The 2025 Major League Baseball Draft will kick off on July 13th.
The Los Angeles Dodgers unsurprisingly don’t have an exceptionally early pick. Los Angeles will make its first selection at No. 40. Who could the Dodgers end up taking? That’s a tough question because of the fact that there are so many prospects and the MLB Draft is typically unpredictable.
While this is the case, Baseball America’s Carlos Collazo shared a mock draft and had the Dodgers taking right-handed pitcher Patrick Forbes out of Louisville.
“No. 40. Dodgers — Patrick Forbes, RHP, Louisville,” Collazo said. “Range: 36-40. Forbes’ last three outings have seemingly taken him out of first-round consideration, but the Dodgers might be a team that’s happy to scoop up his arm talent and help him find the zone more consistently. When he’s over the plate, his fastball/slider combination is as electric as any pitcher in this class.”
Forbes currently is ranked as the No. 36 overall prospect in the 2025 draft class by MLB.com.
“Kentucky’s top 2022 prep prospect as a power-hitting third baseman, Forbes went undrafted because of his strong commitment to Louisville,” MLB.com said. “The Cardinals used him more as a DH/outfielder as a freshman before shifting gears in 2024, when an errant pitch broke his left hand in his lone plate appearance, sidelining him for a month. After working just 38 1/3 innings on the mound in his first two college seasons, he took off as a full-time pitcher in 2025 and was headed toward the upper half of the first round until coming down with a flexor strain in April.
“Forbes has explosive carry on his high-spin fastball, which averaged 94 mph last spring, ticked up with Team USA and in the Cape Cod League and now sits at 94-96 with a peak of 100. He also has added more power to his slider, which now runs from 81-85 mph and can be a plus pitch at its best, and he’ll occasionally turn it into an upper-80s cutter.”
If the Dodgers could land a guy like this, it would be another great idea.
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