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Nationals take high school shortstop Eli Willits, son of ex-MLBer Reggie, with No. 1 pick in draft — ATLANTA — 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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MLB.com:
Mock draft: MLB Pipeline's final predictions — The Nationals will exercise the first pick in the 2025 Draft in Atlanta tonight shortly after 6 p.m. ET, and they'll probably use almost all of that time before making a decision. It likely will come down to one of three players …
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2025 MLB mock draft 3.1: Kiley McDaniel's final predictions — The 2025 MLB draft begins at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN, so it is time for one final update as teams lock in their Day 1 boards. — The drama starts right at the top this year, as the Washington Nationals have a difficult decision …
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Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
2025 MLB Mock Draft 7.0: First-Round Predictions For Every Team On Draft Day — It's finally here. The Nationals will soon be put officially on the clock, and all the uncertainty and confusion that has lingered over this draft class will begin to unveil itself in real time.
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Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
MLB 2025 Home Run Derby Predictions: Odds, Expert Picks on Cal Raleigh, Oneil Cruz, James Wood, Matt Olson — The 2025 MLB Home Run Derby takes place Monday night and it's going to be one for the memory books as a catcher is the headliner and odds on favorite.
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Jacob Feldman / Sportico:
Home Run Derby Prize Would Double These Sluggers' 2025 Salaries — Pirates slugger Oneil Cruz has 1 million reasons to swing for the fences during Monday night's Home Run Derby in Atlanta. — Three of the eight contestants, including Cruz, are making less this year in salary than the prize purse of $1 million for the Derby winner.
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Matt Gelb / New York Times:
Phillies slam MLB for pitchers' All-Star snubs after Brewers rookie makes team: ‘What a joke’ — SAN DIEGO — A few weeks ago, the Phillies chartered another jet separate from the typical team plane. They expected a decent-sized party that would go from California to Atlanta to represent the club in the All-Star Game.
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Associated Press:
Paul Skenes to start 2nd straight All-Star Game for NL and Tarik Skubal to open for AL — Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game for the National League and Detroit's Tarik Skubal will open for the American League on Tuesday night at Truist Park.
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A mix of youth and chemistry has Red Sox rolling into All-Star break on 10-game winning streak — BOSTON — Many of the Boston Red Sox players started wearing T-shirts during batting practice and in the clubhouse the past week with a quote from teammate Romy Gonzalez written across the front.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB draft twins Kyson and Malachi Witherspoon owe it all to their supermom — PHOENIX - The Witherspoon twins, with their older sister and younger brother, moved all across Jacksonville, Florida, from apartments to townhouses to rental homes back to apartments, changing addresses 10 times in all …
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Barry M. Bloom / Sportico:
Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani Carry MLB Into the All-Star Break — ATLANTA — As Major League Baseball breaks for Tuesday night's annual All-Star Game, it's already been a tumultuous season for a number of teams facing high expectations. — One thing that hasn't changed coming into the break …
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
White Sox receiving interest in Luis Robert Jr. from eight teams ahead of trade deadline — Eight teams have checked in on talented but struggling CF Luis Robert Jr., and if the White Sox can trade him before confronting that $20M option decision, they need to do it.
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Associated Press:
Yankees' Aaron Judge makes three outstanding catches, robs Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong — NEW YORK — As Aaron Judge jumped above the wall and tumbled to the turf, Carlos Rodón worried. — “I'm like, 'Pplease don't dive. Please stay on your feet,'” the New York Yankees pitcher said.
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