The next generation of baseball will be selected on Sunday night as the 2025 MLB Draft kicks off with our first round live tracker.

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.

The Rangers veered off their recent history of preferring college players to dip into deep class of high school shortstops.