Full First Round With Draft Lottery Complete & Draft Order Set

The results of the inaugural MLB Draft Lottery are in.

The Pirates will receive the first overall pick in the 2023 draft. The rest of the lottery picks were assigned as follows:

2. Nationals
3. Tigers
4. Rangers
5. Twins
6. A’s

The other 12 non-postseason teams were placed in reverse-order of regular season record in 2022, while the postseason teams were sorted in a similar manner (though playoff finish and revenue sharing are also factors). For more on how the new draft lottery works, check here.

With the first round draft order now set, here’s our first attempt at a full first round mock draft. You can view our 2023 top 100 draft list, with scouting reports on every player, here.

1. Pirates — Dylan Crews, OF, Louisiana State

The No. 1 player on the 2023 draft board, Crews has already put up gaudy offensive numbers in his first two seasons with Louisiana State. He’s already a highly-decorated player with the Tigers who homered 18 times as a freshman, then popped 22 more in his sophomore campaign in 2022. Surrounded by an enviable lineup of talent in Baton Rouge, MLB teams will likely be salivating over the numbers he’ll put up in 2023. Crews ranked as the No. 54 prospect in the 2020 class in high school before he pulled out of the draft. He was a heralded underclass hitting prospect when he entered the 2020 draft cycle, but didn’t hit to his expectations during the 2019 showcase circuit and fell outside of first round range because of it. We wrote of Crews at the time: “It wouldn’t be at all surprising to see Crews make it to campus, get back to his typical self with the bat and become a first-round pick in three years.” The decision has paid off for the 6-foot slugger, who is a virtual lock to go in the first round and one of the favorites to be the No. 1 overall pick.

2. Nationals — Chase Dollander, RHP, Tennessee

If Dollander pitched this summer, there’s a reasonable chance he could be in the No. 1 spot on the 2023 draft board. Clubs can get a bit antsy when they haven’t seen a player for a while, and Dollander last pitched on June 11 against Notre Dame. Still, he’s securely with Crews in the top phylum of talent for the 2023 class and is the best college pitching prospect since perhaps Florida aces Alex Faedo (2017) and AJ Puk (2016)—without the injury or off-the-field questions those players had, respectively. It’s plus stuff across the board with preternatural fastball command that separates him from most amateur pitchers with similar power…