Eli Willits Drafted 1st Overall in MLB 2025 by Nationals

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00:00number one overall pick last night in 2025 eli willits the high school and prep shortstop out

00:06of oklahoma drafted first overall by the nationals only 17 years old he becomes the youngest prospect

00:15to go first overall since ken griffey jr back in 1987 the third youngest prospect ever to be

00:24drafted one of one in the major league baseball draft yeah for me i mean sometimes there's

00:29generational talents coming out of high school but i gotta be honest like i'm taking the older

00:33mature college kid that's raking at that level i'm just gonna live with it because there's so many

00:37times you could take a look back you don't know from 17 to 18 to 19 like kids just get passed

00:42physically here maybe not playing that much now granted they're scouts they're playing in all

00:45these big tournaments across the country and you understand that they are talents but what an

00:49unknown a 17 year old that you expect to become greatness is he going to be bryce harper bryce

00:54harper had a lot more hype behind him same thing with ken griffey jr you know father being in major

00:58league baseball saw this kid coming from a mile away steven strassburg who wasn't a high school

01:03kid but a college kid like those can't miss phenoms at number one you just hope it works out not for

01:08the kid because he probably made 10 million bucks last night being drafted number one overall he'll

01:12be fine for the rest of his life but for the fans like hey our team stinks we're looking for a savior

01:16like i remember when the philadelphia phillies basically tanked and it was a non-generational

01:20draft ended with mickey moniac is actually playing pretty well now for the colorado rockies it was like we

01:25just had the number one pick after tanking and the guy isn't even a major league baseball player

01:29like sometimes that's just the way it works in major league baseball

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