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.

Pittsburgh has not yet made its first selection in the 2025 MLB Draft. In Sunday's first round, the team is slated to pick sixth overall. The Pirates have $14,088,400 in bonus pool spending, according to MLB . That money can be used to sign players drafted by the Pirates in the first 10 rounds.

Major League Baseball Draft will take place over the next two days, with Rounds 1-3 on Sunday night and Rounds 4-20 on Monday. The Nationals hold the first pick after winning the lottery despite entering with just 10.

That's where the White Sox, fresh off setting the modern-era loss record (41-121), come in. Because Chicago pays into revenue sharing and had a Lottery pick in 2024, taking pitcher Hagen Smith at No. 5, it was ineligible to receive one in 2025.

Washington opts for a high school shortstop with the first overall selection. Visit MLB Trade Rumors for more.

MLB Draft gets started Sunday night as Atlanta hosts baseball's annual All-Star festivities. Four years ago, MLB pushed the draft back from the first week of June to the All-Star break in an effort to better market the event,

MLB's stars of tomorrow are becoming the stars of today in very short order these days. To wit, two dozen players who were selected in the previous two Draft classes have already made their Major League debut,

The draft is one of the most anticipated Major League Baseball season events. The selection of young prospects who hope to make history in professional baseball is the subject of n

ATLANTA — A slew of left-handed pitchers, a handful of organizations ready to chart a new course and shortstops, shortstops and more shortstops: All are ready to fly off the board when Major League Baseball's 2025 draft tips off tonight at 6 p.m. ET.

Scott Hunter thought that landing the No. 3 overall pick in the MLB Draft lottery last offseason would give the Mariners more clarity than ever heading into this year’s event. But for Seattle’s vice president of amateur scouting,