day 3 Recap: Rounds 11-20

The 2023 MLB draft has come to an end with the final 10 rounds. The Red Sox were able to sign eight of their final 10 selections of last year's draft. 

Here are brief recaps of selections 11 through 20: 

11. Nelly Taylor, OF, Polk State College (FL)

Taylor (pictured) is a left-hand hitting, left-hand throwing outfielder out of a junior college in Florida. He is listed at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds. This past season, he hit .353/.467/.620 with six home runs, six triples, and 19 doubles to go along with 31 stolen bases. He walked 36 times and struck out 42 times. According to our own Ian Cundall, he has plus-plus speed and is a good defender. Perfect Game has Taylor ranked #367, while he is not ranked by Baseball America. He becomes the second outfielder taken by Boston in this draft and he is committed to Florida State. 

12. Max Carlson, RHP, North Carolina Carlson is a 6-foot-1 right-handed arm coming off his junior campaign at UNC. He tossed 76 innings this past season and posted a 5.45 ERA with 76 strikeouts and 32 walks. He started 14 games and appeared three other times in relief. He struck out 88 in 77 2/3 innings as a junior in 18 games, all starts. He is ranked #385 by Baseball America and according to them, he has strong pitchability. He was mainly a two-pitch pitcher with a fastball and a very good changeup. He mixed in a slider, but did not use the offering much. The fastball sits in the low-90s and his changeup is in the low-80s and generates a lot of swings and misses (40% miss rate). He was a big prospect in high school, as Perfect Game ranked him as the top player in the state of Minnesota, as well as the 12th best RHP in the country. 

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Welcome to the 2023 Signing Period

Now that the 2023 First-Year Player Draft is in the books, the signing period is upon us. With some limited exceptions, this year's signing deadline is 5:00 pm ET on July 25, 2023. As most of our readers know, each team's spending on draft pick bonuses is capped. The overall bonus cap is determined by the number and placement of each team's selections.

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Red Sox select Ryan Ammons with 10th-round pick

With the 298th overall pick in the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Ryan Ammons, a left-handed pitcher out of Clemson University.

Ammons opened the 2023 season as Clemson's Friday night starter and made two starts for the Tigers before missing nearly two months with a left forearm strain. Upon returning to action in late April, the 22-year-old southpaw was used strictly out of the bullpen, pitching to a 5.40 ERA with seven strikeouts to five walks across 10 innings of relief. 

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Red Sox select Blake Wehunt with ninth-round pick

With the 268th overall pick in the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Blake Wehunt, a right-handed pitcher out of Kennesaw State (GA) University. 

Wehunt is a sinkerball specialist who generates lots of ground-ball outs and features good control. As a Senior for Kennesaw State, he struck out 80 batters while walking only 23 in 76 1/3 innings, posting a 4.83 ERA on the year. He transferred from Southern Mississippi, where he allowed 19 runs in 11 innings in 14 appearances over three seasons. 

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Red Sox select Trennor O'Donnell with eighth-round pick

With the 238th overall pick in the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Boston has selected Trennor O'Donnell, a right-handed pitcher from Ball State University. O'Donnell is a senior sign who was unranked in the draft by all major publications.

After a decent sophomore year where he pitched to a 3.74 ERA and struck out 34 in 33 2/3 innings, O'Donnell took a step back as a junior as his ERA ballooned to 5.48 over 65 2/3 innings. He did not let that rattle him, as his senior season was impressive and led to him seeing his name get called in the draft. His ERA went down to 2.93 over 92 innings while walking 32 and striking out 97. His last start came against a strong Kentucky team that advanced to the Super Regionals, and he held them to two runs over 7 1/3 innings. 

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