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ATLANTA — With the first day of the MLB Draft behind us, let’s assess what stood out. From teams to players to positions to the venue, here are my biggest winners and losers after the first three rounds on Sunday. Winners 1. The Orioles The Orioles were the clear winners of Day 1 by virtue of having six picks among …

With training camps opening, more draft picks than usual remain unsigned. The official number stands at 32. Thirty of them come from round two, thanks to the fact that the first two players taken in the round received fully-guaranteed deals. The third through 32nd players remain unsigned. There’s a way for them to band together and pressure the teams, if …

Ethan Holliday, a high school slugger with a remarkable baseball pedigree, is headed to the Rockies. The club selected the left-handed hitter with the fourth overall pick of the Major League Baseball draft on Sunday. He’s the son of former Rockies slugger Matt Holliday, who was the cornerstone of Colorado’s only World Series team in 2007. Ethan was born on …

ATLANTA (AP) — The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft in a selection seen by some as a surprise. The 17-year-old Willits is the youngest player taken No. 1 overall since Ken Griffey Jr. with Seattle in 1987. He’s the son of ex-big …

ATLANTA — The name was a surprise, but the pick should not have been. The bromide about teams picking the best available player rather than drafting for need does not apply to the Angels, at least not in the Perry Minasian era. The Angels’ front office must try to win now, with an ownership that does not believe in rebuilding, and without …

Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Pearson and the Sox put to rest any notions of their reluctance to select pitchers on Sunday night. The team used its first-round pick to nab 20-year-old Oklahoma righthander Kyson Witherspoon, viewed by some as the top college righthander in this year’s class. …

Gage Wood, a right-handed pitcher out of the University of Arkansas, is the Phillies’ selection at 26th overall in the 2025 MLB Draft. The 21-year-old only has a combined 13 starts in college over the past two years, going 4-1 with a 3.82 ERA across 37.2 innings pitched this past season.  But he brings some good velocity with a mid-high-90s …

Tyler Bremner drafted No. 2 by Angels in 2025 MLB Draft \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Bremner possesses an impressive fastball — a strong heater with ride that touches 98 mph — but the righty’s changeup is his best pitch. MLB Pipeline gave the offspeed offering a 65 grade on the 20-to-80 scale, with some scouts grading it as high as 70, thanks to its …

The Pittsburgh Pirates continued to stockpile starting pitching in the MLB Draft, selecting right-hander Angel Cervantes in the second round, but added a pair of college hitters to finish out the first day. A 6-foot-3, 195-pounder from Downey (Calif.) Warren High School, Cervantes is a UCLA commit who has a four-pitch repertoire with plus command and what has been described …

Day 2 is going to be even busier. Rounds 4-20 arrive Monday in Atlanta as part of All-Star Week festivities, thus wrapping up this year’s edition of the First-Year Player Draft. In total, 26 of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Draft prospects remain on the board and could hear their names called as teams balance upside and value through the rest …