The 2022 Major League Baseball draft will take place Sunday night in Los Angeles, where the Baltimore Orioles will select the No. 1 pick for the third time in franchise history. From there, the preparation will consist of 20 trips that take place over three days. Sunday night will feature the first and second rounds, as well as two return rounds and two Competitive Balance rounds. From there, rounds 3-10 will be held on Monday afternoon, and the rest of the class will go the distance on Tuesday afternoon.
Below, you’ll find how to watch the MLB Draft and answers to eight questions about this year’s event.
How to watch the 2022 MLB Draft first round
- Date: Sunday, July 17 (Rounds 1 and 2) | Time: 7pm PA
- Place: Xbox Plaza; Los Angeles, California
- TV movie: MLB Network | A living stream: fuboTV (try it for free)
2022 MLB Draft Order
- Baltimore Orioles
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Texas Rangers
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Washington Nationals
- Miami Marlins
- Chicago Cubs
- Minnesota Twins
- Kansas City Royals
- Colorado Rockies
- New York Mets (comp pick)
- Detroit Tigers
- Los Angeles Angels
- New York Mets
- San Diego Padres
- Cleveland Guardians
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Cincinnati Reds
- Oakland Athletics
- Atlanta Braves
- Seattle Mariners
- Louis Cardinals
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Boston Red Sox
- New York Yankees
- Chicago White Sox
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Houston Astros
- Tampa Bay Rays
- San Francisco Giants
And now eight questions about preparation.
1. Who goes number 1?
The Orioles, especially general manager Mike Elias, have favored what is known as the “portfolio approach.” It goes like this. They will identify a group of players they deem worthy of selection, and then list the ones with the lowest bonus. The money is then distributed throughout the class, increasing their overall skills.
All of this to say that the Orioles’ plans aren’t easy to pin down in advance. Some other teams who have spoken to CBS Sports are hoping to sign a high school player, but it’s not clear who it will be. Our last draft of Mike Axisa had the Orioles going with prep second baseman Termarr Johnson.
Johnson, for all that’s worth, was the No. 1 ranked prospect in the class by CBS Sports in the preseason. They dropped to number 4 in our final rankings. In other words, he would be the legitimate No. 1 pick, if the Orioles go that route.
2. Who are the best players in the class?
Johnson is clearly one of the best prospects out there. Who else fits the bill? CBS Sports’ last 30 teams had the following players fill out the top 10:
- Georgia player Drew Jones
- Cal Poly shortstop Brooks Lee
- Oklahoma Prep Shortstop Jackson Holliday
- Georgia player Termarr Johnson
- Florida prep outfielder Elijah Green
- Florida JuCo third baseman Cam Collier
- Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada
- Jett Williams prepares for Texas
- Texas Tech second baseman Jace Jung
- Virginia Tech quarterback Gavin Cross
You can check out the rest of the top 30 by clicking here.
3. Are there any players who are famous?
You may have seen the names “Jones,” “Holliday” and “Collier” and wondered if those players were related to former major leaguers – Andruw, Matt, and Lou, for that matter. They really are. What’s more is that it’s not just the three who have major blood groups that work in their favor. Carl Crawford’s son, Justin, and Kansas City Royals manager Dayton Moore’s son, Robert, are also in the class.
You can click here to read more about how Jones, Holliday, and Crawford react to their All-Star dad.
4. Is Kumar Rocker in this class?
Rocker, a former Vanderbilt standout and No. 10th pick in the 2021 draft, the second eligible draft after failing to sign with the New York Mets last summer. He recently launched a startup with an independent team, showing the kind of content that makes him a startup choice as well. CBS Sports recently detailed how he went from the most visible prospect in the draft last summer to a relative secret over the past year.
5. How will NIL affect recognition?
One of the invisible hands being drawn, so to speak, is the idea of a signature – or, more specifically, how likely it is for an actor to write a note. Some players sneak out of preseason games because teams don’t feel legitimate; On the contrary, some will rise because they are ready to take a “slice” of value to go to a certain time in the preparation.
The NCAA’s recently implemented Name, Image, and Likeness policy, which enables players to (reasonably) monetize their talent has changed the way teams and players measure up in this regard.
“I think it’s real, I think you can relate that to the number of people using the facility to make NIL extra money,” one former scout told CBS Sports recently. “It’s not just for college kids, kids going to college will be asking the same thing.”
You can click here to read more about how the NIL will affect signatories.
6. Whose stock is rising and whose is falling?
CBS Sports recently highlighted several players moving up or down the boards heading into Sunday. One of the biggest rises has been Oklahoma righty Cade Horton. Here’s what we wrote at the time:
Horton, an eligible sophomore who missed the 2021 season due to Tommy John surgery, put himself on the first show with an incredible run at the College World Series that ended with 13 strikeouts. the 90s is a slider that is locked to 90 during the aforementioned period. Horton has a limited record (he threw more than 50 regular-season innings for the Sooners), and scouts still have a lot of doubt about whether he’ll be a long-term starter. However, another team seems likely to take him in the top 30-35 picks.
Horton, then, should come off the board sometime Sunday.
7. Are there any known injuries?
Oh, god. What do you do?
Dylan Lesko, Landon Sims, Connor Prielipp, Peyton Pallette, and Reggie Crawford — all top-50 picks during the draft — all needed surgery or spent the year rehabbing one. What caused all these injuries? Some scouts blamed the streak and the lack of innings he was able to accumulate during 2020.
“Nobody can deny that development has gone up a lot in the last five years,” the scout told CBS Sports. “The problem is when you can do that and there’s no one to take a life, the risk goes up.”
You can click here to read more about how all injuries have changed the class.
8. What are the most disturbing expectations?
CBS Sports recently highlighted a number of players that we consider to be “polarizing,” meaning that analysts differ on where they see the players going. Another player we focused on in this piece was Tennessee pitcher Ben Joyce. Here is what we wrote:
Joyce has broken some genres, and, perhaps, some are mocking. He has a fastball and a fastball, with 43 hits at 100 mph or higher in the NCAA tournament. (He topped, um, 105 mph in the regular season.) His swing also has good lift and is delivered from a lower arm angle, which is in demand these days. Teams that try to count things out — ie, all of them — will have trouble keeping their excitement at what Joyce brings to the table. He’s still here because there’s never been a contract too long for him to pick up a backup, and because teams will have very different timelines for when they expect to reach the big game. Remember, he’s only thrown 32 innings over the last two months due to his position and his recent Tommy John surgery. A team that thinks he can hit the bigs soon, maybe even this year, may be tempted to sign him earlier than anyone else would be interested.
When will Joyce go? We will find out soon.
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