{"id":393719,"date":"2026-07-10T18:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:42:41","slug":"2026-mlb-draft-tracker-live-updates-picks-and-analysis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393719\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 MLB draft tracker live updates: Picks and analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 MLB draft<\/a> begins at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, with the Chicago White Sox<\/a> on the clock for the first overall pick.<\/p>\n

Will the White Sox take one of the shortstops (UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky or Texas prep Grady Emerson) high on ESPN MLB draft analyst Kiley McDaniel’s draft rankings<\/a>, or will they opt for a catcher in Georgia Tech star Vahn Lackey?<\/p>\n

What will the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, Minnesota Twins<\/a>, San Francisco Giants<\/a> and Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> do as they follow Chicago in the top five? And who will be the biggest steals — and stretches — of Day 1?<\/p>\n

Follow along for pick-by-pick coverage, with ESPN MLB experts David Schoenfield and Dan Mullen breaking down everything you need to know about who your favorite team took in the first round as the picks come off the board.<\/p>\n

Final mock draft <\/a>| Top 250<\/a> | Big question for all 30 teams<\/a>| Latest buzz<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 1 draft order<\/p>\n

First round <\/p>\n

1.Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

2. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

3. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

4. San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

5. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

6. Kansas City Royals<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Baltimore Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Athletics<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Atlanta Braves<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Colorado Rockies<\/a><\/p>\n

11. Washington Nationals<\/a><\/p>\n

12. Los Angeles Angels<\/a><\/p>\n

13. St. Louis Cardinals<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Miami Marlins<\/a><\/p>\n

15. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a><\/p>\n

16. Texas Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n

17. Houston Astros<\/a><\/p>\n

18. Cincinnati Reds<\/a><\/p>\n

19. Cleveland Guardians<\/a><\/p>\n

20. Boston Red Sox<\/a><\/p>\n

21. San Diego Padres<\/a><\/p>\n

22. Detroit Tigers<\/a><\/p>\n

23. Chicago Cubs<\/a><\/p>\n

24. Seattle Mariners<\/a><\/p>\n

25. Milwaukee Brewers<\/a><\/p>\n

Note: The Mets, Blue Jays, Yankees, Phillies and Dodgers all received a 10-pick penalty on their first pick for exceeding the second surcharge threshold of MLB’s competitive balance tax.<\/p>\n

Prospect Promotion Incentive picks<\/p>\n

26. Atlanta Braves (For Drake Baldwin NL ROY win)<\/p>\n

27. New York Mets<\/a> (10-pick CBT penalty)<\/p>\n

28. Houston Astros (For Hunter Brown<\/a> top-three Cy Young finish)<\/p>\n

Competitive Balance Round A<\/p>\n

29. San Francisco Giants (Acquired from CLE)<\/p>\n

30. Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

31. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

32. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

33. Tampa Bay Rays (Acquired from BAL)<\/p>\n

34. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

35. New York Yankees<\/a> (10-pick CBT penalty)<\/p>\n

36. Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> (10-pick CBT penalty)<\/p>\n

37. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

Second round<\/p>\n

38. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

39. Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> (10-pick CBT penalty)<\/p>\n

40. Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> (10-pick CBT penalty)<\/p>\n

41. Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

42. Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

43. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

44. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

45. Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n

46. Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n

47. Athletics<\/p>\n

48. Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n

49. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

50. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

51. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

52. Miami Marlins<\/p>\n

53. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

54. Texas Rangers<\/p>\n

55. San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

56. Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

57. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

58. Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

59. Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n

60. San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

61. Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

62. Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

63. New York Yankees<\/p>\n

64. Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

65. Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

66. Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n

Competitive Balance Round B<\/p>\n

67. Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n

68. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

69. Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

70. Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

71. Miami Marlins<\/p>\n

72. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

73. Athletics<\/p>\n

74. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

Compensation picks<\/p>\n

75. Chicago Cubs (For Kyle Tucker<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Third round<\/p>\n

76. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

77. Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

78. Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

79. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

80. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

81. Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n

82. Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n

83. Athletics<\/p>\n

84. Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n

85. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

86. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

87. Miami Marlins<\/p>\n

88. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

89. Texas Rangers<\/p>\n

90. San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

91. Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

92. New York Mets<\/p>\n

93. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

94. Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

95. Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n

96. Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n

97. San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

98. Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

99. New York Yankees<\/p>\n

100. Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

101. Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

102. Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n

103. Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

Fourth round<\/p>\n

104. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

105. Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

106. Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

107. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

108. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

109. Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n

110. Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n

111. Athletics<\/p>\n

112. Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n

113. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

114. St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

115. Miami Marlins<\/p>\n

116. Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

117. Texas Rangers<\/p>\n

118. San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

119. Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

120. New York Mets<\/p>\n

121. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

122. Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

123. Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n

124. San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

125. Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

126. Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

127. New York Yankees<\/p>\n

128. Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

129. Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

130. Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n

131. Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

132. Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n

Comp picks<\/p>\n

133. Houston Astros<\/p>\n

134. San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

135. Philadelphia Philliesbr\/]<\/p>\n

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