The MLB Draft Lottery for the 2026 MLB Draft will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. Central time. For the second year in a row, the Texas Rangers are lottery-eligible, and thus have a chance — albeit a small one — at a top pick.

With the MLB Draft Lottery, all 18 teams who did not make the playoffs are initially eligible. However, a team that picked in the top six the previous year and pays into the revenue sharing pool is not eligible the following season, and a team that picked in the top six in each of the two previous years and is receives revenue sharing dollars is not eligible the following season.

As a result, there will not always be 18 teams actually participating in the lottery. This year, the Colorado Rockies, being a team that receives revenue sharin

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