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After franchise upheaval, Nats make Eli Willits the No. 1 pick
For the Washington Nationals, the MLB draft arrived Sunday just days after a midseason moment of institutional disruption, chaos and change. Mike Rizzo, the general manager who oversaw Washington's draft process for almost two decades, was dismissed a week earlier and replaced by interim GM Mike DeBartolo. In this environment, Washington's draft group, led by second-year scouting director Danny Haas, had to navigate a class that had little consensus over who would (or should) go No. 1.