The 2026 Major League Baseball draft will take place on July 11–13 in Philadelphia. And you know what that means, time for The Sports Bank 2026 MLB Mock Draft Version 2.0.
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1.Chicago White Sox, Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA
2. Tampa Bay Rays, Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama
3. Minnesota Twins, Grady Emerson, SS, Fort Worth Christian School (TX)
4. San Francisco Giants, Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech
5. Pittsburgh Pirates, Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
6. Kansas City Royals, Ace Reese, 3B, Mississippi State
7. Baltimore Orioles, Jacob Lombard, Gulliver Prep HS (FL)
8. Athletics, Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina
9. Atlanta Braves, AJ Gracia, OF Virginia
10. Colorado Rockies, Gio Rojas, LHP, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS (FL)
11. Washington Nationals, Sawyer Strosnider, OF, TCU
12. Los Angeles Angels, Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky
13. St. Louis Cardinals, Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
14. Miami Marlins, Chris Hacopian, SS, Texas A&M
15. Arizona Diamondbacks, Eric Becker, SS, Virginia
16. Texas Rangers, Derek Curiel, OF, LSU
17. Houston Astros, Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
18. Cincinnati Reds, Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas
19. Cleveland Guardians, Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian HS (SC)
20. Boston Red Sox, Tegan Kuhns, RHP, Tennessee
21. San Diego Padres, Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (CA)
22. Detroit Tigers, Gabe Gaeckle, RHP, Arkansas
23. Chicago Cubs, Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State
24. Seattle Mariners, Mason Edwards, LHP, USC
25. Milwaukee Brewers, Logan Schmidt, LHP, Ganesha HS (CA)
Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks
Whenver a selection has a description, of the stipulations and qualifications for it, it comes from the MLB.com listing.
If a player who was rated as a preseason Top 100 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and/or ESPN (at least two of the three) and was on his team’s Opening Day roster and goes on to win the Rookie of the Year Award or place in the top three in MVP or Cy Young voting prior to qualifying for arbitration, the club is awarded a Prospect Promotion Incentive pick after the first round.
26. Atlanta Braves, Chris Rembert, 2B, Auburn
Received for Drake Baldwin winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
27. New York Mets, Zion Rose, OF, Louisville
The Mets received a 10-pick penalty on their first pick (No. 17) for exceeding the second surcharge threshold of the Competitive Balance Tax.
28. Houston Astros, James Clark, SS, St. John Bosco HS (CA)
Received for Hunter Brown finishing in the top three for the American League Cy Young Award.
Compensation picks
Competitive Balance Round A
If a team that loses a qualifying free agent is a revenue-sharing recipient and the free agent signs for at least $50 million, the team will be awarded a pick between the first round and Competitive Balance Round A. All teams that have either one of the 10 smallest markets or 10 smallest revenue pools receive an additional pick at the end of the first or second round.
The groups of teams alternate between the two rounds each year. Competitive Balance picks may be traded and are not subject to forfeiture.
However, Competitive Balance picks acquired by another club in a trade are subject to forfeiture.
29. Cleveland Guardians, Blake Bowen, OF, JSerra Catholic HS (CA)
30. Kansas City Royals, Brody Bumila, LHP, Bishop Feehan HS (TX)
31. Arizona Diamondbacks, Cade Townsend, RHP, Ole Miss
32. St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Radel, RHP, Notre Dame
33. Tampa Bay Rays, Aiden Robbins, OF, Texas
Acquired from the Orioles in the trade for Shane Baz.
34. Pittsburgh Pirates, Kaden Waechter, RHP, Tampa Jesuit HS (FL)
35. New York Yankees, Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah HS (GA)
The Yankees received a 10-pick penalty on their first pick (No. 25) for exceeding the second surcharge threshold of the Competitive Balance Tax.
36. Philadelphia Phillies, Jared Grindlinger, Huntington Beach HS (CA)
The Phillies received a 10-pick penalty on their first pick (No. 26) for exceeding the second surcharge threshold of the Competitive Balance Tax.
37. Colorado Rockies, Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA
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