The 2026 MLB Draft is underway in Philadelphia as part of All-Star Weekend. The Chicago White Sox had the No. 1 pick and went with UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky. From there, the Tampa Bay Rays grabbed high school shortstop Grady Emerson at No. 2, the Minnesota Twins picked Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey at No. 3, the San Francisco Giants chose college righty Jackson Flora fourth and the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted LSU outfielder Derek Curiel to round out the top five.
Every team is hoping to find a franchise cornerstone among the high school and college players who will hear their names called this weekend. Some will. Others will find All-Stars and depth pieces, or even trade bait.
Over the course of two days, 613 athletes will be drafted across 20 rounds, and while we won’t know for years how much impact they will have, each is a flash of hope for their new team.
Twenty-six of the first 40 picks were drafted out of college. Among those same 40 selections, 11 shortstops and 11 right-handed pitchers were drafted, along with nine outfielders, four left-handed pitchers, three catchers, a third baseman and a second baseman.
Below you’ll find CBS Sports’ complete 2026 MLB Draft tracker, including every pick in the class and analysis on each of the 25 first-round selections from Mike Axisa.
MLB Draft: First-round picks, analysis
Prospect Promotion Incentive pick
26. Atlanta Braves: Carter Beck, OF, Indiana State
CBT penalty
27. New York Mets (10-pick penalty): Carson Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas
Prospect Promotion Incentive pick
28. Houston Astros: Jack Radel, RHP, Notre Dame
Competitive Balance Round A
29. San Francisco Giants: Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian HS (SC)
30. Kansas City Royals: Taylor Rabe, RHP, Mississippi
31. Arizona Diamondbacks: Blake Bryant, RHP, Citizens Christian HS (GA)
32. St. Louis Cardinals: Tegan Kuhns, RHP, Tennessee
33. Tampa Bay Rays: Taj Marchand, SS, James Island HS (SC)
34. Chicago White Sox: Landon Thome, SS, Nazareth Academy HS (IL)
CBT penalty
35. New York Yankees (10-pick penalty): Hunter Dietz, LHP, Arkansas
36. Philadelphia Phillies (10-pick penalty): Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (CA)
Continued Competitive Balance Round A
37. Colorado Rockies: Daniel Jackson, C, Georgia
Second round
38. Colorado Rockies: Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA
CBT penalty
39. Toronto Blue Jays (10-pick penalty): Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State
40. Los Angeles Dodgers (10-pick penalty): Bo Lowrance, SS, Christ Church Episcopal HS (SC)
Continued second round
41. Chicago White Sox: Cole Prosek, 2B, Magnolia Heights HS (MS)
42. Washington Nationals: Chase Brunson, OF, TCU
43. Minnesota Twins: Carson Tinney, C, Texas
44. Pittsburgh Pirates: Aiden Ruiz, SS, Stony Brook School (NY)
45. Los Angeles Angels: Jarren Advincula, 2B, Georgia Tech
46. Baltimore Orioles: Ty Head, OF, NC State
47. Athletics: Mason Edwards, LHP, USC
48. Atlanta Braves: Kaiden McCarthy, RHP, Vermont Academy (VT)
49. Tampa Bay Rays: Ben Blair, RHP, Liberty
50. St. Louis Cardinals: Rocco Maniscalco, SS, Oxford HS (AL)
Supplemental second round
51. Pittsburgh Pirates: Chris Rembert, 2B, Auburn
Second round
52. Miami Marlins: Ethan Kleinschmit, LHP, Oregon State
53. Arizona Diamondbacks: Carson Kerce, SS, Georgia Tech
54. Texas Rangers: Connor Comeau, SS, L.C. Anderson HS (TX)
55. San Francisco Giants: Kaden Waechter, RHP, Jesuit HS (FL)
56. Kansas City Royals: Jack Slightom, RHP, Lyons Township HS (IL)
57. Houston Astros: Wes Mendes, LHP, Florida State
58. Cincinnati Reds: Eric Becker, SS, Virginia
59. Cleveland Guardians: Logan Schmidt, LHP, Ganesha HS (CA)
60. San Diego Padres: Elliot Lascelles, SS, Upper Canada College (ON)
61. Detroit Tigers: Tyson LeBlanc, SS, Kansas
62. Chicago Cubs: Caden Sorrell, OF, Texas A&M
63. New York Yankees: Sean Duncan, LHP, Terry Fox SS (BC)
64. Philadelphia Phillies: Caden Bogenpohl, OF, Missouri State
65. Seattle Mariners: Jake Brown, OF, LSU
66. Milwaukee Brewers: Sawyer Strosnider, OF, TCU
Competitive Balance Round B
67. Boston Red Sox: Owen Hull, OF, North Carolina
68. St. Louis Cardinals: Andrew Williamson, OF, Central Florida
