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Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.</ul><div class="author-meta"><a class="btn-social icon-font-before icon-twitter-solid-before horizontal" href="http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=jorgecastillo">Follow on X</a></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="content-reactions reactions-allowed " data-behavior="content_reactions" data-contentid="42900388" data-nowid="1-42900388" data-contentTitle="Nationals win MLB draft lottery, get No. 1 pick for third time"><div class="content-reactions-popup-overlay"></div><div class="content-reactions_reactions-wrapper"><div class="share-button-wrapper"><button class="icon-button reactions-button reactions-hover-button share-button user-not-parsed" data-behavior="share_button" aria-label="Share"></button><div class="share-popup"><ul class="share-popup-list social-tracking-parent" data-id="42900388" data-name="Nationals win MLB draft lottery, get No. 1 pick for third time" data-type="article"><li><a data-behavior="copy_link" data-social-tool="copy" href="#" data-social-type="content" class="share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-chain-solid-before reactions-copy-link copy-link" aria-label="Copy Link"><span class="copy-link-inner"><span class="copy-link-inner-text share__label"></span><span class="copy-link-success-icon"><img class="icon" src="https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/content-reactions/check.png&h=80&w=80" alt="Copy Link" loading="lazy"></span></span></a></li><li><a data-social-tool="email" href="mailto:?subject=Nationals%20win%20MLB%20draft%20lottery,%20get%20No.%201%20pick%20for%20third%20time&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fmlb%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F42900388" data-social-type="content" class="share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-email-solid-before email social-clicks-email" aria-label="Email">Email</a></li><li><a data-social-tool="print" href="https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=42900388" data-social-type="content" class="share-popup-link print icon-font-before icon-print-solid-before page-action" aria-label="Print">Print</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="content-reactions-extended-wrapper"><button class="icon-button reactions-button main-reactions-button reactions-hover-button"></button><button class="sr-only main-reactions-sr-only">Open Extended Reactions</button><div class="main-reactions-popup content-reactions-popup"></div></div></div><div class="content-reactions_count-wrapper"><button class="icon-button reactions-button reactions-count-button reactions-hover-button" data-native-bridge="true"></button><div class="reactions-count-popup content-reactions-popup"></div></div><div class="reactions-skeleton-loading"><div class="reactions-skeleton-left"><div class="reactions-skeleton-el share-skeleton"></div><div class="reactions-skeleton-el"></div></div><div class="reactions-skeleton-right"><div class="reactions-skeleton-el"></div></div></div></div><p>DALLAS -- The <a data-clubhouse-guid="a73e1046-e9aa-ef6b-4e0d-2a7c808cb284" href="/mlb/team/_/name/wsh/washington-nationals">Washington Nationals</a> will have the first pick in the 2025 MLB draft for the third time in franchise history after winning the draft lottery Tuesday at baseball's winter meetings.</p><p>Washington had the fourth-best odds (10.8%) to land the top pick. The <a data-clubhouse-guid="f3f1ba71-05f1-a49a-0363-3b1d8e0db4cf" href="/mlb/team/_/name/col/colorado-rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> and the <a data-clubhouse-guid="74909d10-eacb-1376-ef1e-d0f37d7c67ca" href="/mlb/team/_/name/mia/miami-marlins">Miami Marlins</a> (22.5% each) were tied for the best chance, but the Marlins fell to seventh and the Rockies will select fourth.</p><p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid="053868c7-8bff-5edb-3cb6-f5490f33ef99" href="/mlb/team/_/name/laa/los-angeles-angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> will pick second after having the third-best odds for the first selection.</p><p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid="8f4800c6-3c05-b3d5-8186-9750cd72a3c2" href="/mlb/team/_/name/chw/chicago-white-sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, despite losing a modern-day-record 121 games, were not eligible for a lottery pick -- one of the top six selections -- because the collective bargaining agreement stipulates a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan cannot hold a lottery pick in consecutive drafts. The White Sox chose fifth in the 2024 draft.</p><aside class="inline editorial float-r" data-behavior="article_related"><h2 class="editorial-title">Editor's Picks</h2><ul><li><a name="&lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1" href="/mlb/insider/story/_/id/42894518/2025-mlb-draft-lottery-nationals-mock-draft-top-5-picks" class="img-link"><img src="https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2024/1210/r1426247_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center" width="65" height="65"></a><h2><a name="&lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1" href="/mlb/insider/story/_/id/42894518/2025-mlb-draft-lottery-nationals-mock-draft-top-5-picks">Nationals win 2025 MLB draft lottery! Here's a mini-mock draft predicting the top 5 picks</a><div class="editorial--metadata icon-espnplus-before"><span class="timestamp">13h</span><span class="author">Kiley McDaniel</span></div></h2></li><li><a name="&lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2" href="/mlb/story/_/id/42814196/2024-mlb-winter-meetings-updates-rumors-predictions-soto-burnes-alonso-bregman" class="img-link"><img src="https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2024/0803/r1368104_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center" width="65" height="65"></a><h2><a name="&lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2" href="/mlb/story/_/id/42814196/2024-mlb-winter-meetings-updates-rumors-predictions-soto-burnes-alonso-bregman">MLB winter meetings takeaways, updates from busy Tuesday: Yankees land Max Fried amid flurry of moves</a><div class="editorial--metadata"><span class="timestamp">10h</span><span class="author">ESPN</span></div></h2></li></ul><div class="button button-alt sm btn-related">1 Related</div></aside><p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid="1d8ed3a9-4c7d-0941-3677-bb6defe67c7a" href="/mlb/team/_/name/oak/oakland-athletics">Athletics</a> were also ineligible because teams that receive revenue sharing cannot have a lottery pick three straight years.</p><p>The Nationals also drew the No. 1 pick at last year's draft lottery, but they weren't eligible for a lottery selection as a team that paid into the revenue-sharing plan and couldn't receive a lottery pick two years in a row, resulting in another drawing. The <a data-clubhouse-guid="6ad8fa03-36bc-baab-c76a-345b6544424d" href="/mlb/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-guardians">Cleveland Guardians</a> won the No. 1 pick on the second drawing despite having just a 2% chance.</p><p>The pingpong balls went the Nationals' way again Tuesday, giving them a chance to replicate their previous success with No. 1 selections. In 2009, they chose right-hander Stephen Strasburg. A year later, they selected outfielder <a data-player-guid="a3630ca2-c9aa-7ff0-2a19-2d714c80b459" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30951/bryce-harper">Bryce Harper</a>. Both players were hyped as generational talents and quickly rose through the minors to serve as franchise cornerstones during the Nationals' ascension to NL East power in the 2010s.</p><p>Washington has not made the postseason since winning the 2019 World Series. The Nationals were third in the NL East in 2024 with a 71-91 record.</p><p>The draft lottery gives the 18 teams that do not reach the postseason an opportunity to land one of the first six selections. It was introduced in MLB's new collective bargaining agreement that went into effect in 2023. Picks from 7 to 18 are slotted by reverse winning percentage, followed by how teams finished in the postseason.</p> </div><footer class="article-footer" data-behavior="footer_region"><div class="sponsored-links"><div class="sponsored-headlines"><div class="taboola-container" data-network="espn-network" data-src="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42900388/nationals-win-mlb-draft-lottery-get-no-1-pick-third" data-type="article" data-mode="thumbnails-3x1-a" data-placement="story" data-target-type="mix"></div></div></div> <script type='text/javascript'> (function () { var footerLinks, needConsent; try { footerLinks = JSON.parse('[{"copyright":"\u00a9 ESPN Enterprises, Inc. 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