While the initial celebration for the Kansas City Royals’ draft lottery luck has subsided, it will swell again once the 2026 MLB Draft creeps closer on the calendar.
Kansas City hadn’t met or exceeded its lottery odds in its previous two trips, but jumping to picking sixth overall after a winning season was a great note for the organization. That slot comes with more than $2.7 million in additional bonus pool money and gives Kansas City four picks in the top 100.
One KC Royals Reddit user aptly described 2026 mock drafts as kin to fan fiction, and it’s hard not to chuckle at that.