#MLB Draft

For years, the NBA and NHL have set the top of their draft orders through a lottery system. And Major League Baseball is about to do the same. The new MLB collective bargaining agreement struck ahead of the 2022 campaign called for a draft lottery beginning in 2023. The change was made to discourage tanking, as finishing with one of the worst…

Tuesday at Dodger Stadium saw the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and the city of Los Angeles announce plans for All-Star week in and around downtown in July. Dodger Stadium hosts the MLB All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. But while that Tuesday, July 19 game - called by Joe Davis from his home booth in his new role as Fox Sports' No. 1…

Joc Pederson has enjoyed a successful MLB career, considering he was drafted in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Since then, the slugging outfielder has won two World Series titles, while also receiving two selections to the All-Star team. "Mickey Mantle has the most home runs in WS history with 18. Here are the top 5 active players in HRs in…

After agreeing to deals with the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets this offseason, Carlos Correa will officially head back to Minnesota on a six-year deal with the Twins. His name dominated the hot stove this winter and the impact of this signing will have a ripple effect on the Twins and Mets. Which players on these two rosters stand to…

One man's trash is another man's treasure. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel reports "Outfielder Greg Allen has agreed to a minor league deal with the Red Sox, per source. The contract includes an invite to Major League camp." Masslive.com's Chris Cotillo reports "Greg Allen gets a $1.4M base salary if he reaches the majors, per source." BUY MLB…

A look at who is trending up and down the past week in Minnesota sports, featuring Twins newly re-signed shortstop Carlos Correa, Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov and a couple Vikings standouts including Justin Jefferson. Carlos Correa, Twins shortstop (UP ⬆) He's home. After swinging.291/.366/.467 with 24 doubles, a triple and 22 home runs in 2022,…

In a saga that's had more twists and turns than a typical race day at the Monaco Grand Prix, it appears that Carlos Correa has finally figured out where he's going to be playing baseball for the next few seasons. It won't be in San Francisco for 13 years and $350 million and it won't be in Queens for 12 years and $315 million, either. Instead, the…

Baseball America released their top 10 Los Angeles Dodgers prospect list for the 2023 season, which is headlined by Diego Cartaya for a second consecutive year. Following Cartaya on the list is Bobby Miller as the No. 2 ranked Dodgers prospect, then Miguel Vargas, Michael Busch, Ryan Pepiot, Gavin Stone, Andy Pages, Dalton Rushing, Nick Nastrini…

Will Michael Conforto be a San Francisco treat? That's what the Giants are hoping, after signing the former New York Mets outfielder to a two-year, $36 million contract. BUY MLB TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER A former All-Star, Conforto sat out the 2022 season while recovering from shoulder surgery. During his…

My everlasting love, I am coming home, for the war is over. Both sides are claiming victory, but there is no ambiguity in this matter. We are victorious, my sweet Gerty! We have prevailed! Sing tale of our triumph upon the highest mountain top, because we have won, we have won, we have won, and I am coming home. The Belt Wars are over. The good…

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been around for over a century, and over that time, they've managed to win their fair share of World Series (7, to be precise). But in recent years, the team has fallen on hard times. They have made the playoffs three times since 2017 but only won the title in 2020. The Dodgers are hoping for their 8th win this year…

Tennessee baseball's Tony Vitello on how Chase Dollander is handling MLB Draft attentionTennessee baseball's Chase Dollander is projected as the potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. Welcome to the inaugural MLB draft lottery. The Detroit Tigers have the sixth-best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft during the…

Following the first-ever MLB draft lottery at the annual winter meetings earlier this month, it's time for our first official 2023 mock draft! There is still a lot of time for prospects to rise and fall during the upcoming spring seasons, but this draft class has already taken shape on the strength of 2022 performances during the high school and…

This is one of baseball's most exciting weekends for those who follow and love the MLB draft process. Later today is the All-Star Futures Game, where two Blue Jays prospects Ricky Tiedemann and Yosver Zulueta made the roster and could potentially pitch an inning or two in the game at some point through the day (start time 4. p.m. PT). On Monday the…

The All-Star Break represents a mid-season time out for legally betting on MLB games, but also opens up the door for placing wagers on baseball's best players over a series of several events. Legal MLB All Star Game betting can occur across the entire USA, and the following guide reveals how and where to do so in your state. We provide detail into…

The 2022 MLB Draft is in the books and the Texas Rangers made 18 picks. The Athletic has comprehensive live coverage of the 20-round, three-day event, including top-100 prospect rankings, mock drafts, prospect profiles, team-by-team analysis and much more. Find out how the Rangers fared in the draft and much more… Well, that happened. The Rangers…

If you're a parent and take road trips with your kids, you've no doubt heard the oft-muttered indignations from your back seat drivers: "are we there yet?" No other recent excitement has surrounded the prospect of a promotion to the major leagues than the possible call-up of Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman. But wait, a catcher after all? I played…

