2026 MLB Draft Tracker: Day 1 picks and results

Follow along as we track every pick from Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The White Sox are on the clock to pick first.

Remember, you can catch the first 10 picks live on NBC starting at 1 p.m. ET. Coverage continues at 2:30 p.m. ET on Peacock.

You can also see analysis and insight from each first-round pick via Rotoworld Player News.

2026 MLB Draft Big Board: Roch Cholowsky, Grady Emerson, Vahn Lackey headline this year’s class

Ranking the top 50 players available in the 2026 MLB Draft.

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▶ 2026 MLB Draft Order

Round One

1. Chicago White Sox - Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA
   
2. Tampa Bay Rays - Grady Emerson, SS, Fort Worth Christian HS (TX)
   
3. Minnesota Twins - Vahn Lackey, C, Georgia Tech
   
4. San Francisco Giants - Jackson Flora, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
   
5. Pittsburgh Pirates - Derek Curiel, OF, LSU
   
6. Kansas City Royals - Zion Rose, OF, Louisville
   
7. Baltimore Orioles - Eric Booth Jr., OF, Oak Grove HS (MS)
   
8. Athletics - Drew Burress, OF, Georgia Tech
   
9. Atlanta Braves - AJ Gracia, OF, Virginia
   
10. Colorado Rockies - Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky
    
11. Washington Nationals - Chris Hacopian, 2B/3B, Texas A&M
    
12. Los Angeles Angels - Jared Grindlinger, OF, Huntington Beach HS (CA)
    
13. St. Louis Cardinals - Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah HS (GA)
    
14. Miami Marlins - Jacob Lombard, SS, Gulliver Prep HS (FL)
    
15. Arizona Diamondbacks - Ryder Helfrick, C, Arkansas
    
16. Texas Rangers - Gio Rojas, LHP, Stoneman Douglas HS (FL)
    
17. Houston Astros - Logan Hughes, OF, Texas Tech
    
18. Cincinnati Reds - Justin Lebron, SS, Alabama
    
19. Cleveland Guardians - Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
    
20. Boston Red Sox - Jake Schaffner, SS, North Carolina
    
21. San Diego Padres - Coleman Borthwick, RHP, South Walton HS
    
22. Detroit Tigers - Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina
    
23. Chicago Cubs - Cade Townsend, RHP, Mississippi
    
24. Seattle Mariners - Ace Reese, 3B, Mississippi State
    
25. Milwaukee Brewers - Trey Ebel, SS, Corona HS (CA)

Prospect Promotion Incentive Picks

*denotes team’s first-round pick

26. Atlanta Braves (Drake Baldwin won NL Rookie of the Year) - Carter Beck, OF, Indiana State
27. *New York Mets (10-pick Competitive Balance Tax penalty) - Carson Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas
28. Houston Astros (Hunter Brown finished top three in Cy Young voting) - Jack Radel, RHP, Notre Dame

Competitive Balance Round A

*denotes team’s first-round pick

29. San Francisco Giants (Acquired from Cleveland Guardians) - Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian School (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 (Acquired from Baltimore Orioles) - Taj Marchand, SS, James Island HS (SC)
34. Chicago White Sox (Acquired from Pittsburgh Pirates) - Landon Thome, SS, Nazareth Academy HS (IL)
35. *New York Yankees (10-pick Competitive Balance Tax penalty) - Hunter Dietz, LHP, Arkansas
36. *Philadelphia Phillies (10-pick Competitive Balance Tax penalty) - Tyler Spangler, SS, De La Salle HS (CA)
    
37. Colorado Rockies - Daniel Jackson, C, Georgia
38. Colorado Rockies - Logan Reddemann, RHP, UCLA
39. *Toronto Blue Jays - Cole Carlon, LHP, Arizona State
40. *Los Angeles Dodgers - Bo Lowrance, 3B, Christ Church Episcopal HS (SC)