2023 Major League Baseball draft

2023 Major League Baseball draft
2023 Major League Baseball draft
	The draft stage at Lumen Field
General information
Date(s)	July 9–11, 2023
Location	Lumen Field; Seattle, Washington
Network(s)	MLB Network; ESPN (first round)
Overview
	614 total selections in 20 rounds
First selection	Paul Skenes ; Pittsburgh Pirates
First round selections	39
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Major League Baseball draft took place on July 9–11, 2023, in Seattle. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. For the first time, a draft lottery was used to set a portion of the draft order. The first six selections were set via the lottery, with picks belonging to the remaining lottery participants set in reverse order of regular season winning percentage. To complete the first round, playoff teams selected in an order that combined postseason finish, revenue sharing status, and reverse order of winning percentage. Reverse order of regular season winning percentage and postseason finish was used to set the draft order for rounds two through 20. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2022 MLB Draft.^[1]^[2]

The Pittsburgh Pirates won the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery, and selected Paul Skenes with the first pick in the draft. The first round picks of the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers were moved down 10 slots as a result of those teams exceeding the first luxury tax threshold by $40 million or more.^[3]^[4] The Seattle Mariners were awarded the first Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick, the 29th overall pick, after Julio Rodríguez won the 2022 American League Rookie of the Year Award.^[5]

The first and second rounds of the draft were held at Lumen Field, a football and soccer stadium adjacent to T-Mobile Park, where the 2023 All-Star Game took place.^[6]

Nolan Schanuel made his MLB debut for the Los Angeles Angels on August 18, 2023, making him the first player from the 2023 draft to make his major league debut. Schanuel became the first player to debut in the major leagues in the same year of his draft since Garrett Crochet in 2020.

Draft lottery

The draft lottery for the 2023 MLB Draft took place on December 6, 2022, in San Diego.^[7]

The following table lists the percentage chances for each team to receive specific picks as a result of the draft lottery.

	Denotes lottery winner
	Denotes team that did not win lottery

Seed	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th
1	Washington Nationals	16.5%	15.6%	14.5%	13.2%	11.6%	9.7%	19.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Oakland Athletics	16.5%	15.6%	14.5%	13.2%	11.6%	9.7%	16.2%	2.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	16.5%	15.6%	14.5%	13.2%	11.6%	9.7%	13.7%	5.0%	0.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Cincinnati Reds	13.2%	13.1%	12.9%	12.4%	11.7%	10.6%	15.7%	9.0%	1.2%	>0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Kansas City Royals	10.0%	10.3%	10.6%	10.9%	11.1%	11.0%	16.5%	15.7%	3.6%	0.2%	>0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Detroit Tigers	7.5%	8.0%	8.5%	9.1%	9.8%	10.4%	12.9%	23.3%	9.3%	1.2%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Texas Rangers	5.5%	6.0%	6.5%	7.2%	8.0%	9.1%	5.9%	26.6%	20.3%	4.5%	0.4%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-	-	-	-	-
8	Colorado Rockies	3.9%	4.3%	4.8%	5.4%	6.2%	7.3%	-	17.5%	33.9%	14.6%	2.1%	0.1%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-	-	-	-
9	Miami Marlins	2.7%	3.0%	3.4%	3.9%	4.6%	5.5%	-	-	31.4%	35.0%	9.7%	0.9%	>0.0%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-	-	-
10	Los Angeles Angels	1.8%	2.0%	2.3%	2.7%	3.2%	3.9%	-	-	-	44.4%	33.0%	6.3%	0.4%	>0.0%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-	-
11	Arizona Diamondbacks	1.4%	1.6%	1.8%	2.1%	2.5%	3.1%	-	-	-	-	54.9%	28.6%	3.9%	0.2%	>0.0%	>0.0%	>0.0%	-
12	Chicago Cubs	1.1%	1.2%	1.4%	1.7%	2.0%	2.5%	-	-	-	-	-	64.0%	23.7%	2.3%	0.1%	>0.0%	>0.0%	>0.0%
13	Minnesota Twins	0.9%	1.0%	1.2%	1.4%	1.7%	2.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	71.9%	18.7%	1.2%	>0.0%	>0.0%	>0.0%
14	Boston Red Sox	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	1.2%	1.4%	1.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78.9%	13.6%	0.6%	>0.0%	>0.0%
15	Chicago White Sox	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%	1.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	85.1%	9.1%	0.2%	>0.0%
16	San Francisco Giants	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	1.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90.4%	5.2%	>0.0%
17	Baltimore Orioles	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.6%	2.1%
18	Milwaukee Brewers	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97.9%

