MLB Draft 2018: Order of picks, top prospects, how to watch live

Gilbert McGregor

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The 2018 MLB Draft takes place from June 4-6 in Secaucus, N.J. The Detroit Tigers, who finished 2017 with a league-worst record of 64-98, will make the first selection in this year's draft.

Round 1 will begin Monday at 7 p.m. ET and will run through the Round 2 compensation picks. Round 3 will begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. and will run through Round 10. Round 11 will begin Wednesday at noon and will run through Round 40. 

Here's the full order of picks for the 2018 MLB Draft, as well as some of the top prospects to watch. 

MORE: MLB mock draft 

2018 MLB Draft order 

Round 1

Pick Team
1 Detroit Tigers
2 San Francisco Giants
3 Philadelphia Phillies
4 Chicago White Sox
5 Cincinnati Reds
6 New York Mets
7 San Diego Padres
8 Atlanta Braves
9 Oakland Athletics
10 Pittsburgh Pirates
11 Baltimore Orioles
12 Toronto Blue Jays
13 Miami Marlins
14 Seattle Mariners
15 Texas Rangers
16 Tampa Bay Rays
17 Los Angeles Angels
18 Kansas City Royals
19 St. Louis Cardinals
20 Minnesota Twins
21 Milwaukee Brewers
22 Colorado Rockies
23 New York Yankees
24 Chicago Cubs
25 Arizona Diamondbacks
26 Boston Red Sox
27 Washington Nationals
28 Houston Astros
29 Cleveland Indians
30 Los Angeles Dodgers
31 Kansas City Royals*
32 Tampa Bay Rays*
33 Cleveland Indians*

(Picks 31-33 of the first round are compensatory draft selections.)

The order for the remainder of the draft can be found here.

MLB Draft prospects

According to MLB Pipeline's prospect watch, Florida's RHP Brady Singer is the top overall draft prospect in 2018. Other notable prospects in this year's draft include South Florida's Shane McClanahan and high schoolers Ethan Hankins, Matthew Liberatore and Nolan Gorman.

Here are 35 names to know ahead of this year's draft.

Prospect   Pos.   Age   School
Luken Baker   1B   20   Texas Christian
Will Banfield   C   18   Brookwood (GA) HS
Joey Bart   C   21   Georgia Tech
Seth Beer   1B   21   Clemson
Alec Bohm   3B   21   Wichita State
Tim Cate   LHP   20   Connecticut
Griffin Conine   OF   20   Duke
Nander De Sedas   SS   18   Montverde (FL) Academy
Mason Denaburg   RHP   18   Merritt Island (FL) HS
Jeremy Eierman   SS   21   Missouri State
Logan Gilbert   RHP   20   Stetson
Nolan Gorman   3B   17   O'Connor (AZ) HS
Ethan Hankins   RHP   17   Forsyth Central (GA) HS
Sean Hjelle   RHP   20   Kentucky
Greyson Jenista   OF   21   Wichita State
Jarred Kelenic   OF   18   Waukesha West (WI) HS
Jackson Kowar   RHP   21   Florida
Matthew Liberatore   LHP   18   Mountain Ridge (AZ) HS
Nick Madrigal   2B/SS   20   Oregon State
Shane McClanahan   LHP   20   South Florida
Casey Mize   RHP   20   Auburn
Konnor Pilkington   LHP   20   Mississippi State
Dominic Pipkin   RHP   18   Pinole Valley (CA) HS
Tristan Pompey   OF   20   Kentucky
Ethan Reed   RHP   18   Laguna Beach (CA) HS
Kumar Rocker   RHP   17   North Oconee (GA) HS
Ryan Rolison   LHP   20   Mississippi
Mike Siani   OF   18   William Penn (PA) Charter
Brady Singer   RHP   21   Florida
Carter Stewart   RHP/OF   18   Eau Gallie (FL) HS
Travis Swaggerty   OF   20   South Alabama
Brice Turang   SS   18   Santiago (CA) HS
Steele Walker   OF   21   Oklahoma
Ryan Weathers   LHP   18   Loretto (TN) HS
Cole Wilcox   RHP   18   Heritage (GA) HS

How to watch the 2018 MLB Draft live

Day 1 of the 2018 MLB Draft will air on MLB Network and be streamed on MLB.com. Days 2 and 3 of the draft will not air on MLB Network, but will be streamed on MLB.com.

Gilbert McGregor

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Gilbert McGregor first joined The Sporting News in 2018 as a content producer for Global editions of NBA.com. Before covering the game, McGregor played basketball collegiately at Wake Forest, graduating with a Communication degree in 2016. McGregor began covering the NBA during the 2017-18 season and has been on hand for a number of league events.