The Nationals have taken high school shortstop Eli Willits as the first overall selection of the 2025 draft. The 17-year-old Willits (a product of Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Oklahoma) is the ...

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.

At 17 years and seven months old, Willits is the youngest prospect in the 2025 draft class and became the youngest top overall draft choice since Ken Griffey Jr. in 1987, via MLB.com's Jason Foster.

As you can guess from the name, Ken Griffey Jr. is heavily involved in this and was in the building on Friday night, as he served in an unofficial capacity as a dugout reporter and photographer — in ...

It was a celebration of Black baseball -- past, present and future -- and all of the invaluable impacts African-Americans have made on the game (including Classic founder Ken Griffey Jr.). And it was ...

Ahead of the HBCU Swingman Classic, Ken Griffey Jr. made a bold call for more recognition of HBCU athletes. In a phone interview with USA Today, the baseball legend cited that call in why they ...

HBCU baseball takes the spotlight at MLB All-Star Week thanks to Ken Griffey Jr.’s Swingman Classic showcase in Atlanta.