Could the Boston Red Sox gamble on a well-known, high-upside pitcher with their first-round pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft? The Athletic's Keith Law released a new mock draft Monday, six days before the start of the MLB draft, and projected the Red Sox to land right-hander Kumar Rocker with the No. 24 overall selection. There was a…

Heading into the 2022 MLB Draft, many expected the Kansas City Royals to go with a high school prep bat or - for those with pessimistic views - a pitcher from either the high school or college ranks. They hadn't selected a college position player in the opening round in nearly a decade, after all. There was no way that president of baseball…

The Pittsburgh Pirates secured the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB draft in the league's first-ever draft lottery on Tuesday night. Here are the remaining teams that will pick in the top 18: 2. Washington Nationals 3. Detroit Tigers 4. Texas Rangers 5. Minnesota Twins 6. Oakland Athletics 7. Cincinnati Reds 8. Kansas City Royals 9. Colorado Rockies 10.…

Bowl season is among us! The North Texas Mean Green (7-6) face off against the Boise State Broncos (9-4) in the Frisco Bowl on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 9:15 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a North Texas-Boise State prediction and pick. North Texas is 7-6 and finished in second place in the Conference USA…

The 2022 MLB Draft ended Tuesday with rounds eleven to twenty, and the Baltimore Orioles made ten picks. Unlike Day One and Day Two, where teams have more or fewer picks due to compensation, every team had one pick for each round. As the team who finished with the worst record last season, the O's picked first at the beginning of each round, not…

Washington's Nationals selected left-handed pitcher Jake Bennett out of high school, in the 39th Round in 2019, taking the southpaw with the 1173rd overall pick, but he opted to go to the University of Oklahoma, joining high school teammate Cade Cavalli with the Sooners in the season Cavalli was drafted by the Nats 22nd overall in the 1st Round in…

Carlos Correa bet on himself a year ago, and on Tuesday night, he won big. The 28-year-old shortstop agreed to a massive 13-year, $350 million contract with the Giants, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic. Correa's pact with the Giants comes 13 months after he passed on a five-year, $160 million contract offer to stay with the…

In 2010, the Kansas City Royals drafted Whit Merrifield in the ninth round of the MLB Draft. At the time, no one probably thought anything of Merrifield joining the Royals. Anything past a third rounder typically doesn't get a lot of buzz and that was the case here. Merrifield shone bright during his time at South Carolina and was responsible for…

Over the past few seasons, MLB teams from across the league have been starting to lock up their young stars to long-term contracts earlier and earlier into their service time. In doing so, teams are avoiding going to arbitration with their top players and giving them guaranteed money through their prime years. Some players are receiving these deals…

The San Diego Padres used to boast MLB's richest farm system. After years of offseason and trade deadline wheeling and dealing, though, only one crowned jewel remains in the pipeline: budding shortstop Jackson Merrill. Between MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, Taylor Trammell and Robert Hassell, general manager A.J. Preller has cut bait with several…

Who will be the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft? Sportsnaut's latest 2023 MLB mock draft 2023 dives into the best prospects available this year, with many names who will help shape the future of Major League Baseball in the years to come. The first MLB Draft lottery provided a few surprises that shook up the order in Round 1. For the second time…

Even though the Pittsburgh Pirates have not changed their stance and continue to insist they have no intentions of trading away star center field Bryan Reynolds, with Reynolds having requested a trade it is difficult to see a scenario where he is not dealt. Especially since Reynolds has also rejected a long-term contract extension from the Pirates…

In our first edition of Mock Draft Roundup & Takeaways, draft analysts had the Milwaukee Brewers' first-round pick dominated by two players in particular-Tennessee's Drew Gilbert and James Madison's Chase DeLauter. In terms of the type of players that the Brewers typically covet in the first round, both fit the mold as up-the-middle defenders with…

The Atlanta Braves picked up a Competitive Balance Round A pick (no. 35 overall) leading up to the 2022 MLB Draft from the Royals in an unusual midseason trade that sent prospects, including Drew Waters, back to Kansas City. With that added pick (and the extra slot money that came with it), the Braves selected right-handed pitcher Ian "JR" Ritchie…

In the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery, Kansas City had the fifth best odds to select #1 overall at 10%. They ended up dropping out of the six pick lottery and fell to pick number eight, having been jumped by the Tigers, Rangers, and Twins. It would be easy to bemoan this as bad luck for our Royals, but is that actually true? When MLB's new CBA went…

It is the line everyone remembers from the 2013 Tom Hanks movie "Captain Phillips." Well, I have one thing to say to Rob Manfred: I am the commissioner now. After rubbing the magic lamp, the genie granted me one wish and I choose to become the commissioner of Major League Baseball. Why? Because while I love baseball, I think there are some things…

