The Chicago White Sox own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, determined in Tuesday night’s lottery.

The Detroit Tigers, thanks in part to their second playoff appearance in as many seasons, were not part of the lottery process, and own the No. 22 overall pick in the draft. And, while the lottery revealed which team would have first crack at UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky — the consensus top prospect available — it also completed the draft order, triggering the first full mock drafts for 2026, including projections from Baseball America and MLB Pipeline.

Baseball America has the Tigers taking TCU righthander Tommy LaPour, while Pipeline has them selecting Rocco Maniscalco, a high school shortstop from Alabama.

Baseball America slotting LaPour to the Tigers perhaps makes sense, because of what seems to be a dearth of pitching prospects at the top of Detroit’s system. There are no pitchers among Baseball America’s new list of top 10 Tigers prospects for 2026, released last week, and 19-year-old righthander Kelvis Salcedo is the highest-ranked pitcher ranked in The Detroit News top 50 Tigers prospects for 2026, unveiled Wednesday, checking in at No. 10.

LaPour, ranked No. 17 among Baseball America’s top 2026 MLB Draft prospects, was an All-Big 12 selection last season for the Horned Frogs, after going 8-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 16 starts covering 90.1 innings. He struck out 88, and walked 27, fashioning a 1.16 WHIP.

“LaPour has a power pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-4, 230 pounds and a 100 mph fastball to go with it,” Baseball America’s Carlos Collazo writes.

Maniscalco, meanwhile, would fall in line with the Tigers’ recent trend of selecting high school players in the first round. The Tigers’ last three top picks — and four of the last five — have come out of high school, including Florida shortstop Jordan Yost, who was selected No. 24 overall last summer. Righthander Jackson Jobe (2021), outfielder Max Clark (2022), and shortstop Bryce Rainer (2023) have been the other selections.

“Maniscalco reclassified from the 2027 Draft and shares some similarities to (2025) No. 1 overall pick Eli Willits (Washington Nationals), providing more power potential but less speed,” MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis writes.

The 2026 MLB Draft is July 11-12 in Philadelphia.

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