Chicago White Sox get the No. 10 pick and Cubs No. 17 as the 2025 MLB draft order is set

DALLAS — The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 pick in the amateur draft next summer after winning the lottery in a drawing of ping-pong balls at the MLB winter meetings Tuesday.

The Chicago White Sox will have the No. 10 pick, and the Cubs will pick at No. 17.

The 121-loss Sox, who had the most losses of any major-league club since 1900, were not eligible for the draft lottery because they had one of the top six picks last year (No. 5) and are a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan.

The Sox have twice had the No. 10 pick, selecting Robin Ventura in 1988 and Zack Collins in 2016. It will be the club’s 22nd top-10 draft pick.

The Cubs have had the No. 17 pick twice, selecting Tony Woods in 1982 and Todd Noel in 1996. Neither player reached the major leagues.

Unlike last year, when the Nationals were ineligible after initially coming out with the top spot, they will get to make the first pick in July in Atlanta, the site of the All-Star Game.

Washington was ineligible for a top-six pick last year because the collective bargaining agreement states a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan cannot have a lottery selection in back-to-back years. The Nationals chose outfielder Dylan Crews with the No. 2 pick in 2023.

The Los Angeles Angels have the second pick for 2025. The Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates round out the top six.

A weighted lottery among the 18 teams that failed to make the playoffs this season determined the order of picks for the third year in a row.