The first Alabama player selected in the 2025 MLB Draft was starting pitcher Riley Quick. The right-hander only had one full season as a collegiate starter, making it count with an 8-3 record and 3.92 ERA. He was chosen by the Minnesota Twins with the 36th overall pick.

Not far removed from a surgery that has ended the careers of numerous pitchers, Alabama baseball's Riley Quick has been selected in the MLB Draft.

A redshirt sophomore, Quick is coming off a breakout 2025 season at Alabama in which he was the Crimson Tide's top starter, owning an 8-3 record with a 3.92 ERA and a 70:24 K:BB ratio across 62 innings pitched. Opponents also owned a combined .263 AVG against Quick.