69. Detroit Tigers: Evan Dempsey, RHP, Florida Gulf Coast
70. Cincinnati Reds: Mulivai Levu, 1B, UCLA
71. Miami Marlins: Ryan Peterson, RHP, Sam Houston
72. St. Louis Cardinals: Dawson Montesa, RHP, West Virginia
73. Athletics: Gabe Gaeckle, RHP, Arkansas
74. Minnesota Twins: Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech
Compensation picks
75. Chicago Cubs: Myles Bailey, 1B, Florida State
Third round
76. Colorado Rockies: Jack Natili, C, Cincinnati
77. Chicago White Sox: Joey Volchko, RHP, Georgia
78. Washington Nationals: Luke Williams, SS, Franklin Regional HS (PA)
79. Minnesota Twins: Ethan Wachsmann, RHP, Grandview HS (CO)
80. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jason DeCaro, RHP, North Carolina
81. Los Angeles Angels: Gavin Grahovac, 3B, Texas A&M
82. Baltimore Orioles: Dominic Voegele, RHP, Kansas
83. Athletics: Jacob Dudan, RHP, North Carolina State
84. Atlanta Braves: Jensen Hirschkorn, RHP, Kingsburg HS (CA)
85. Tampa Bay Rays: Gavin Giese, RHP, Dana Hills HS (CA)
86. St. Louis Cardinals: Caden Ferraro, OF, Texas Tech
87. Miami Marlins: Cam Kozeal, SS, Arkansas
88. Arizona Diamondbacks: Brayden Dowd, OF, Florida State
89. Texas Rangers: Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan HS (MA)
90. San Francisco Giants: Peyton Bonds, OF, Rutgers
91. Kansas City Royals: Maxx Yehl, LHP, West Virginia
92. New York Mets: Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas
93. Houston Astros: Keon Johnson, SS, First Presbyterian HS (GA)
94. Cincinnati Reds: Tyner Horn, RHP, Nebraska
95. Cleveland Guardians: Tre Broussard, OF, Houston
96. Boston Red Sox: Jace Mataczynski, SS, Hudson HS (WI)
97. San Diego Padres: Ryan Lynch, RHP, North Carolina
98. Chicago Cubs: Carson Jasa, RHP, Nebraska
99. New York Yankees: Brendan Brock, C, Oklahoma
100. Philadelphia Phillies: Ruger Riojas, RHP, Texas
101. Seattle Mariners: Nathan Taylor, RHP, Cincinnati
102. Milwaukee Brewers: Kyle Jones, OF, Florida
103. Toronto Blue Jays: Ryan Cooney, SS, Oregon
Fourth round
104. Colorado Rockies: Ben Davis, RHP, Mississippi State
105. Chicago White Sox: Eric Segura, RHP, Oregon State
106. Washington Nationals: Cooper Harris, RHP, Flower Mound HS (TX)
107. Minnesota Twins: Tommy LaPour, RHP, TCU
108. Pittsburgh Pirates: Andruw Giles, OF, Basic HS (NV)
109. Los Angeles Angels: Rylan Lujo, OF, Georgia
110. Baltimore Orioles: Kevin Roberts Jr., OF, Jackson Prep HS (MS)
111. Athletics: Roman Martin, SS, UCLA
112. Atlanta Braves: Cole Dennis, RHP, Bishop Snyder HS (FL)
113. Tampa Bay Rays: Collin Bland, OF, Houston
114. St. Louis Cardinals: Dee Kennedy, SS, Kansas State
115. Miami Marlins: Wessley Roberson, SS, Glynn Academy HS (GA)
116. Arizona Diamondbacks: Josh McDevitt, RHP, Missouri
117. Texas Rangers: Hudson Calhoun, RHP, Mississippi
118. San Francisco Giants: Carlos Martinez, RHP, Hofstra
119. Kansas City Royals: Dominic Battista, OF, Oswego East HS (IL)
120. New York Mets: Shane Sdao, LHP, Texas A&M
121. Houston Astros: Kam Durnin, SS, Missouri
122. Cincinnati Reds: Ethan Norby, LHP, East Carolina
123. Cleveland Guardians: Kade Lewis, 3B, Wake Forest
124. San Diego Padres: Robbie Lavey, C, George Washington
125. Detroit Tigers: Dominic Pellegrin, SS, Holy Cross HS (LA)
126. Chicago Cubs: Dylan Marionneaux, RHP, Northwestern State (LA)
127. New York Yankees: Paul Gutierrez-Contreras, Cal State Fullerton
128. Philadelphia Phillies: Deven Sheerin, RHP, LSU
129. Seattle Mariners: Trevor Lucas, 3B, UNC Wilmington
130. Milwaukee Brewers: Julian Garcia, RHP, St. John Bosco HS (CA)
131. Toronto Blue Jays: Will Brick, C, Christian Brothers HS (TN)
132. Los Angeles Dodgers: Russell Sandefer, RHP, Florida
Compensation picks
133. Houston Astros: Beau Peterson, IF, Mill Valley HS (KS)
134. San Diego Padres: Alex Conover, OF, Oklahoma State (OK)
135. Philadelphia Phillies: Jaxon Jelkin, RHP, Kentucky
Fifth round
136. Colorado Rockies
137. Chicago White Sox
138. Washington Nationals
139. Minnesota Twins
140. Pittsburgh Pirates
141. Los Angeles Angels
142. Baltimore Orioles
143. Athletics
144. Atlanta Braves
145. Tampa Bay Rays
146. St. Louis Cardinals
147. Miami Marlins
148. Arizona Diamondbacks
149. Texas Rangers
150. San Francisco Giants
151. Kansas City Royals
152. New York Mets
153. Houston Astros