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The Washington Nationals won the MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Dallas and will have the first overall pick in the July 2025 draft.
It’s the first time the Washington will have the No. 1 pick since they took Bryce Harper in 2010, a year after selecting Stephen Strasburg first overall in 2009.
The Rockies and Marlins entered the lottery tied for the highest odds of getting the No. 1 pick (22.45%), but were disappointed to end up with the fourth and seventh selections, respectively. The Nationals had a 10.2% chance, the fourth-best of any team.
MLB Draft Lottery results
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 Red Sox
16. Minnesota Twins
17. Chicago Cubs
18. Arizona Diamondbacks
Percentage odds to win No. 1 overall pick
- Colorado Rockies: 22.45%
- Miami Marlins: 22.45%
- Los Angeles Angels: 17.96%
- Washington Nationals: 10.2%
- Toronto Blue Jays: 7.48%
- Pittsburgh Pirates: 5.31%
- Cincinnati Reds: 3.67%
- Texas Rangers: 2.45%
- San Francisco Giants: 1.9%
- Tampa Bay Rays: 1.5%
- Boston Red Sox: 1.22%
- Minnesota Twins: 1.09%
- St. Louis Cardinals: 0.82%
- Chicago Cubs: 0.68%
- Seattle Mariners: 0.53%
- Arizona Diamondbacks: 0.27%
- Ineligible: White Sox, Athletics
Colorado and Miami each have a 22.45% chance to end up with the top selection, with the Los Angeles Angels (17.96%) and Washington Nationals (10.2%) the only other clubs with odds better than 10%.
The lottery assigns the top six picks in the draft before the seventh selection is decided by the original odds.
Despite finishing with the worst record in baseball history (41-121), the Chicago White Sox aren’t eligible for the 2025 lottery as a team that pays into revenue sharing and received a lottery pick last year. The Athletics are also ineligible as they receive revenue sharing and can’t have lottery picks in three consecutive drafts. Chicago can select no earlier than 10th and the A’s no earlier than 11th overall.
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