Latest / The D1Baseball Podcast
Takeaways From The 2026 MLB Draft [D1 Daily]
Burkie and Roons recap a rapidly changing MLB Draft landscape, focusing on how NIL, expanded college eligibility, and a shortened development path are influencing player leverage and pushing more talent toward college baseball. They discuss MLB’s apparent shift toward prioritizing contact and track record over swing-and-miss profiles and pure home-run totals, using examples such as Derek Curiel, Zion Rose, AJ Gracia, and the "slide" of toolsy but "lower-contact" hitters like Justin LeBron and Daniel Jackson.
The episode runs through notable first-round storylines, including Roch Cholowsky…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.