MLB Draft Lottery Special presented by Nike to exclusively air Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. ET
Dec. 3, 2025 – MLB Network announced that it will air more than 20 hours of live Winter Meetings coverage from Orlando, Florida beginning this Sunday, Dec. 7 on the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight presented by CohnReznick at 7 p.m. ET. Insiders Mark Feinsand, Jon Heyman, Jon Morosi and Joel Sherman will provide the latest news and rumors across the five days of coverage. Hosts Greg Amsinger, Brian Kenny, Lauren Shehadi, Matt Vasgersian and Adnan Virk, former general managers Rick Hahn and Steve Phillips, and analysts Sean Casey, Ron Darling, Mark DeRosa, Cliff Floyd, Harold Reynolds, Xavier Scruggs and Tom Verducci will all be on-site and part of the coverage, featuring live interviews with front office personnel across the game. For this coming Monday, Dec. 8 and Tuesday, Dec. 9, SiriusXM’s The Leadoff Spot and Hot Stove presented by CohnReznick will begin MLB Network’s coverage at 9 and 10 a.m. ET, followed by on-site editions of MLB Tonight at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. ET. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, MLB Tonight will follow The Leadoff Spot and Hot Stove at 1 p.m. ET.
To lead off this year’s Winter Meetings, MLB Network will exclusively announce the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot results this Sunday, Dec. 7 on MLB Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. The eight candidates who make up the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot include Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela. A 16-member committee will consider these candidates’ contributions to the game of baseball since 1980, and any candidate receiving votes on at least 75 percent of all ballots cast will earn induction into the Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Following the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot results, the BBWAA will announce the results of its 2026 Hall of Fame vote live from Cooperstown on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network.
For the fourth straight year, MLB Network will exclusively air the MLB Draft Lottery Special presented by Nike on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. ET, to determine the first six club selections in the 2026 First-Year Player Draft. Greg Amsinger and Rick Hahn will anchor the coverage as a lottery of the non-Postseason teams will take place. The Chicago White Sox (27.7%) and the Minnesota Twins (22.2%) are the top two teams that have a chance of receiving the No. 1 overall pick.
Ahead of its Winter Meetings coverage, MLB Network will air its new show MLB Tonight: The Insiders – which includes insiders from around the country opining on the latest news and rumors – this Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. ET and then a countdown program, Postseason Performers of 2025 this Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. ET. Following its Winter Meetings coverage, MLB Network will air another countdown show, Top Finishes of 2025, next Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. ET.