The first round of the 2026 MLB draft is in the books. In some ways, the first round played out just as expected in our final mock draft, and in other ways, there were surprises around the corner. After much speculation, UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky was the first to hear his name called. Cholowsky's selection kickstarted a position player-heavy top of the first round before a run on pitchers in the back half. MLB draft: Complete list of first 40 picks The first day of the draft will cover four rounds and consist of 135 picks. Those include the 120 picks in the first four rounds, and the compensatory, competitive balance and promotion incentive rounds. The first round will have 25 picks, then there will be three promotion incentive picks, and nine competitive balance picks. Below are all 40 selections made in the first round. PICKTEAMPlayer 1Chicago White SoxSS, Roch Cholowsky 2Tampa Bay Rays SS, Grady Emerson 3Minnesota Twins C, Vahn Lackey 4 San Francisco Giants P, Jackson Flora 5Pittsburgh Pirates CF, Derek Curiel 6Kansas City Royals LF, Zion Rose 7Baltimore Orioles CF, Eric Booth Jr. 8Athletics CF, Drew Burress 9 Atlanta Braves CF, AJ Gracia 10 Colorado Rockies SS, Tyler Bell 11 Washington Nationals 2B, Chris Hacopian 12Los Angeles Angels RF/P Jared Grindlinger 13St. Louis Cardinals CF, Trevor Condon 14Miami Marlins SS, Jacob Lombard 15Arizona Diamondbacks C, Ryder Helfrick 16Texas Rangers P, Gio Rojas 17 Houston Astros LF, Logan Hughes 18 Cincinnati Reds SS, Justin LeBron 19 Cleveland Guardians P, Liam Peterson 20 Boston Red Sox SS, Jake Schaffner 21 San Diego Padres P, Coleman Borthwick 22 Detroit Tigers P, Cameron Flukey 23Chicago Cubs P, Cade Townsend 24 Seattle Mariners 3B, Ace Reese 25 Milwaukee Brewers SS, Trey Ebel 26 Atlanta Braves CF, Carter Beck 27New York MetsP, Carson Wiggins 28 Houston Astros P, Jack Radel 29 San Francisco Giants P, Carson Bolemon 30 Kansas City Royals P, Taylor Rabe 31 Arizona Diamondbacks P, Blake Bryant 32 St. Louis Cardinals P, Tegan Kuhns 33 Tampa Bay Rays SS, Taj Marchand 34Chicago White Sox SS, Landon Thome 35 New York Yankees P, Hunter Dietz 36 Philadelphia Phillies SS, Tyler Spangler 37 Colorado Rockies C, Daniel Jackson 38 Colorado Rockies P, Logan Reddemann39Toronto Blue Jays P, Cole Carlon 40 Los Angeles Dodgers 3B, Bo Lowrance To re-live the first 40 picks of the draft and see analysis on every pick, read on below. 2026 MLB draft live blog and tracker2026 MLB draft bonus poolsThe Pirates have the biggest bonus pool for the 2026 draft at $19,130,000. That makes sense, since they own four of the first 51 picks. The Rays have the second biggest pool ($19,009,300), while the White Sox ($17,592,100), Giants ($17,592,100) and Twins ($16,929,600) round out the top five. A look at all the bonus pools is below.TEAMBONUS POOLPittsburgh Pirates$19,130,700Tampa Bay Rays $19,009,300Chicago White Sox$17,592,100San Francisco Giants$17,350,600Minnesota Twins$16,929,600St. Louis Cardinals$16,612,300Kansas City Royals$15,954,000Atlanta Braves$15,870,800Colorado Rockies$15,557,600Athletics$13,840,300Houston Astros$13,712,700Arizona Diamondbacks $13,603,100Baltimore Orioles$13,114,000Washington Nationals$12,278,300Miami Marlins$11,960,100Los Angeles Angels$11,755,400Cincinnati Reds$10,758,500Texas Rangers$10,219,200Chicago Cubs$9,644,100San Diego Padres$9,479,000Cleveland Guardians$9,303,700Detroit Tigers$9,165,100Boston Red Sox$8,219,200Seattle Mariners$8,218,200Milwaukee Brewers$8,042,900Philadelphia Phillies$7,773,000New York Yankees$7,342,800New York Mets$6,730,900Toronto Blue Jays$5,543,100Los Angeles Dodgers$3,951,900Roch Cholowsky scouting reportCholowsky has been projected as the top pick since he hit .353 with a 1.109 OPS and 23 home runs as a sophomore in 2025. He did nothing to diminish that status this year, slashing .320/.452/.636 with 21 home runs and 60 RBIs. The 21-year-old is 6'2" and 200 pounds and has outstanding raw power to mix with good swing decisions—he's walked more than he's struck out in college. He has average speed, but should stick at shortstop thanks to a plus arm, paired with good actions and instincts. Grady Emerson scouting reportEmerson is a potential five-tool shortstop who could legitimately go No. 1. The 18-year-old has excellent bat control and makes great decisions at the plate. His left-handed swing generates hard contact to all fields, and more power is likely to come as he matures. While not a speedster, he has enough quickness to handle shortstop and possesses a plus arm. He would have been the No. 1 pick in several draft classes over the past decade.Vahn Lackey scouting reportLackey is 6’2” and 215 pounds and possesses excellent all-around ability behind the plate. He finished 2026 hitting .397 with a 1.291 OPS, 20 home runs and 15 stolen bases while walking more than he struck out. He’ll need to add lift to his swing to produce more power as he ages, but he should develop faster than most backstops. More MLB from Sports IllustratedAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow