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More Than 40 Little League® Alumni Chosen Among Top 100 Selections in 2025 MLB Draft

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The 2025 MLB Draft was a dream come true for many of the game’s top prospects – a day they have been dreaming of since first lacing up their cleats and taking the field. For many of these prospects, the journey began on a local Little League® field.

Highlighted below are the former Little Leaguers that were selected within the first 100 picks, including those who also once took the field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, at the Little League Baseball® World Series*.

Pick  MLB Team  Player  Little League 
2 LAA Tyler Bremner Scripps Ranch American LL (San Diego, Calif.) and Scripps Ranch American LL (San Diego, Calif.)
4 COL Ethan Holliday Cimarron Valley LL (Stillwater, Okla.)
5 STL Liam Doyle Derry (N.H.) American LL
6 PIT Seth Hernandez Ontario (Calif.) Eastern LL, 2024, ’25 Gatorade California State Winner
16 MIN Marek Houston London Area Youth LL (London, United Kingdom)
17 CHI Ethan Conrad Saugerties (N.Y) LL
17 CHI PJ Morlando Clearwater (Fla.) LL
18 ARZ Kayson Cunningham McAllister Park LL (San Antonio, Texas)
19 BAL Ike Irish Hudsonville (Mich.) LL
20 MIL Andrew Fischer Manchester-Lakehurst LL (Manchester Township, N.J.)
21 HOU Xavier Neyens South Skagit LL (Mount Vernon, Wash.), 2024 Gatorade Baseball Washington State Winner
23 KC Sean Gamble Raccoon Valley LL (Des Moines, Iowa)
25 SD Kruz Schoolcraft Woodbridge (Va.) LL and Cedar Mill LL (Portland, Ore.), 2024 Gatorade Baseball Oregon State Winner
29 ARZ Patrick Forbes* Bowling Green (Ky.) Eastern LL, 2016 LLBWS
31 BAL Wehiwa Aloy Central East Maui LL (Wailuku, Hawaii), 2016 West Region Tournament, 2019 SLBWS Champion
32 MIL Brady Ebel Vineyard LL (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Won the first-ever T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby
33 BOS Marcus Phillips* Sioux Falls (S.D.) LL, 2017 LLBWS 
34 DET Michael Oliveto Hauppauge (N.Y.) LL and St. James-Smithtown LL (Smithtown, N.Y.)
37 BAL Slater de Brun South Bend (Ore.) LL
38 NYM Mitch Voit Lake Park LL (Milwaukee, Wis.)
40 LAD Zach Root Fort Myers (Fla.) American LL and South Fort Myers (Fla.) LL
44 CHW Jaden Fauske  Clarendon Hills (Ill.), 2025 Gatorade Baseball Illinois Player of the Year
46 MIA Brandon Compton Buckeye (Ariz.) LL
47 LAA Chase Shores Northern LL (Midland, Texas)
57  MIA Nick Becker Haverstraw (N.Y) LL
60  ATL Alex Lodise Cranbury-Plainsboro LL (Plainsboro, NJ)
64  CLE Dean Curley La Verne (Calif.) LL
66  CLE Aaron Walton Nolensville (Tenn.) LL
67  TB Dean Moss Hillsborough (Calif.) LL
68  MIL Frank Cairone Franklin Township LL (Franklinville, N.J.)
69  BAL JT Quinn Keystone LL (Tampa, Fla.)
72  STL Tanner Franklin South Jefferson County LL (Dandridge, Tenn.)
73  PIT Murf Gray Madera (Calif.) American LL
75  BOS Henry Godbout Downtown Manhattan LL (New York, N.Y.) and Greenwich Village LL (New York, N.Y.)
79  LAA Johnny Slawinski Johnson City (Texas) LL
85  SF Trevor Cohen Brigantine (N.J.) Baseball and Softball Association LL
86  TB Taitn Gray Urbandale (Iowa) LL
87 BOS Anthony Eyanson Lakewood (Calif.) LL
88 MIN James Ellwanger Magnolia (Texas) LL
90 CHC Dominick Reid The Colony (Texas) LL
91 SEA Griffin Hugus Wellington (Fla.) Recreational LL
92 ARZ Brian Curley Huguenot American LL (Midlothian, Va.)
97 KC Cameron Millar Martinez (Calif.) LL
98 DET Ben Jacobs Huntington Valley LL (Huntington Beach, Calif.)

Patrick Forbes (Pick 29, Arizona) – 2016 LLBWS 

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Wehiwa Aloy (Pick 31, Baltimore) – 2016 West Region Tournament; 2019 SLBWS Champion


 

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Marcus Phillips (Pick 33, Boston) – 2017 LLBWS


 

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To learn more about other former Little Leaguers who went on to play in the MLB, including a list of active alumni, visit LittleLeague.org/Alumni.  

NOTE: If you know of a Little League graduate that would fit into any of these categories and is not listed, please complete the Little League Alumni Submission form. 

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