After an up-and-down first half by the Minnesota Twins that still has them in the thick of the playoff race, it is nearly time for the All-Star Break and the 2026 MLB Draft! The Twins will have a busy first day in the draft with the third overall pick and five total day one selections. You can read Twinkie Town’s Aidan O’Brien’s breakdown of the top three prospects in this year’s draft.
The 2026 MLB Draft begins today at 12 PM CDT in Philadelphia to kick off All-Star Week. There’s a bit of a different
schedule this year, with rounds 1-4 taking place today, including all compensatory and competitive balance rounds. Rounds 5-20 will begin on Sunday at 10:30 AM CDT.
Because MLB likes to make things extra confusing, the broadcast will also be different this year and will have the first round split between two different broadcast partners and the entirety of day one split into three. Picks 1-10 can be seen on NBC and Peacock after which the broadcast will shift to MLB Network, MLB.com, MLB.TV, and MLB+ for picks 11-40. The rest of day one (picks 41-135) and all of day two will lose the MLB Network component.
Follow along on this post for the next few days. We’ll track all of the first-round picks and break down each of the Twins picks that they make along the way.
2026 MLB Draft First Round Picks
Note: picks 29-37 are all technically Competitive Balance Round A picks, which you can read about here. NYY and PHI pick in this round because of their pick penalties, not because they got extra picks. As a result of the same rule, LAD’s and TOR’s first selections technically fall in the second round. CB-A picks are considered first round selections since they take place prior to the start of round two and are the only draft picks eligible to be traded.
