The 2018 MLB draft is here! In this stream, you will find profiles on all of the draft picks from the first round plus the comp rounds. They will be added to the stream as they are posted. Happy draft day!
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2018 MLB Draft Profiles - Round One
Here are profiles of all of the picks from the first round of the 2018 draft.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Royals select Daniel Lynch with the 34th overall pick
The Royals continued to load up in the comp round as they grabbed a college arm with lots of pitches
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Cleveland Indians select Ethan Hankins with 35th overall pick
Hankins, once believed to be a potential No. 1 overall pick, goes to the Indians with the final first-round compensatory pick.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Kansas City Royals select Jackson Kowar with the 33rd overall pick
The Royals add their second Florida starting pitcher of the night.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Tampa Rays select Nick Schnell with the 32nd overall pick
Tampa has a loaded draft class now as they also add one of the better prep outfielders in the draft class with a ton of helium
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Tampa Bay Rays select Shane McClanahan with 31st overall pick
The Rays take a local product with their second selection of the night.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Los Angeles Dodgers select J.T. Ginn with the 30th overall pick
The Dodgers selected a flamethrowing high school reliever with the 30th overall pick
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Cleveland Indians select Noah Naylor with 29th overall pick
The Indians get the slugging catcher with their first selection.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Houston Astros select Seth Beer with 28th overall pick
The Astros get an 80-grade name and slugger with their first round pick
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Washington Nationals select Mason Denaburg with the 27th overall pick
The Nationals take a stab at restocking their organizational pitching depth by taking Denaburg with the 27th pick.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Red Sox select Triston Casas with the 26th pick
The Red Sox took a power hitting prep star with a probable future at first base
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Cubs take Nico Hoerner with the 24th overall pick
The Cubs went with a college shortstop with a high end hit tool with the 24th pick
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Arizona Diamondbacks select Matt McLain with 25th overall selection
The D-Backs take a high-school shortstop late in the first round.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The New York Yankees select Anthony Seigler with the 23rd pick
The high-school catcher, famous for his switch-pitching, gets taken by the Bronx Bombers.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Rockies select Ryan Rolison with the 22nd overall pick
The Rockies went the college pitcher route with a lefty with a great breaking ball
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Milwaukee Brewers select Brice Turang with the 21st overall pick
The Brewers take a high-schooler who’s arguably the top shortstop in this draft class.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Twins select Trevor Larnach with the 20th pick
The Twins selected one of the better college performers from this season who broke out in a big way
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: St. Louis Cardinals select Nolan Gorman with 19th overall pick
The Cardinals take a prep hitter with plenty of raw power at pick No. 19.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Royals select Brady Singer with the 18th overall pick
The Chicago White Sox took the college pitcher with arguably the longest track record of high level success
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Los Angeles Angels select Jordyn Adams with 17th overall pick
The talented two-sport athlete heads to the Angels with the 17th pick.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Tampa Rays select Matthew Liberatore with the 16th overall pick
The Rays may have grabbed the steal of the draft with one of the better high school pitchers in the draft class.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Texas Rangers select Cole Winn with the 15th overall pick
The highly-touted high-schooler goes to the Rangers with the 15th pick.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Seattle Mariners select Logan Gilbert with the 14th pick
The Mariners went with a smallish conference college pitcher with a strong track record
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: The Miami Marlins select Connor Scott with the 13th pick
The prep outfielder goes to the rebuilding Marlins.
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Blue Jays select Jordan Groshans with 12th overall pick
The Blue Jays went with a high upside prep bat with the 12th pick
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June 4, 2018
2018 MLB Draft: Baltimore Orioles select Grayson Rodriguez with 11th overall pick
The high-school right-hander goes to the Orioles with the 11th pick.