The 2025 MLB Draft is upon us, with a lot of baseball’s young talent looking forward to getting their name called. As the Razorbacks continue to work on bringing in talent from the transfer portal, the draft will start taking some of the Hogs’ top talent away.
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Hogs likely going in the first round
SS Wehiwa Aloy is the highest on the board for Arkansas at No. 17, according to MLB Pipeline. He took home the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year award after a stellar season, along with becoming the third Razorback in history to win the Golden Spikes Award.
Aloy smashed a team-high 21 home runs with a batting average of .350 and 68 RBIs across 65 games while putting together an on-base percentage of .434. His defense on the field is just as impressive, with only five errors committed with a fielding percentage of. 978.
RHP Gage Wood had a rocky stretch when he came back from a shoulder injury in the middle of April, but finished the year strong with a 4-1 record in 10 starts while putting together an ERA of 3.82 through 37.2 innings with 69 strikeouts and an opposing batting average of .194.
The Batesville, Ark. native’s biggest moment was his historical no-hitter against the Murray State Racers in an elimination game in the College World Series. He carved up a program-record 19 batters on 119 pitches (83 strikes) and was a hit batter away from a perfect game in the 3-0 win. Wood is listed at No. 23 in MLB Pipeline’s mock draft.
Hogs likely going in the second or third round
LHP Zach Root started the season as the Saturday starter but moved his was up to being the Friday starter for the Hogs. After spending his first two years with East Carolina, he started 19 games in 2025 while logging a record of 9-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 99.1 innings of work and striking out a team-most 126 batters. Root is possibly going to be an early second-round pick and is ranked the No. 42 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
OF Charles Davalan is a draft-eligible sophomore because he is 21 years old. He was a very reliable bat for the Razorbacks with a .346 average, 14 bombs and 60 RBIs while amassing an on-base percentage of .433 in 65 games. Davalan’s ability to get on base has him being potentially taken late in the second round or early third round. He is ranked No. 54 by MLB Pipeline.
Hogs likely going in the fourth round or later
INF Brent Iredale was one of the biggest incoming transfers for Arkansas after smashing 42 career home runs in two years at New Mexico JC. The Australian transitioned very well to the SEC with an average of .286 with 14 homers and a .450 on-base percentage while getting hit by a pitch 21 times. He is highly reliable finding his way on base and is a decent defender at the hot corner, while being ranked No. 177 by MLB Pipeline.
LHP Landon Beidelschies had some ups and downs this season, but still put up a perfect 4-0 record as the Sunday starter for the Razorbacks after Wood went down early in the season. The transfer from Ohio State logged an ERA of 4.82 through 61.2 innings in 16 appearances (13 starts) with 70 strikeouts. He is listed at No. 208 by MLB Pipeline.
RHP Christian Foutch had an incredible sophomore season in 2024 with an ERA of 0.81 across 22.1 innings in 20 relief appearances for the Hogs, but had a hard time replicating it in 2025. He posted a 4.09 ERA in 21 appearances across 22 innings while hitting eight batters, but led the team with four saves. Foutch is still a versatile reliever who can be used as a closer or a setup man. He is ranked No. 231 by MLB Pipeline.
LHP Parker Coil, RHP Aiden Jimenez and OF Justin Thomas Jr. could possibly forgo the draft after putting up decent numbers on the stat sheet. Coil displayed immense improvement in his junior year with a 1.27 ERA in 14 appearances through 21.1 innings with 24 strikeouts and a spotless 3-0 record.
Jimenez was the ace reliever for Arkansas with an ERA of 3.42 across 42.1 innings in 22 games (two starts) while picking up 40 strikeouts and a save. Despite being the nine-hole hitter, Thomas was a highly productive bat with a .303 average in 62 games (54 starts) while crushing nine home runs, 38 RBIs and an impressive .438 on-base percentage.
RHP Will McEntire, OF Logan Maxwell and RHP Dylan Carter will all most likely get their names called due to their veteran experience at the collegiate level. McEntire’s sixth and final year for the Razorbacks led him to an ERA of 2.84 on the year in 25.1 innings across 17 relief appearances with 29 strikeouts, two saves and an opposing batting average of .174.
He finishes his career with the seventh-most strikeouts in program history at 233. Maxwell led the team with a .356 and had a power surge during his senior year with 13 home runs and 38 RBIs. Carter’s six years of college baseball propelled him to an outstanding final season of eligibility with a 2.18 ERA in 33 innings through 22 games while posting a perfect 6-0 record and 36 strikeouts.
The MLB Draft begins on Sunday with the first three rounds and the last 17 rounds running through Monday in Atlanta, GA. It will be broadcast on ESPN and the MLB Network at 5 p.m. from the Coca-Cola Roxy.