It’s time for the Winter Meetings to set Hot Stove season aflame. This weekend, the baseball world focuses its offseason gaze on Orlando as the Winter Meetings arrive in the Sunshine State on Sunday. While the focus of the Winter Meetings is usually on the Major League happenings, there will

The top of the 2026 Draft won’t be set until the MLB Draft Lottery plays out on Dec. 9. But the overall Draft order is beginning to take shape, now that the Competitive Balance rounds are set. Since 2017, Major League Baseball has used a formula that combines revenue, winning

With the 2025 regular season in the books and all 30 teams' records and winning percentages final, the '26 Draft order and lottery odds have begun to take shape. The MLB Draft Lottery -- ping pong balls and all -- has become a staple of the offseason. For the fourth

It was a busy Winter Meetings in Dallas, and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff discuss all of the action on the latest Pipeline Podcast.

DALLAS -- The Nationals traveled to the 2024 Winter Meetings this week looking to build their ‘25 roster, and they leave with a major boost for their future. The Nats landed the No. 1 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, determined on Tuesday in the Draft Lottery. This will be

DALLAS -- The Nationals had a 10.2 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft Lottery, and a 100 percent elated reaction after they actually won it. The Nats will select first overall for the third time in team history (2005-present) since drafting Stephen Strasburg

DALLAS -- The Angels will have the opportunity to make a significant addition to their roster next July, as they secured the No. 2 overall pick during the 2025 MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday. It marks the first time in franchise history the Halos will pick at the No. 2

DALLAS -- There was a lot less anxiety than usual inside the suite of the Athletics' front office for Tuesday night’s 2025 MLB Draft Lottery. After experiencing the heartbreak and agony of falling outside of the top three picks despite being tied for the best odds to land the top

DALLAS -- The 121 losses endured by the 2024 White Sox would have derived the organization one major benefit in years past: The top pick in the 2025 Draft. But that benefit doesn’t exist in the Draft Lottery era, with the White Sox set to select at No. 10 overall.

DALLAS -- The Cardinals’ “reset” for the 2025 season, which is expected to center around a young core and Minor League player development, got a much-needed boost Tuesday with an odds-defying pick coming out of the MLB Draft Lottery. Saddled with the 13th-best odds for the top spot in the

DALLAS -- Frank Thomas. Clayton Kershaw. Prince Fielder. All three of them were chosen seventh overall in the MLB Draft. That’s where the Marlins will pick in next July’s Draft despite entering Tuesday afternoon’s MLB Draft Lottery presented by Nike tied with the Rockies for the highest odds (22.45%) for

DALLAS -- The Mariners came away as the sport’s biggest winners in the MLB Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, securing the No. 3 overall pick for 2025 despite having the second-lowest odds (0.53%) for the top overall selection among all teams in the field. Essentially, the Mariners jumped 12 spots

DALLAS -- They may not have won the jackpot this time around, but the Pirates hit big at the Draft Lottery again Tuesday, being awarded the sixth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. The Lottery, which took place at the MLB Winter Meetings, was adopted with the 2022 Collective

DALLAS -- Former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is willing to speak on most anything, and eloquent about it all. But Tuesday evening, he was good-naturedly speechless after other club officials jokingly pointed the media his way. “I got nothing to say, boys,” Hurdle said, walking away after the Rockies --

DALLAS – In the 2009 and ‘10 MLB Drafts, the Washington Nationals had the No. 1 pick and turned those selections into a pair of franchise-changing players, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. At Tuesday’s Draft Lottery during the 2024 Winter Meetings, Washington earned another shot at the very top of

DALLAS -- Just two years ago, the Rangers struck gold at the MLB Draft Lottery when they moved up from seventh to the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. That pick was used to select Wyatt Langford, who is already a mainstay with the big league club.

It’s become a highly anticipated mainstay of the offseason: the MLB Draft Lottery presented by Nike.

The baseball world is about to focus its offseason gaze on Dallas as the Winter Meetings arrive in the Lone Star State on Sunday ready to set the Hot Stove aflame. While the focus of the Winter Meetings is usually on the Major League happenings, there will be plenty for

The top of the 2025 Draft won’t be set until Tuesday’s MLB Draft Lottery presented by Nike. But the overall Draft order is beginning to take shape, now that the Competitive Balance rounds are set.

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While there might not have been the kind of non-stop fireworks in terms of trades and signings some were hoping for at the Winter Meetings, there was still plenty to talk about in Nashville, especially from a prospect perspective. A review:

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The latest Pipeline Podcast comes on the heels of the second annual Draft Lottery, and Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff break down the results. In a stunning turn of events, the Guardians moved up from the ninth slot to No. 1 and the Reds jumped from 13th to

The Guardians won the 2024 MLB Draft Lottery at the Winter Meetings, securing the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history. It was not supposed to play out this way for Cleveland. For the second year, the lottery has determined the order in which teams select in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The A’s were hopeful that their second foray into the MLB Draft Lottery would produce a better fortune than what transpired a year ago, when they ended up with the sixth overall pick despite being tied for best odds to land the top selection. For good measure,