2026 Yankees draft pick tracker and social media guide

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 11: Commissioner of Major League Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. announces Hunter Dietz as the 35th overall pick by the New York Yankees during the 2026 MLB Draft presented by Nippon Express at Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday, July 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images

The 2026 edition of the Major League Baseball Draft is well underway! The action got started early on Saturday afternoon with the Chicago White Sox making UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky the No. 1 overall selection, and though the New York Yankees had to wait 34 more picks to get their first in, they seemingly got a good one to set the tone.

MLB set up Day 1 of the draft to include the first four rounds, and since the Yankees didn’t lose any due to free agent-signing qualifying offer compensation, they subsequently had four picks. Arkansas lefty Hunter Dietz, British Columbia prep southpaw Sean Duncan, Oklahoma catcher Brendan Brock, and Cal State Fullerton outfielder Paul Gutierrez-Contreras II are the newest Baby Bombers, pending their signings. Jonathan wrote up a full analysis of the Day 1 activity in Yankeeland.

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A total of 16 more draft picks await us today! MLB will begin Round 5 at 11:30am ET today in a less formal capacity than yesterday (primarily via webcast/conference call on MLB.com), and the pace will be quick as they march toward the 20th and final round. We’ll have you covered with gradually updated articles on Rounds 5-10, 11-15, and 16-20, separately.

To help conveniently track all of the Yankees’ picks — from the selection process to any known eventual signing news — I’ve assembled this tracker that will also be regularly updated throughout July. If available, I’ve included their Instagram handles if you have any interest in following them.

Draft pick signing news can be a slow process and team assignments might be even fuzzier, but we’ll do our best to keep you posted. Players have until 5:00 PM ET on July 27th to sign unless they’re college seniors who have already used up their years of eligibility. As always, give us a shout in the comments section of this post if you see any news that needs to be added.

RoundPos.PlayerSchoolDOBInstagramSlot ValueStatus/Bonus1 (35)LHPHunter DietzArkansas3/3/05@dietzhunter_$2,826,700TBD2 (63)LHPSean DuncanTerry Fox SS (BC)5/9/08@seankd2008$1,451,700TBD3 (99)CBrendan BrockOklahoma8/3/04@brendannnbrock$792,300TBD4 (127)OFPaul Gutierrez-Contreras IICSU Fullerton8/5/05@paulanthony1514$603,500TBD5 (160)CBear HarrisonTexas A&M1/17/05@bearharrison_$437,200TBD6 (189)3BAndrew GonzalezAmericas HS (TX)2/20/08@drewgonzalez_3$341,800TBD7 (218)RHPMichael HarpsterEast Tennessee St.3/21/05@michael_harpster1$270,000TBD8 (248)RHP/DHLuke PettitteDallas Baptist6/19/05@luke_pettitte21$223,100TBD9 (278)RHPDavid LesliePittsburgh4/8/03@davidleslie44$203,500TBD10 (308)SSBayram HotLouisville2/16/04@bayram_hot$193,000TBD11 (338)TBD12 (368)TBD13 (398)TBD14 (428)TBD15 (458)TBD16 (488)TBD17 (518)TBD18 (548)TBD19 (578)TBD20 (608)TBD

Note: Teams are allotted $150,000 per pick for each selection from Rounds 11-20. This doesn’t count toward their total bonus pool, though they are permitted to use any leftover bonus funds to increase their offers beyond $150,000 to these players.

Post-draft updates

TBD

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