Forget the MLB batting title races. This is a skill list focusing on who’s actually hitting the ball best, ranked on expected wOBA and barrel rate, not on what the box score has coughed up so far. The gap

Among the top options in the MLB DFS player pool include Hunter Greene, Shohei Ohtani, Nick Kurtz, Mike Trout, Bobby Witt Jr., Rafael Devers, Kody Clemens, Juan Soto, Jose Altuve, Michael Harris, Sal Stewart and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Several players with Illinois or Northwest Indiana connections were selected in the 2026 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Two Illinois natives were selected in the top 10, becoming the 29th and 30th players from the state to be drafted that high.

Already in first place in the AL Central, the surprising Chicago White Sox went with the expected choice and selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky on Saturday with the first pick of the MLB amateur draft.

The 2026 draft marks the first time in school history that three Jayhawks were taken in the top-10 rounds of a draft.

Here are some of the biggest moments from the 2026 MLB All-Star Futures Game, which featured many of the top prospects currently in the minor leagues.

The 2026 MLB draft starts Saturday (1 p.m. ET), so it's time for my final projections on the first two rounds. The intrigue begins with the No. 1 pick this year. The Chicago White Sox are still debating among the three players in a clear tier at the top of this draft class: UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky,