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Eli Willits selected No. 1 in 2025 MLB Draft: Why Nationals went with high school shortstop with first pick
Willits is considered to be the other prep shortstop with big-league bloodlines near the top of the class, but I ranked him aggressively in the spring and I see no reason to not do the same here.

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2025 MLB Draft: Results, draft order, picks and more as Washington Nationals select Eli Willits with No. 1 pick
Nationals pick Eli Willits with the No. 1 selection of the 2025 MLB Draft
Nationals Take High School Shortstop Eli Willits, Son of Ex-MLBer Reggie, With No. 1 Pick in Draft
The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft in a selection seen by some as a surprise.

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Eli Willits: 2025 MLB Draft hopeful, OU baseball commit, son of Reggie Willits
Nationals take 17-year-old SS Eli Willits in surprise No. 1 pick
Washington Nationals take Eli Willits with No. 1 pick in MLB draft, the first of a record 17 first-round shortstops
Nationals interim general manager Mike DeBartolo said Willits was the team’s No. 1 choice because he was viewed as “the best hitter in the draft and best fielder in the draft” while also boasting a r...

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Eli Willits selected No. 1 in 2024 MLB Draft: Why Nationals went with high school shortstop with first pick
Eli Willits picked by Washington Nationals with first overall pick in 2025 MLB Draft
2025 MLB Draft takeaways: Surprise No. 1, Corona is king, Skenes support coming?
The first day of the 2025 MLB Draft featured some major early surprises – and three players from one prep school.
2025 MLB Draft: Five storylines to know, including candidates to go No. 1, strength of the class
The Washington Nationals, fresh off firing top executive Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez, will make the No. 1 selection for the third time in franchise history. (Their track record from that spot is pristine: they chose eventual ace Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and superstar outfielder Bryce Harper in 2010.
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