Kyle Schwarber had some conversations with John Middleton and Dave Dombrowski after the season that helped seal the deal to return. The Phillies now know they have the 36th pick in the draft. What are some of the names that might be on the board for them?

The Rangers took their first high school player in the first round since 2018 last July when they selected shortstop Gavin Fien out of Great Oak High School in Temecula, Calif. The last prep player drafted by Texas was current relief pitcher Cole Winn, a prep pitcher out of Lutheran High School in Orange, Calif.

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.

It is time to highlight some 2026 draft prospects and the first name we will discuss is Jackson Flora from UCSB

While it is still early in the scouting and draft process, this appears like it is going to be a strong class in terms of talented shortstops. In the mock draft, Callis had the Chicago White Sox taking the extremely talented Roch Cholowsky from UCLA with the first overall pick.

The White Sox struck Rule 5 Draft gold with righty Shane Smith last year. He threw 146 ⅓ 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.

The spoils of reaching the World Series usually means a later first-round pick. For the Toronto Blue Jays that pick will be even later than usual.

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.

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The Detroit Tigers land a pitcher that can already hit the triple digits on the radar gun in this early MLB mock draft.

The White Sox, with the highest odds at 27.73%, won the No. 1 overall pick in next summer's draft during Tuesday's lottery at the Winter Meetings in Orlando. It will be Chicago's first No. 1 selection since taking Hall of Famer Harold Baines in 1977 and their third No. 1 pick overall (also Danny Goodwin in 1971).