Billy Mock

My MLB Mock Draft 3.0 is live! First time projecting every pick in the 1st round including the supp. round. 40 total picks with descriptions for each. First 10 picks are below with article featuring all 40 picks linked at the bottom, please check it out! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Discussed some of the key story lines from specifically the first round of the draft below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ baseballfocus.org/mlb-draft-news…

Also worth noting Dominic Santarelli (LSU) and Sean Dunlap (Tennessee) who are right outside my top 100 but definitely day 1-caliber

My top ranked prospects still available after day one of the draft, with college commitments for the HS guys: Cooper Sides, #27 (LSU) Blake Bowen, #31 (Oregon State) Bo Holloway, #44 (Vanderbilt) Joseph Contreras, #51 (Vanderbilt) Cole Koeninger, #58 (Tennessee) Archer Horn, #62 (Stanford) Martin Shelar, #72 (Mississippi State) Ethan Bass, #77 (Wake Forest) Jaxon Willits, #79 James Tronstein, #81 (Vanderbilt) Brady Harris, #82 (Florida) Alex Hernandez, #86 Jorvorskie Lane Jr, #88 (Arkansas) Denton Lord, #89 (Mississippi State) Lucas Moore, #96 Savion Sims, #97 (Oklahoma) Vanderbilt👀

Between Eric Booth Jr and Kevin Roberts Jr alone, the Orioles have one of the more exciting draft classes thus far for me. Some of the loudest tools and upside in the class between the two of them. Faced off with each other in the Mississippi prep ranks this spring

Well, the Rangers are the team taking the swing on Brody Bumila. Will certainly be following that situation closely leading up to signing day

Bo Lowrance getting to the Dodgers pick at 40th overall might be more detrimental to the game of baseball than if they are to land Tarik Skubal at the trade deadline

The Brewers have had a lot of time to watch Trey Ebel given they took his brother Brady in the first round last year, so I'm not surprised they were in on him here Felt like the high guy on him at #65 on my rankings but still thought I was selling him short. Love this pick

Kind of love Schaffner to Boston at 20th overall Moved him up from the 90s to #55 on my rankings after seeing a lot of him throughout the NCAA tournament/Omaha 20th overall may feel like a stretch but you cant go wrong with a bat to ball shortstop imo

I had LeBron 19th overall in my last mock draft and 17th overall in my mock prior to that. So of course he goes 18th 😭

Angels not only passing on a college guy but also taking the youngest high school kid in the class Would love to know how Mozeliak pulled that off as the interim in that front office

Very interested to know the mechanics behind KC taking Zion Rose 6th overall I know we were in for some surprises but I'm not sure I can buy into taking Rose over Burress regardless of financials But then again, I'm excited to see how I'm proven wrong in a few years

Roch Choloosky

At #39, James Clark is my highest ranked draft prospect thus far to withdraw. Had him in the first round earlier in the year. Big get for Duke

The #WhiteSox now have the largest bonus pool in the 2026 MLB Draft. The No. 34 pick adds $2,897,400 to their original pool, so money should not be an issue which ever way they end up going.

Have a feeling this isn't the last LSU guy getting to Baton Rouge

@sportsbravesok I did have him in the teens a few months ago but I don't see much of a path to it at this point

@BMock98 Seems like my burress to braves dream is unlikely now

Even though it's less than a week old, it already feels a little outdated because the top of the draft might have looked different if I put this together a day later then I did. Plugging my final MLB mock draft anyway. First 40 picks ⬇️⬇️⬇️ baseballfocus.org/2026-mock-draf…

@sportsbravesok And yeah, I'd probably bet on Bumila getting to Texas at this point but anything can happen

@BMock98 can you share what you would shake up in the top 10?

My most aggressive ranking in my final draft rankings has Stony Brook HS (NY) SS Aiden Ruiz all the way up at #15 Hard to deny the defense at SS which is probably the best in the class on top of the plus bat-to-ball from both sides of the plate. Speed/Athleticism on the bases too. Feels like a pretty good recipe for success despite what the power may look like right now Kind of been surprised I haven't really seen him ranked higher than the comp round considering the question marks with a lot of the college bats and arms when you get past the upper tier of both. Feels like one of the higher floors in the class despite that he's an older prep Vandy commit and I believe he'll be soph. eligible in 28' so I definitely see a world in which he's the highest ranked/drafted player to get to campus