Draft selections

Key
	All-Star
*	Player did not sign

First round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Paul Skenes	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	LSU
2	Dylan Crews	Washington Nationals	Outfielder	LSU
3	Max Clark	Detroit Tigers	Outfielder	Franklin Community High School (IN)
4	Wyatt Langford	Texas Rangers	Outfielder	Florida
5	Walker Jenkins	Minnesota Twins	Outfielder	South Brunswick High School (NC)
6	Jacob Wilson	Oakland Athletics	Shortstop	Grand Canyon
7	Rhett Lowder	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Wake Forest
8	Blake Mitchell	Kansas City Royals	Catcher	Sinton High School (TX)
9	Chase Dollander	Colorado Rockies	Pitcher	Tennessee
10	Noble Meyer	Miami Marlins	Pitcher	Jesuit High School (OR)
11	Nolan Schanuel	Los Angeles Angels	First baseman	Florida Atlantic
12	Tommy Troy	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shortstop	Stanford
13	Matt Shaw	Chicago Cubs	Shortstop	Maryland
14	Kyle Teel	Boston Red Sox	Catcher	Virginia
15	Jacob Gonzalez	Chicago White Sox	Shortstop	Ole Miss
16	Bryce Eldridge	San Francisco Giants	Two-way player	James Madison High School (VA)
17	Enrique Bradfield	Baltimore Orioles	Outfielder	Vanderbilt
18	Brock Wilken	Milwaukee Brewers	Third baseman	Wake Forest
19	Brayden Taylor	Tampa Bay Rays	Shortstop	TCU
20	Arjun Nimmala	Toronto Blue Jays	Shortstop	Strawberry Crest High School (FL)
21	Chase Davis	St. Louis Cardinals	Outfielder	Arizona
22	Colt Emerson	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	John Glenn High School (OH)
23	Ralphy Velazquez	Cleveland Guardians	Catcher	Huntington Beach High School (CA)
24	Hurston Waldrep	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	Florida
25	Dillon Head	San Diego Padres	Outfielder	Homewood-Flossmoor High School (IL)
26	George Lombard Jr.	New York Yankees	Shortstop	Gulliver Preparatory School (FL)
27	Aidan Miller	Philadelphia Phillies	Shortstop	J. W. Mitchell High School (FL)
28	Brice Matthews	Houston Astros	Shortstop	Nebraska

Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
29	Jonny Farmelo	Seattle Mariners^{[Incentive 1]}	Outfielder	Westfield High School (VA)

Competitive Balance Round A

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
30	Tai Peete	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	Trinity Christian School (GA)
31	Adrian Santana	Tampa Bay Rays	Shortstop	Doral Academy Preparatory School (FL)
32	Colin Houck	New York Mets	Shortstop	Parkview High School (GA)
33	Josh Knoth	Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	Patchogue-Medford High School (NY)
34	Charlee Soto	Minnesota Twins	Pitcher	Reborn Christian Academy (FL)
35	Thomas White	Miami Marlins	Pitcher	Phillips Academy (MA)
36	Kendall George	Los Angeles Dodgers	Outfielder	Atascocita High School (TX)
37	Kevin McGonigle	Detroit Tigers	Shortstop	Bonner & Prendergast Catholic High School (PA)
38	Ty Floyd	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	LSU
39	Myles Naylor	Oakland Athletics	Third baseman	St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School (ON)

