2026 MLB Draft

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Other prominent #13 overall draft picks include:

Manny Ramirez
Paul Konerko
(Cardinal legend) Khlalil Greene
Chris Sale

This meme gives Khalil anxiety.

[phins]

Other prominent #13 overall draft picks include:

Manny Ramirez
Paul Konerko
(Cardinal legend) Khlalil Greene
Chris Sale

This meme gives Khalil anxiety.

I understood that reference.

[Famous Mortimer]

Lucky 13! I seem to recall another 13th (round) pick that turned out pretty darned good for th Cardinals.

All we need is once-in-several-lifetimes good luck and we're back on top, boys

[cardsfantx]

[cardsfantx]

[phins]

This is interesting to me. There was a clear and distinct difference in the draft last year as the Cards targeted plus fastballs rather than sink and command types.

Feels like you might see the risk profile of picks increase under Mortimer, but that remains to be seen of course.

[ghostrunner]

As someone said online, seems like a good year to have a lot of picks.

Baseball America
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The 2026 draft class is the best we’ve seen in years.

And it's graded as such by the industry

More details: buff.ly/bje5Rt7

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories ... aft-class/

TIP - looks like Baseball America is one of those sites where Reader Mode can get you past the paywall in some browsers. In Brave i got it by refreshing and immediately hitting the Reader button, and in Safari I went to Site Settings and said always open in Reader Mode

[mikechamp]

Thought some on this board would be interested in this article:

2026 MLB draft rankings 1.0: Top NCAA, high school prospects

Now that we've seen college players in action over the first week of the season, it's time for our first look at who could be high on MLB draft boards in July.

This class is seen as above average at this point, in large part because of the first five players, and more specifically the top two. At this point last year, there were two players for me in the 50 FV tier, no one else higher, and both of those players (Jace LaViolette and Jamie Arnold) regressed a bit in the spring. The top of the board and the rest of the first round are strong with college position players. The collegiate pitching is more solid than spectacular, notwithstanding Jackson Flora's blistering opening day start. The high school position players are also strong, with a chance to take another step forward if a couple high variance players make the leap this spring.

These players were ranked using the FV (future value) system that I applied for pro prospects. You can check out my offseason MLB prospect rankings to see where these players would rank if they turned pro now, though the grades will change (generally improve as we gain more information and certainty) as the spring progresses. The number in parentheses is the player's age on draft day, a key number in every team's draft model; in short, younger players allow for more projection.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/479 ... igh-school

[Famous Mortimer]

Feels like you might see the risk profile of picks increase under Mortimer, but that remains to be seen of course.

I can't believe they let me loose on this, I draft based on looks and name-weirdness alone.

[phins]

Feels like you might see the risk profile of picks increase under Mortimer, but that remains to be seen of course.

I can't believe they let me loose on this, I draft based on looks and name-weirdness alone.

With the nature of prospects you might do just fine. Ha