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This year’s amateur draft is officially underway, and we’ll be updating this post throughout the night with every first-round selection.  More details and scouting reports on all these young players are available in pre-draft rankings from Baseball America, Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, The Athletic’s Keith Law, and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel.  As well, Pipeline has the breakdown of the slot values assigned …

Mariners Scouting Director Scott Hunter wasn’t wrong when he called the 2025 MLB Draft “unpredictable.” With the Nationals shaking things up by taking prep shortstop Eli Willits first overall, the Mariners found themselves with a bevy of options. The Angels’ decision to go underslot with their first pick in order to rebuild their farm system opened the entire top of …

The 2025 MLB Draft has arrived, and the next crop of young stars are finding out where they’ll begin their pro baseball careers. The first three rounds will take place on Sunday, with Rounds 4-20 continuing Monday. The Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals own the first five picks, respectively. In addition to …

Major League Baseball’s 2025 Draft has arrived. The 20-round draft process is underway, and Rounds 1-3 are in store for Sunday night as the Atlanta Braves host All-Star Game festivities this year. The Washington Nationals made a fairly surprising pick at the top of the draft, choosing high school shortstop Eli Willits at No. 1 overall. LSU left-hander Kade Anderson, …

With the first overall pick of the 2025 MLB Draft, the Washington Nationals selected shortstop Eli Willits. Willits is the rare player to be selected first overall by an interim general manager. The Nationals fired GM Mike Rizzo, as well as manager Dave Martinez, last Sunday and had Mike DeBartolo, previously Rizzo’s assistant general manager, take over as interim GM. …

The Nationals selected Eli Willits, a shortstop out of Fort Cobb-Broxton (Okla.) high school, with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday. At 17 years and 7 months old, Willits, the No. 5 Draft prospect per MLB Pipeline, is the youngest true prospect in the 2025 class after reclassifying from the class of ‘26. A …

Jimmy Rollins left his American Century Championship round Saturday with a boat after his first-ever hole-in-one. Rollins, the former longtime Phillies shortstop, sank a shot on the 12th hole Saturday at Edgewood Tahoe Resort, and he celebrated by jumping into NFL wide receiver Davante Adams’ arms with a Mastercraft boat — Rollins’ was valued at approximately $325,000, according to the …

In the end, the decisions were not particularly difficult. Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes will start the All-Star Game for the National League. Detroit Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal will start for the American League. The choices were revealed Saturday on Fox, which will broadcast the game in Atlanta on Tuesday night. Skenes, 23, will be the youngest pitcher to start …

CNN  —  Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski has only played five MLB games. But in that short time, the Milwaukee Brewers starlet has produced such impressive performances that he was named a National League All-Star on Friday, an honor he achieved after the fewest MLB games ever. The 23-year-old was named as a replacement for the Chicago Cubs’ Matthew Boyd, who …

On Saturday, the 26th annual MLB Futures Game took place at Truist Park, an event that is ideally supposed to promote some of the future stars of the sport that will soon become household names at the MLB level. But unfortunately, both the timing and the overall lack of marketing around the event has subjected to league to a significant …