It might only be December, but there’s a serious case of Draft fever ranging.

The root cause is the release of MLB Pipeline’s new 2026 Top 100 Draft Prospects list. The fans are definitely aflame, though, by the upcoming MLB Draft Lottery, which will determine the order of who gets to take the players on the Top 100 and when. The event can be watched live on MLB Network on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. ET from the Winter Meetings in Orlando.

2026 Draft:

It’s a list the scouting industry seems excited about, especially in terms of potential elite-level players heading it compared to last year, when it was unclear who belonged at the top of Draft boards.

“I think people were more excited about the 2025 depth and the top of the Draft in 2026,” one scouting director said. “I think there’s

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