What time is MLB draft lottery? Odds, how to watch, 2026 rules explained Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAYDecember 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM 0 Major League Baseball's draft lottery is upon us at the winter meetings on Tuesday, Dec. 9, the annual draw to decide the order for next summer's draft at the AllStar Game festivities in Philadelphia. The Chicago White Sox have the best odds (27.73%) to land the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Minnesota Twins (22.18%) and Pittsburgh Pirates (16.81%).
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Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAYDecember 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Major League Baseball's draft lottery is upon us at the winter meetings on Tuesday, Dec. 9, the annual draw to decide the order for next summer's draft at the All-Star Game festivities in Philadelphia.
The Chicago White Sox have the best odds (27.73%) to land the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Minnesota Twins (22.18%) and Pittsburgh Pirates (16.81%).
While the Colorado Rockies had MLB's worst record (43-119), the team had a top-six lottery pick in each of the past two drafts, making them ineligible for a third.
This marks baseball's fourth draft lottery and the previous teams to win the lottery had odds of 16.5% (2023 Pirates), 2.0% (2024 Guardians) and 10.2% (2025 Nationals).
Here's what to know entering Tuesday's draft lottery:
When is MLB draft lottery? How to watch, TV channel -
Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
TV channel: MLB Network
MLB draft lottery odds 2026 -
White Sox: 27.73%
Twins: 22.18%
Pirates: 16.81%
Orioles: 9.24%
Athletics: 6.55%
Braves: 4.54%
Rays: 3.03%
Cardinals: 2.35%
Marlins: 1.85%
Diamondbacks: 1.51%
Rangers: 1.34%
Giants: 1.01%
Royals: 0.84%
Mets: 0.67%
Astros: 0.34%
Rockies: ineligible
Nationals: ineligible
Angels: ineligible
The Colorado Rockies had the worst record in baseball but are are ineligible for the lottery because a team can't receive a top-six pick three years in a row, after the team had such picks in 2024 and 2025. The Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels are also ineligible as "payor" teams, unable to receive back-to-back lottery picks.
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