Joe Mauer was everything that a baseball fan could ever dream of. From Minnesota, the Twins drafted a hometown kid No. 1 overall in 2001. Mauer stayed with the Twins for 15 seasons, then became a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
With the 2025-26 MLB Draft Lottery happening on Tuesday, December 9 in Orlando, Florida, along with other exciting things going on this week, the Twins have the second-best odds (22.18%) of landing the top pick for a third time this century. Only the White Sox (27.73%) have a better chance of garnering the No.