The Washington Nationals may have the No. 1 total decide within the 2025 Main League Baseball draft after profitable the draft lottery on Tuesday evening.
The Nationals entered the day with a ten.8% likelihood of profitable the highest decide, the fourth finest odds of any group within the lottery.
Will probably be the third time they’ve chosen No. 1 total, they usually hit large residence runs with their first two high picks with Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and Bryce Harper in 2010.
Ethan Holliday, the brother of 2022 No. 1 total decide Jackson Holliday, is predicted to be the highest decide on this 12 months’s class.
Whether or not it’s Holliday or one other prospect, the Nationals have an opportunity to land one other potential franchise cornerstone to a younger, rising roster that appears to have brighter days forward of it.
Listed below are the remainder of Tuesday’s lottery outcomes:
1. Washington Nationals; 2. Los Angeles Angels; 3. Seattle Mariners; 4. Colorado Rockies; 5. St. Louis Cardinals; 6. Pittsburgh Pirates; 7. Miami Marlins; 8. Toronto Blue Jays; 9. Cincinnati Reds; 10. Chicago White Sox; 11. Athletics; 12. Texas Rangers; 13. San Francisco Giants; 14. Tampa Bay Rays; 15. Boston Pink Sox; 16. Minnesota Twins; 17. Chicago Cubs; 18. Arizona Diamondbacks.
The largest losers listed here are clearly the Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins.
Each groups entered the day tied with the best odds for the highest decide (22.5%) and dropped all the way down to No. 4 and No. 7, respectively. That’s brutal luck for 2 groups that had really dreadful 2024 seasons.
Together with the Nationals, the St. Louis Cardinals have been additionally large winners, going from the No. 13 decide all the best way up the No. 5 total decide.
The 2025 MLB Draft will happen July 13-15.