Second round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
40	Yohandy Morales	Washington Nationals	Third baseman	Miami (FL)
41	Ryan Lasko	Oakland Athletics	Outfielder	Rutgers
42	Mitch Jebb	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop	Michigan State
43	Sammy Stafura	Cincinnati Reds	Shortstop	Walter Panas High School (NY)
44	Blake Wolters	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	Mahomet-Seymour High School (IL)
45	Max Anderson	Detroit Tigers	Second baseman	Nebraska
46	Sean Sullivan	Colorado Rockies	Pitcher	Wake Forest
47	Kemp Alderman	Miami Marlins	Outfielder	Ole Miss
48	Gino Groover	Arizona Diamondbacks	Third baseman	NC State
49	Luke Keaschall	Minnesota Twins	Second baseman	Arizona State
50	Nazzan Zanetello	Boston Red Sox	Shortstop	Christian Brothers College High School (MO)
51	Grant Taylor	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	LSU
52	Walker Martin	San Francisco Giants	Shortstop	Eaton High School (CO)
53	Mac Horvath	Baltimore Orioles	Outfielder	North Carolina
54	Mike Boeve	Milwaukee Brewers	Third baseman	Omaha
55	Colton Ledbetter	Tampa Bay Rays	Outfielder	Mississippi State
56	Brandon Sproat	New York Mets	Pitcher	Florida
57	Ben Williamson	Seattle Mariners	Third baseman	William & Mary
58	Alex Clemmey	Cleveland Guardians	Pitcher	Bishop Hendricken High School (RI)
59	Drue Hackenberg	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	Virginia Tech
60	Jake Gelof	Los Angeles Dodgers	Third baseman	Virginia
61	Alonzo Tredwell	Houston Astros	Pitcher	UCLA

Competitive Balance Round B

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
62	Andrew Walters	Cleveland Guardians	Pitcher	Miami (FL)
63	Jackson Baumeister	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher	Florida State
64	Caden Grice	Arizona Diamondbacks	Pitcher	Clemson
65	Cole Carrigg	Colorado Rockies	Catcher	San Diego State
66	Carson Roccaforte	Kansas City Royals	Outfielder	Louisiana
67	Zander Mueth	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	Belleville High School-East (IL)

Compensatory round

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
68	Jaxon Wiggins	Chicago Cubs^{[Compensation 1]}	Pitcher	Arkansas
69	Joe Whitman	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 2]}	Pitcher	Kent State
70	Cade Kuehler	Atlanta Braves^{[Compensation 3]}	Pitcher	Campbell

Other notable selections

Round	Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
3	78	Brock Vradenburg	Miami Marlins	First baseman	Michigan State
3	79	Alberto Rios	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder	Stanford
3	88	Tre' Morgan	Tampa Bay Rays	First baseman	LSU
3	89	Juaron Watts-Brown	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	Oklahoma State
3	91	Nolan McLean	New York Mets	Two-way player	Oklahoma State
3	93	C. J. Kayfus	Cleveland Guardians	Two-way player	Miami (FL)
3	99	Jake Bloss	Houston Astros	Pitcher	Georgetown
4	114	Tanner Hall	Minnesota Twins	Pitcher	Southern Miss
4	117	Maui Ahuna	San Francisco Giants	Shortstop	Tennessee
4	128	Homer Bush Jr.	San Diego Padres	Outfielder	Grand Canyon
4	129	Roc Riggio	New York Yankees	Second baseman	Oklahoma State
5	162	Isaiah Drake	Atlanta Braves	Outfielder	North Atlanta High School (GA)
6	182	Cooper Pratt	Milwaukee Brewers	Shortstop	Magnolia Heights School, Senatobia (MS)
8	234	Barrett Kent	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher	Pottsboro High School (TX)
10	308	Matt Wilkinson	Cleveland Guardians	Pitcher	Central Arizona College
18	541	Tanner Witt*	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher	Texas
19	576	Christian Little*	New York Mets	Pitcher	LSU
20	610	DJ Uiagalelei*	Los Angeles Dodgers	Two-way player	Oregon State