{Most professional} sports activities groups don’t need folks with the “interim,” tag as their common supervisor or head coach/supervisor heading into the draft, however that’s the scenario the Washington Nationals have been on this yr. Only one week after firing their GM and supervisor and changing them quickly (for now a minimum of) with Mike DeBartolo and Miguel Cairo respectively, Washington made a considerably stunning choice with the 2025 MLB Newbie Draft’s top-overall decide. The Nats went with 17-year-old shortstop prospect Eli Willits from Fort. Cobb, Oklahoma – a participant who hit .473 with eight house runs and 34 RBI en path to an Oklahoma state title in his closing highschool season.
Whereas Willits by no means made it to the highest spot in mock drafts, DeBartolo mentioned Willits was at all times their plan.
“It’s uncommon to get somebody that we predict is each the very best hitter and fielder within the draft,” he instructed MLB Community. “There was settlement throughout the board, Eli was our No. 1 man.”
Which brings us to in the present day’s quiz. Willits turned the youngest participant ever chosen with the first-overall decide in MLB’s Newbie Draft. With that being mentioned, how lots of the gamers taken No. 1 are you able to identify in six minutes?
Good luck!
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