2026 MLB Draft

[D-train]

Here's the "short" draft results from Covid 2020.
Where are they now?
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Mariner 2020 Draft COVID Year Picks.png

1 for 5 for a .200 BA and the one winner now has a ham sandwich for a hand.

[rockycola]

Here's the "short" draft results from Covid 2020.
Where are they now?
~
Mariner 2020 Draft COVID Year Picks.png

1 for 5 for a .200 BA and the one winner now has a ham sandwich for a hand.

Polcovich hasn't played since 2024.
Keenan last played in Toronto's minor league system in 2022.
Connor Phillips is a reliever on the Cincinnati Reds.
DeLoach played 22 games for the White Sox in 2024, spent all of 2025 for Chicago's AAA team and nothing in 2026. ???

[D-train]

Here's the "short" draft results from Covid 2020.
Where are they now?
~
Mariner 2020 Draft COVID Year Picks.png

1 for 5 for a .200 BA and the one winner now has a ham sandwich for a hand.

Polcovich hasn't played since 2024.
Keenan last played in Toronto's minor league system in 2022.
Connor Phillips is a reliever on the Cincinnati Reds.
DeLoach played 22 games for the White Sox in 2024, spent all of 2025 for Chicago's AAA team and nothing in 2026. ???

Yep I did the same exercise. They are all now underwear salesmen for Polar Bears.

[AT Fresno]

is this one of our worst draft years ever?

[GL_Storm]

is this one of our worst draft years ever?

We won't know for a few years. Our first two picks could be dudes though. They have that kind of upside. Nathan Taylor, the third round pick (RHP from Cincinnati), seems like a good value. With pitchers, I'm not sure there's a huge difference in talent between the middle of the second round and the fifth round. Anyone taken in that range has major league potential.

I think the fourth round pick, Trevor Lucas, is kind of interesting. He's supposed to be a high-floor defensive player similar to Ben Williamson, which is a profile I really like outside the first round. Obviously, it's a huge question how he adapts to pro pitching.

[Donn Beach]

And Terry even nailed the first pick

[Donn Beach]

ESPN review...so they went heavy into college position players this time

Seattle Mariners
Best value: 3B Henry Ford (sixth round) has had top-two-rounds buzz at various points through his college career, so he's a nice get in the sixth. He more likely fits at the other corner outfield spots than third, but he has above-average power and roughly average contact skills, so he seems to have a good shot to be the wrong side of a platoon or become a low-end every-day option.

Quickest to the big leagues: 3B Ace Reese (first round) has an easy comp drafted last year in Andrew Fischer, who is terrorizing the high minors with 29 homers this year. Scouts argued that Reese has the same bat-to-ball ability and defensive ability along with more raw power than Fischer did at draft time. I wouldn't expect minor league player of the year performance from anyone, but I think Reese will rake.

Sleeper to watch: 2B Ryan Wynn (seventh round) and RHP Nathan Taylor (third round) both fit here. Wynn showed solid-average power, contact and speed tools this spring in a somewhat limited sample, so this is a nice value relative to what he'd cost with more hype and reps this season.

Taylor is 6-foot-5, 230 pounds and is up to 97 mph with 7.1 foot extension and a cut-ride shape to his fastball, lots of hits on the profile teams are looking for. The plan with this type of prospect is to mold him into a pitcher with three breaking-ball shapes as they also velocity train more zip to the fastball.

One big thought: I also liked RF Jake Brown (second round) among a number of collegiate position players, making up eight of the Mariners' first 10 picks. Brown tested well athletically and was seen as more of a pitcher coming out of high school, so there may be some untapped upside from a solid spring.

[D-train]

I like this draft a lot. I hate pitchers other than Gilbert and Kirby so I love the near term bad ass boppers.

[D-train]

Fyi I am going insane. More proof.