Joe Trezza

There is nothing else in baseball quite like the Rule 5 Draft, traditionally the final number of the annual Winter Meetings. Every year, Rule 5 sounds the closing bell on the Winter Meetings by providing big league opportunities for a few players who may not have gotten them so immediately otherwise.

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

The order of the first round of the 2026 MLB Draft will become official tonight at 5:30 ET when MLB Network broadcasts the league's fourth annual Draft Lottery live from the Winter Meetings in Orlando, with a simulcast also streaming on MLB and in the MLB App. The Draft Lottery

ROTUND, ground-dwelling and disastrously trusting of humans, the dodo became the world's poster species for extinction after vanishing from Mauritius in the 17th century, not long after Dutch sailors first laid eyes on it.

From bat-to-ball ability to speed, arm strength and defensive feel, the Yankees' farm system features prospects flashing loud tools that should give them a chance to impact games at the highest level. Here’s a look at the Yankees prospects with the best individual tools in the system:

One key to evaluating prospects is identifying the tools that can carry them to the Major Leagues. The Dodgers’ farm system is loaded with players who stand out for one defining skill that separates them from their peers. From bat-to-ball ability to speed, arm strength and defensive feel, these prospects

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From bat-to-ball ability to speed, arm strength and defensive feel, the Phillies' farm system features prospects flashing loud tools that should give them a chance to impact games at the highest level. Here’s a look at the Phillies prospects with the best individual tools in the system:

From bat-to-ball ability to speed, arm strength and defensive feel, the Mets' farm system features prospects flashing loud tools that should give them a chance to impact games at the highest level. Here’s a look at the Mets prospects with the best individual tools in the system:

From bat-to-ball ability to speed, arm strength and defensive feel, the Mets' farm system features prospects flashing loud tools that should give them a chance to impact games at the highest level. Here’s a look at the Mets prospects with the best individual tools in the system: