Every MLB Team’s Best and Worst First-Round Draft Pick Since 2000

Buster Posey is the Giants’ best first-round pick of the century—and he’ll make San Francisco’s next selection on Sunday as the team’s president of baseball operations. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

As the baseball world nears the All-Star break, MLB front offices and scouting departments are gearing up for their biggest day of the year.

No, not the trade deadline (though that looms large this time of year, too), but the 2025 MLB draft, which begins Sunday in Atlanta ahead of the All-Star festivities. The Washington Nationals own the No. 1 pick, and will make their selection in the aftermath of firing their GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez earlier this month.