Now that MLB has held the Draft Lottery and we know which teams are picking where, it's time to predict whom they'll select.

The 2026 Draft actually won't begin until July 11, so we have 214 days to figure it all out. But we can't wait to make our first projections, so we won't.

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The White Sox secured the No. 1 overall pick via the lottery, and we envision them taking UCLA's Roch Cholowsky. The best all-around college shortstop since Troy Tulowitzki in 2005, Cholowsky would be the prohibitive favorite to become the first choice no matter which club owned the selection.

Shortstops are the strength of the 2026 Draft crop , with our forecast below having them comprise each of the first three picks and nine of the 25 first-rounders.

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