The 2018 Major League Baseball draft began on June 4, 2018. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was determined based on the reverse order of the
2017 MLB season final standings. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the
2017 MLB Draft and for teams who lose qualifying
free agents.[1] The first 43 picks, including the first round and compensatory picks, were broadcast by
MLB Network on June 4. The remainder of the draft was streamed on
MLB.com on June 5 and 6.[2]
With a tie for the worst record in the 2017 MLB season at 64–98, the
Detroit Tigers received the first overall pick ahead of the
San Francisco Giants via a tiebreaker.[3] The
Detroit Tigers selected
Casey Mize with the
first overall pick in the draft.[4] There were a total of 40 rounds in the draft, with 1,214 players selected.
On September 9, 2019, the
Chicago Cubs promoted
Nico Hoerner to the big leagues, making him the first player to reach MLB in this draft.[5][6]