2023 Major League Baseball draft

The 2023 Major League Baseball draft will take place in July 2023 in Seattle. The draft will assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. For the first time, a draft lottery will be used to set a portion of the draft order. The first six selections will be set via the lottery, with picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants to be set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams will then select in an order that combines postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage will be used to set the draft order for rounds 2 through 20. In addition, compensation picks will be distributed for players who did not sign from the 2022 MLB Draft.[1][2]

2023 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)July 2023
LocationSeattle, Washington
Network(s)MLB Network
ESPN (first round)
Overview
TBD total selections in 20 rounds
First selectionTBD
Pittsburgh Pirates
First round selections39

The Pittsburgh Pirates won the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery, and will have the first selection in the draft. It is expected that the first round picks of the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers will move down 10 slots as a result of those teams exceeding the first luxury tax threshold by $40 million or more.[3]

Draft lottery

The draft lottery for the 2023 MLB Draft took place on December 6, 2022 in San Diego.[4]

The following table lists the percentage chances for each team to get specific picks as a result of the draft lottery.[5]

Denotes lottery result
Seed Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
1Washington Nationals 16.5%15.6%14.5%13.2%11.6%9.7%19.0%-----------
2Oakland Athletics 16.5%15.6%14.5%13.2%11.6%9.7%16.2%2.8%----------
3Pittsburgh Pirates 16.5%15.6%14.5%13.2%11.6%9.7%13.7%5.0%0.3%---------
4Cincinnati Reds 13.2%13.1%12.9%12.4%11.7%10.6%15.7%9.0%1.2%>0.0%--------
5Kansas City Royals 10.0%10.3%10.6%10.9%11.1%11.0%16.5%15.7%3.6%0.2%>0.0%-------
6Detroit Tigers 7.5%8.0%8.5%9.1%9.8%10.4%12.9%23.3%9.3%1.2%>0.0%>0.0%------
7Texas Rangers 5.5%6.0%6.5%7.2%8.0%9.1%5.9%26.6%20.3%4.5%0.4%>0.0%>0.0%-----
8Colorado Rockies 3.9%4.3%4.8%5.4%6.2%7.3%-17.5%33.9%14.6%2.1%0.1%>0.0%>0.0%----
9Miami Marlins 2.7%3.0%3.4%3.9%4.6%5.5%--31.4%35.0%9.7%0.9%>0.0%>0.0%----
10Los Angeles Angels 1.8%2.0%2.3%2.7%3.2%3.9%---44.4%33.0%6.3%0.4%>0.0%>0.0%---
11Arizona Diamondbacks 1.4%1.6%1.8%2.1%2.5%3.1%----54.9%28.6%3.9%0.2%>0.0%>0.0%--
12Chicago Cubs 1.1%1.2%1.4%1.7%2.0%2.5%-----64.0%23.7%2.3%0.1%>0.0%--
13Minnesota Twins 0.9%1.0%1.2%1.4%1.7%2.0%------71.9%18.7%1.2%>0.0%>0.0%-
14Boston Red Sox 0.8%0.9%1.0%1.2%1.4%1.7%-------78.9%13.6%0.6%>0.0%>0.0%
15Chicago White Sox 0.6%0.7%0.8%1.0%1.2%1.4%--------85.1%9.1%0.2%>0.0%
16San Francisco Giants 0.5%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.9%1.1%---------90.4%5.2%>0.0%
17Baltimore Orioles 0.4%0.4%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.8%----------94.6%2.1%
18Milwaukee Brewers 0.2%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.5%-----------97.9%

Top prospects
Source: MLB.com Prospect Rankings 2023[6]
Ranking Player Position School
1 Dylan Crews Outfielder LSU
2 Chase Dollander Pitcher Tennessee
3 Wyatt Langford Outfielder Florida
4 Paul Skenes Pitcher LSU
5 Jacob Gonzalez Shortstop Ole Miss
6 Max Clark Outfielder Franklin Community High School (IN)
7 Walker Jenkins Outfielder South Brunswick High School (NC)
8 Enrique Bradfield Jr. Outfielder Vanderbilt
9 Jacob Wilson Shortstop Grand Canyon
10 Hurston Waldrep Pitcher Florida
11 Brayden Taylor Third baseman TCU
12 Aidan Miller Third baseman J. W. Mitchell High School (FL)
13 Blake Mitchell Catcher Sinton High School (TX)
14 Rhett Lowder Pitcher Wake Forest
15 Yohandy Morales Third baseman Miami
16 Noble Meyer Pitcher Jesuit High School (OR)
17 Charlee Soto Pitcher Reborn Christian Academy (FL)
18 Will Sanders Pitcher South Carolina
19 Thomas White Pitcher Phillips Academy (MA)
20 Matt Shaw Shortstop Maryland
21 Kevin McGonigle Shortstop / Second baseman Monsignor Bonner High School (PA)
22 Maui Ahuna Shortstop Tennessee
23 Travis Honeyman Outfielder Boston College
24 Tanner Witt Pitcher Texas
25 Brock Wilken Third baseman Wake Forest
26 Bryce Eldridge First baseman / Pitcher James Madison High School (VA)
27 Travis Sykora Pitcher Round Rock High School (TX)
28 Kyle Teel Catcher Virginia
29 Tommy Troy Shortstop Stanford
30 Colin Houck Shortstop Parkview High School (GA)

Draft selections

First round
Pick Player Team Position School
1 Pittsburgh Pirates
2 Washington Nationals
3 Detroit Tigers
4 Texas Rangers
5 Minnesota Twins
6 Oakland Athletics
7 Cincinnati Reds
8 Kansas City Royals
9 Colorado Rockies
10 Miami Marlins
11 Los Angeles Angels
12 Arizona Diamondbacks
13 Chicago Cubs
14 Boston Red Sox
15 Chicago White Sox
16 San Francisco Giants
17 Baltimore Orioles
18 Milwaukee Brewers
19 Tampa Bay Rays
20 Toronto Blue Jays
21 St. Louis Cardinals
22 Seattle Mariners
23 Cleveland Guardians
24 Atlanta Braves
25 San Diego Padres
26 New York Yankees
27 Philadelphia Phillies
28 Houston Astros
29 Seattle Mariners[Compensation 1]

Competitive Balance Round A
Pick Player Team Position School
30 Seattle Mariners
31 Tampa Bay Rays
32 New York Mets
33 Milwaukee Brewers
34 Minnesota Twins
35 Miami Marlins
36 Los Angeles Dodgers
37 Detroit Tigers
38 Cincinnati Reds
39 Oakland Athletics

Second round
Pick Player Team Position School
40 Washington Nationals
41 Oakland Athletics
42 Pittsburgh Pirates
43 Cincinnati Reds
44 Kansas City Royals
45 Detroit Tigers
46 Colorado Rockies
47 Miami Marlins
48 Los Angeles Angels
49 Arizona Diamondbacks
50 Minnesota Twins
51 Boston Red Sox
52 Chicago White Sox
53 San Francisco Giants
54 Baltimore Orioles
55 Milwaukee Brewers
56 Tampa Bay Rays
57 Seattle Mariners
58 Cleveland Guardians
59 New York Mets
60 Atlanta Braves
61 Houston Astros
62 Los Angeles Dodgers

Competitive Balance Round B
Pick Player Team Position School
63 Cleveland Guardians
64 Baltimore Orioles
65 Arizona Diamondbacks
66 Colorado Rockies
67 Kansas City Royals
68 Pittsburgh Pirates

Compensatory round
Pick Player Team Position School
69 Chicago Cubs[Compensation 2]
70 San Francisco Giants[Compensation 3]
71 Atlanta Braves[Compensation 4]

Notes
Compensation picks
  1. Incentivized for Julio Rodriguez winning the 2022 American League Rookie of the Year Award
  2. Compensation pick for the St. Louis Cardinals signing Willson Contreras
  3. Compensation pick for the New York Yankees signing Carlos Rodon
  4. Compensation pick for the Chicago Cubs signing Dansby Swanson

References
  1. Glaser, Kyle (March 11, 2022). "Guide To The New CBA: Draft Lottery, Expanded Playoffs And More". Baseball America. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  2. Colazzo, Carlos (October 5, 2022). "Who's Picking Where? 2023 MLB Draft Order & Lottery Explained". Baseball America. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. Adams, Steve (September 20, 2022). "Six Teams Set To Pay Luxury Tax In 2022". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  4. Axisa, Mike (November 7, 2022). "MLB's first-ever draft lottery: Date, odds for No. 1 pick, and everything else to know". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  5. "2023 MLB Draft Lottery Odds". Tankathon. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  6. "Top Baseball Draft Prospects". MLB. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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