Baseball Players from West taken in the 2026 MLB Draft

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  By SuperWest Sports Staff

   July 13, 2026

The 2026 MLB Draft completed on Sunday in Philadelphia as part of All-Star Weekend.

A total of 613 athletes were drafted across 20 rounds over two days.

The first 135 picks were made Saturday, with the Chicago White Sox selecting UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky at No. 1.

Altogether, 98 players from four-year schools in the West were drafted, including at least one in each round. Arizona State and UCLA led the way with 10 picks each, followed by Oregon with seven and UC Santa Barbara with six.

Below is a list of the selections, broken down by school.

Baseball Players from the West taken in the 2026 MLB Draft

Round	Overall Pick	Player	MLB Team	School
1	1	Roch Cholowsky	White Sox	UCLA
1	4	Jackson Flora	Giants	UC Santa Barbara
1	38	Logan Reddemann	Rockies	UCLA
1	39	Cole Carlon	Blue Jays	Arizona State
1	47	Mason Edwards	Athletics	USC
2	52	Ethan Kleinschmit	Marlins	Oregon State
2	70	Mulivai Levu	Reds	UCLA
3	103	Ryan Cooney	Blue Jays	Oregon
4	105	Eric Segura	White Sox	Oregon State
4	111	Roman Martin	Athletics	UCLA
4	127	Paul Gutierrez-Contreras	Yankees	Cal State Fullerton
5	137	Cal Scolari	White Sox	Oregon
5	139	Steele Murdock	Twins	UC San Diego
5	145	Owen Kramkowski	Rays	Arizona
5	146	Cal Randall	Cardinals	UCLA
5	153	Gavin Eddy	Astros	California
5	161	Will Gasparino	Phillies	UCLA
6	168	Ethan Lay	Twins	Sacramento State
6	178	Aidan Brainard	Rangers	Nevada
6	186	Nu'u Contrades	Padres	Arizona State
6	187	Maddox Molony	Tigers	Oregon
7	197	Max Bayles	Twins	Santa Clara
7	204	Derek Schaefer	Cardinals	Arizona State
7	210	Aidan Kennan	Mets	Stanford
7	217	Cole Tryba	Cubs	UC Santa Barbara
7	222	Dean West	Blue Jays	UCLA
8	228	Alex Overbay	Pirates	Arizona State
8	235	Rintaro Sasaki	Marlins	Stanford
8	244	Josh Volmerding	Red Sox	Cal Poly
8	245	Sean Fitzpatrick	Padres	Arizona State
8	253	Miles Gosztola	Dodgers	Oregon
9	256	Cashel Dugger	Nationals	UCLA
9	259	Trevor Hansen	Angels	UC Irvine
9	260	Collin McKinney	Orioles	Arizona
9	264	Jayden Lobliner	Cardinals	San Diego
9	267	Kaden Carpenter	Rangers	Utah Valley
9	270	Ryan Tayman	Mets	Cal Poly
10	284	Mikiah Negrete	Rockies	Cal State Fullerton
10	287	Kole Klecker	Twins	Arizona State
10	292	Ben Zeigler-Namoa	Braves	Hawaii
10	294	Nick Bonn	Cardinals	Cal Poly
10	305	Augie Lopez	Padres	USC
10	306	Jack Turner	Mets	New Mexico State
10	307	Luke Alwood	Cubs	Seattle
10	310	Eric Jeon	Mariners	Stanford
10	313	Devin Bell	Dodgers	Oregon
11	329	Tanner Griffith	Royals	Saint Mary's
11	332	Calvin Proskey	Reds	UC Santa Barbara
11	338	Anthony Potestio	Yankees	UC San Diego
11	340	Wyatt Queen	Mariners	Oregon State
11	343	Cody New	Dodgers	California Baptist
12	348	Rohan Lettow	Pirates	San Diego State
12	351	Nathan Aceves	Athletics	UC Santa Barbara
12	360	AJ Krodel	Mets	UC Santa Barbara
12	363	Ben Cleary	Guardians	Santa Clara
13	379	Jake Long	Angels	Utah
13	380	Garrison Sumner	Orioles	BYU
13	384	Matthew Thomas	Cardinals	Cal State Northridge
13	393	Erick Dessens	Guardians	Sacramento State
14	405	Isaac Yeager	White Sox	Oregon State
14	414	Jaden Alba	Cardinals	Arizona State
14	417	Alfredo Capacete	Rangers	California Baptist
14	423	Carson Lane	Guardians	UNLV
14	424	Jase Evangelista	Red Sox	UNLV
14	427	Corey Nunez	Cubs	UC Santa Barbara
14	428	Diego Castellanos	Yankees	Saint Mary's
15	445	Colin Linder	Marlins	Arizona State
15	448	Drew Smith	Giants	Oregon
15	453	Alejandro Garza	Guardians	Cal Poly
15	454	Chase Frey	Red Sox	Grand Canyon
15	457	Griffin Naess	Cubs	Cal Poly
15	462	Oliver de la Torre	Blue Jays	California
16	468	Grant Govel	Pirates	USC
16	476	Joseph Jasso	Diamondbacks	Cal State Fullerton
16	485	Albert Roblez	Padres	Oregon State
17	495	Crew McChesney	White Sox	BYU
17	497	Hideki Prather	Twins	California
17	500	Diego Gutierrez	Orioles	San Diego
17	502	John Damozonio	Braves	Saint Mary's
17	504	Jacob Johnson	Cardinals	Saint Mary's
17	517	Ryan Marton	Cubs	UNLV
17	519	Adam Troy	Phillies	USC
18	527	Colter McAnelly	Twins	Utah
18	534	Gabe Camacho	Cardinals	UC San Diego
18	538	Ryder Brooks	Giants	Cal Irvine
18	539	Cooper Corkrean	Royals	New Mexico
18	541	Petey Soto Jr.	Astros	Utah Tech
18	543	Parker Dillhoff	Guardians	UNLV
19	554	Cort MacDonald	Rockies	Stanford
19	556	Jack Brooks	Nationals	Oregon
19	557	PJ Moutzouridis	Twins	Arizona State
19	559	Jack Salmon	Angels	UNLV
19	568	Mikey Bell	Giants	Gonzaga
20	587	Michael Barnett	Twins	UCLA
20	589	Jake Jackson	Angels	San Diego State
20	591	Anthony Marnell IV	Athletics	San Diego State
20	608	Dean Toigo	Yankees	Arizona State
20	609	Justin Lee	Phillies	UCLA

Breakdown of 2026 MLB Draft Picks by School

Player Count	School
10	Arizona State
10	UCLA
7	Oregon
6	UC Santa Barbara
5	Cal Poly
5	Oregon State
5	UNLV
4	Saint Mary's
4	Stanford
4	USC
3	Cal State Fuillerton
3	California
3	San Diego State
3	UC San Diego
2	Arizona
2	BYU
2	Cal Baptist
2	Sacramento State
2	San Diego
2	Santa Clara
2	Utah
1	Cal Irvine
1	Cal State Northridge
1	Gonzaga
1	Grand Canyon
1	Hawaii
1	Nevada
1	New Mexico
1	New Mexico State
1	Seattle
1	UC Irvine
1	Utah Tech
1	Utah Valley