The Boston Red Sox own the 14th pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft. But they almost landed the No. 1 overall selection. MLB conducted its first-ever draft lottery Tuesday at the winter meetings in San Diego. The top six picks were determined via the lottery, which the Pittsburgh Pirates won, followed by (in order) the Washington…

The first 2023 MLB Mock Draft is out after the Pittsburgh Pirates won the MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. Now that the inaugural MLB Draft lottery has officially come and gone, the draft order is set in stone. One thing to keep an eye on in this year's draft is that there are a ton of college bats and pitchers, the polar opposite of the past…

The Rule 5 Draft allows teams to poach certain minor leaguers from opposing organizations each year. The caveat is that the player they select must remain on the MLB roster for the entirety of the following season. If they are ever optioned or designated for assignment, they must be offered back to their original team. With the draft scheduled for…

When you see the numbers "11-8-10-2," what do you think of? No, that isn't your high school locker combination. Those were the first four ping pong balls drawn at the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday in San Diego, awarding the first overall pick in the 2023 Draft to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates, along with the Nationals and A's, shared…

As it turns out, the Kansas City Royals can't even win when it comes to losing as a potential top-five pick turned into a pumpkin. MLB has the most convoluted draft in sports and decided to add another layer with this year's MLB Draft Lottery. To combat tanking, the first 18 picks in this year's draft were put into the hands of chance. The Royals,…

The Reds have the fourth-best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 Draft during the league's inaugural draft lottery, which will determine the order for the first six spots. Following a 100-loss season, the Reds could drop as low as the 10 pick if the ping pong balls handed them another loss. LSU outfielder Dylan Crews, Tennessee pitcher…

SAN DIEGO - Last winter's MLB lockout prevented teams from being in touch with their players. That had a long list of detrimental effects. Among them: It prevented funny situations like the one that follows. About every other day this offseason, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been receiving videos from infielder Jonathan Schoop. In the videos, Hinch…

The Pittsburgh Pirates have won the first ever MLB draft lottery. Pittsburgh was awarded the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft through baseball's inaugural draft lottery on Tuesday night. The event, which gave all 18 non-playoff teams from last season a chance at the top pick, was held at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. This will be…

SAN DIEGO - Re-signing Carlos Correa continues to be the Twins' focus at the Winter Meetings, but while they wait for the superstar shortstop and agent Scott Boras to make a franchise-altering decision, plenty of other Twins-related tidbits were circulating around the Manchester Grand Hyatt during the first two days of MLB's annual…

MLB's inaugural Draft Lottery took place Tuesday from the Winter Meetings in San Diego. The NBA and NHL also have a lottery system, so it's not an unfamiliar concept, but it is new to baseball. The differences lie with how many spots are determined: baseball's lottery determines the first six spots in the 2023 MLB Draft. All 18 teams that failed to…

The A's will add the No. 6 overall pick in this spring's amateur draft to their current rebuilding plans. MLB held its first-ever draft lottery on Tuesday night during a made-for-TV announcement, and the A's, despite having the second-worst record in the Majors last season and sharing the best odds of any team, failed to land the top pick. That…

The inaugural MLB Draft Lottery ensured that all non-playoff teams would have a chance to receive the highest picks in the following year's Draft -- and no team benefited from the newly structured rules more than the Twins. Minnesota entered Tuesday night with the 13th-best odds in the Lottery -- and emerged with the No. 5 overall pick. That…

MLB completed their first draft lottery this evening. Per the new collective bargaining agreement, this marks the first year that the team with the worst record in the league did not automatically receive the first overall pick. Instead, all 18 teams that did not make the postseason were placed into a lottery to determine the first six picks in the…

A night at the casino proved to be a winner Tuesday for the Tigers. Despite having the sixth-poorest finish among 30 MLB teams in 2022, the Tigers made off with the third-overall pick in the first-ever MLB Draft Lottery, which was staged at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. It was a happy change in dice-rolls for a Detroit pro sports team that,…

It's time for the Rule 5 Draft! An exciting draft where teams attempt to find hidden gems to add to their MLB roster for the upcoming season. Because of the new CBA the regular MLB Draft now has a lottery system. However the Rule 5 Draft order is still reverse standings from the previous year. That means the Tigers have the 6th pick. Most of you…

SAN DIEGO - The first-ever MLB draft lottery took place during the winter meetings Tuesday at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, and the Detroit Tigers received the No. 3 overall pick in 2023 edition of the amateur draft. The Tigers, the sixth-worst team in baseball last season, moved up three spots from their pre-lottery odds. The Pittsburgh…

The Pittsburgh Pirates have won the first-ever MLB draft lottery. Pittsburgh was awarded the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft through baseball's inaugural draft lottery on Tuesday night. The event was held at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. This will be Pittsburgh's sixth time selecting first overall. The Pirates most recently did so in…