2026 Minnesota Twins MLB Draft Day 1 Thread

[Cory Moen]

Similar to 2025, the 2026 MLB draft will feature 20 rounds, with a slight adjustment to its weekend format. Prior to 2025, the draft was a two-day event, with 40 total rounds. Last year, the draft was over three days, and this year it will be over two days. 

The first four rounds (which is one more than last year’s first day) will be later today, starting at 1:00 ET. You can catch the first 10 picks live on NBC or on Peacock. Picks 11-40 can be found on MLB Network or streaming on MLB.com or on MLB.TV starting at 2:30 ET. Starting at 4:00 ET, picks 41-135 will complete day one of draft coverage, and those can be watched the same way as picks 11-40. 

The rest of the draft will take place tomorrow, starting at 11:30 am ET, and can be found on MLB.com or on MLB.TV. While 16 rounds may seem like a lot in one day, last year it was 17 on the second day, and in prior years, they had 20-round days. 

The Twins will make five picks on day one.

• 3rd Overall (Round 1)
• 43rd overall (Round 2)
• 74th overall (Competitive Balance Round B) 
• 79th overall (Round 3)
• 107th overall (Round 4)

Jamie Cameron, Twins Daily’s MLB Prospect Guru and Draft Expert, has a mock draft board that can be found here.

The Twins will have the fifth-largest bonus pool ($16,929,600) in the league. The pool is determined by assigning a slot value to each pick in the first 10 rounds. In rounds 11-20, players can sign for up to $150,000 and not count toward the bonus pool number. 

As a reminder, teams can exceed their bonus pool allotment by up to five percent before incurring any future pick penalties. No team in the bonus pool era has ever exceeded that five percent threshold. 

More information on the entire draft and the pick allotments for the Twins' specific picks can be found in the Twins Draft Primer Article. 

Twins Daily will also feature the Twins Draft Tracker, which will be kept up to date not only during the draft but through the entire signing period, so keep coming back for updates!

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[Patzky]

White Sox trading and posturing already. Will be a fun day.

[Old Twins Hat]

Who knows?  I've seen the Twins getting "stuck" with Lackey, then with Emerson, now potentially with Cholowsky.  

May the Gods of Baseball bless the Twins with the best player available at number 3.

It's leftovers with a side of All-Star potential.

[thelanges5]

Welcome to MN, Mr Cholowsky!

[Cory Moen]

7 minutes ago, Old Twins Hat said:

Who knows?  I've seen the Twins getting "stuck" with Lackey, then with Emerson, now potentially with Cholowsky.  

May the Gods of Baseball bless the Twins with the best player available at number 3.

It's leftovers with a side of All-Star potential.

Yeah, I don't think any of the top 3 are bad to get "stuck" with. All three have a load of potential. Every team just places different value in different skill sets so it will be interesting to see what the White Sox and Rays do and then the choice the Twins make after that. I'm sure they've discussed all possibilities but I'm excited for any of the top three to be the selection!