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MLB's fourth amateur Draft Lottery will take place Tuesday night at the Winter Meetings in Orlando. MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed to the lottery as part of the current collective bargaining agreement in an effort to curb tanking and anti-competitive behavior in general. The top six picks are now awarded through the lottery.
The Chicago White Sox won Major League Baseball's 2026 draft lottery on Dec. 9 at the winter meetings and will have the No. 1 overall pick for the first time since 1977, and just the club's third in franchise history.
Fifteen players were selected during the 2024 Rule 5 Draft, per MLB.com's Joe Trezza. Of those players, Trezza noted the White Sox's Shane Smith, Miami Marlins' Liam Hicks and Toronto Blue Jays' Angel Bastardo were the only ones to stay with their club for the entirety of the 2025 season.
The White Sox struck Rule 5 Draft gold with righty Shane Smith last year. He threw 146 â…“ innings with a 3.81 ERA in 2025, and became only the second Rule 5 Draft pick to go to the All-Star Game the next season, joining Dan Uggla. Most Rule 5 Draft picks are middle relievers and bench guys.
Players are eligible for the Rule 5 draft if they have not been placed on their club's 40-man roster after four or five years in the organization, depending on whether they were 18 and younger or 19 and older at the time of signing.
For Texas Longhorns fans everywhere, there's one name that sticks out in On3's latest mock draft. Grady Emerson, an Argyle, Texas native who's committed to the Longhorns, has been projected to be taken as high as the No. 2 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Rays.
The MLB Draft Lottery is officially done, so now we must turn our attention to the players the lottery winners may very well end up picking in 2026.
Cholowsky, who turns 21 in April, offers a virtual plug-and-play option at the top of the draft, coming off a 23-homer season with a 1.190 OPS for the Bruins. His advanced skill set is undeniably additive for any team, even those with established shortstops like the White Sox, who saw Colson Montgomery hit 21 home runs in just 71 games last year.
The Chicago Cubs have had a pattern of late. With each of their last five first-round draft picks, they've selected a player from a power conference college. I
The Twins will have their highest pick since 2017 in next July's MLB Draft. Minnesota received the third overall selection in the annual MLB Draft Lottery at the Winter Meetings in Orlando. The last time the club had such a high pick,