The 2026 MLB Draft is underway, and the Tigers are sitting at No. 22 with a bonus pool of $9,165,100 to work with.
Baseball’s first big event of All-Star Weekend got started today at 1:00 p.m. on NBC/Peacock, with the Chicago White Sox set to make the first pick around 1:30 p.m. The opening night is split across a few different platforms: the first 10 selections are on NBC/Peacock, picks 11 through 40 move to MLB Network, and rounds 2 through 4 are available on MLB.tv or MLB.com from 4:30 to 7:45 p.m. Day 2 will take place tomorrow afternoon and will not be televised.
Detroit’s spot in the order is locked in at 22nd overall, and the draft board ahead of them has already started to take shape. The White Sox opened things by taking shortstop Roch Cholowsky out of UCLA at No.
- After that come the Rays, Twins, Giants, Pirates, Royals, Orioles, Athletics, Braves and Rockies in the top 10.
The rest of the first round runs through the Nationals at No. 11, then the Angels, Cardinals, Marlins, D-backs, Rangers, Astros, Reds, Guardians, Red Sox and Padres before the Tigers are on the clock. Rounding out the picks immediately behind Detroit are the Cubs at No.
23, Mariners at No. 24 and Brewers at No. 25.
This tracker will be updated throughout the draft with every Tigers pick and every selection overall, including each player’s name, position and school.
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