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The Washington Nationals have selected Oklahoma prep shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball's amateur draft. Willits, whose father Reggie played in the majors and now coaches at Oklahoma,

The 2025 MLB Draft is officially underway. The first three rounds of the draft took place on Sunday night, where the Washington Nationals kicked things off at No. 1 with the selection of Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits. The surprises continued from there in a draft headlined by uncertainty about how the picks would fall.