The annual NL Rookie Draft will be conducted Thursday, November 20 at 6:45 CT. Since many of the eligible rookies aren’t yet set up in Stratdraft, we’ll conduct the draft using our new chatroom, found below, which requires a separate registration. The players eligible for selection are listed below using the same formula as recent drafts: the top 18 batters and 18 pitchers ranked by bWAR, that were officially recognized by MLB as rookies in 2025.