Skenes or Kurtz? Wetherholt or Griffin? Redrafting the 2023-25 MLB drafts in one 60-pick mega-draft
Key takeaways
- We combined the loaded 2023, 2024 and 2025 drafts into one loaded class and let MLB experts Kiley McDaniel, Jeff Passan and David Schoenfield play GM for all 30 teams -- making two full rounds of picks.
- Does Paul Skenes or real-life teammate Konnor Griffin come off the board at No. 1?
- Paul Skenes, RHP, Pirates (2023, No. 1 pick)
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
JJ Wetherholt, Paul Skenes and Nick Kurtz all land on new teams in our MLB redraft. ESPNKiley Mc Daniel Close Kiley Mc Daniel ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley Mc Daniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of 'Future Value' Follow on X, Jeff Passan, David Schoenfield Close David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995Multiple AuthorsJul 3, 2026, 07:00 AM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWith the 2026 MLB draft just around the corner, it's a perfect time for a redraft -- but why stop at picking prospects from one past class?
We combined the loaded 2023, 2024 and 2025 drafts into one loaded class and let MLB experts Kiley McDaniel, Jeff Passan and David Schoenfield play GM for all 30 teams -- making two full rounds of picks. (Draft order was decided by cumulative record from 2022 through 2024).
Does Paul Skenes or real-life teammate Konnor Griffin come off the board at No. 1? Who drafts star sluggers Nick Kurtz and Kevin McGonigle? And which teams land the late-pick steals of our mega-draft?