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Red Sox select Mason White with fourth-round pick

Red Sox select Mason White with fourth-round pick

With the 118th overall pick in the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Mason White, a shortstop from Arizona.   A local product out of Salpointe Catholic HS in Tucson, White had a big draft year, as he was given an All-American nod by Perfect Game (second team) and D1Baseball.com (third team). He was also the most valuable player of both …

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MLB Draft: Phillies select Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood at No. 26

MLB Draft: Phillies select Arkansas right-hander Gage Wood at No. 26

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 …

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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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Nationals Select Eli Willits With First Pick Of 2025 Amateur Draft

Nationals Select Eli Willits With First Pick Of 2025 Amateur Draft

The Nationals have taken high school shortstop Eli Willits as the first overall selection of the 2025 draft.  The 17-year-old Willits (a product of Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Oklahoma) is the youngest first overall pick in draft history.  Washington had the first pick for the third time in franchise history, and Willits will have a tough act to follow …

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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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