Just how good are executives across Major League Baseball at predicting the future? That’s what we aim to find out in our annual MLB Pipeline Poll. Two years ago, they were on the money, choosing Corbin Carroll and Gunnar Henderson to win Rookie of the Year honors in 2023.
Last year wasn’t quite as successful as a majority of those polled picked Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the National League and Evan Carter won the vote in the American League. To their credit, Paul Skenes, the actual 2024 winner, and third-place finisher Jackson Chourio did get votes. Over in the American League, Wyatt Langford received votes in the poll and the
eventual voting, even if he finished a distant seventh to winner Luis Gil.
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Who is going to win the rookie hardware in 2025? There is no clear-cut favorite in the American League, but there appears to be one in the NL, though the expected signing of Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki should vault him to the top of the frontrunners list in whichever league he lands.
Part 1: Rookies of the Year
Part 2: Prospects
Part 3: Tools
Part 4: Farm Systems
We asked front office officials, from general managers to members of scouting, player development and analytics departments, a vast array of questions in this year’s survey. We received responses from all 30 organizations in the hopes of providing as large a cross-section of opinion as possible. Answers on many topics will be discussed in a week-long series, starting with their collective take on who will be the 2025 Rookie of the Year winners.
