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2025 MLB Draft: Live updates, draft order, picks and more as Washington Nationals select Eli Willits with No. 1 pick

2025 MLB Draft: Live updates, draft order, picks and more as Washington Nationals select Eli Willits with No. 1 pick

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 …

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2025 MLB Draft grades: Pick-by-pick analysis for Kade Anderson, Ethan Holliday and every first-round pick

2025 MLB Draft grades: Pick-by-pick analysis for Kade Anderson, Ethan Holliday and every first-round pick

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, …

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MLB Draft 2025: Nationals select SS Eli Willits first overall, 1 week after firing GM Mike Rizzo

MLB Draft 2025: Nationals select SS Eli Willits first overall, 1 week after firing GM Mike Rizzo

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. …

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Eli Willits drafted No. 1 by Nationals in 2025 MLB Draft

Eli Willits drafted No. 1 by Nationals in 2025 MLB Draft

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 …

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Former MLB star Jimmy Rollins wins $325,000 boat with hole-in-one

Former MLB star Jimmy Rollins wins 5,000 boat with hole-in-one

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 …

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Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal named as MLB All-Star Game starting pitchers

Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal named as MLB All-Star Game starting pitchers

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 …

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Media members blast MLB for timing of 2025 Futures Game

Media members blast MLB for timing of 2025 Futures Game

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 …

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MLB Pipeline’s final 2025 mock draft

MLB Pipeline’s final 2025 mock draft

The Nationals will exercise the first pick in the 2025 Draft in Atlanta tonight shortly after 6 p.m. ET, and they’ll probably use almost all of that time before making a decision. It likely will come down to one of three players: Louisiana State left-hander Kade Anderson or Oklahoma high school shortstops Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits. Sources from multiple …

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