After the Dodgers took a pair of pitchers on Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft -- including top pick Zach Root at No. 40 \-\- they continued to stock up on arms on the second and final day of the event on Monday.

The Dodgers had 21 picks in the 2025 MLB Draft, which began on Sunday, July 13 in Atlanta and ran through Monday, July 14. With their first selection, the Dodgers drafted Arkansas pitcher Zach Root with the 40th overall pick, the first time the Dodgers took a pitcher with their first draft pick since Maddux Bruns in 2021.

The Dodgers select left-handed pitcher Zach Root and contact-hitting outfielder Charles Davalan with the No. 40 and No. 41 overall picks in the 2025 MLB draft.

Root was selected by the Dodgers at pick No. 40, becoming the area's highest pick since Shane McClanahan was selected 30th overall in 2018.

The Dodgers picked 21 players in 20 rounds over two days on Sunday and Monday in Atlanta to complete their 2025 MLB Draft. The group included 10 right-handed pitchers, four left-handed pitchers, four outfielders,

After leaning heavily into high school talents in the last two drafts, LA went not just with a pair of college players, but teammates.

Root relies less on his fastball and more on a pitch assortment featuring a changeup, curveball and slider that produced 126 strikeouts in 99⅓ innings last season (fifth in NCAA Division I).

Arkansas baseball pitcher Zach Root was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 40th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft Sunday night. His teammate, Charles Davalan, went to the Dodgers with the 41st overall pick as Los Angeles tapped into the Arkansas pipeline with back-to-back selections.