The 2026 MLB Draft is set to take place at 10 a.m. PT on Saturday at Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

The event will be a part of All-Star Break festivities, which are set to conclude with the All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Arena in Philadelphia on July 14.

The draft is one of the longest in American sports. It used to have an unlimited amount of rounds before the 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the MLB and MLB Players' Association changed it to 20 rounds.

As a result, many former Washington Huskies baseball players have seen their names called in the draft and have had an opportunity to continue their baseball careers at the professional level.

Here's a list of several recent/notable former Huskies who were selected in the MLB Draft:

The honor of the highest-selected Washington player of the decade belongs to Kiefer Lord, who's currently attempting to carve out a path to the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles.

Lord hasn't advanced past the Orioles' High-A affiliate, but is still working his way through the organization as a starting pitcher.

Before being placed on the IL, Lord had a 5.02 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched across 14 starts at the Single-A and High-A level.

One of the more heartfelt local successes from the Huskies was the brief stint in the majors outfielder Braden Bishop had with the Seattle Mariners.

Following his collegiate career with Washington, Bishop stayed in the Pacific Northwest and was selected in the third round of the 2015 MLB Draft.

Bishop made his major league debut in 2019 and played in a total of 47 games across three major league seasons with the Mariners.

In his brief stint in the majors, Bishop slashed .133/.188/.156 with a .344 OPS and hit two doubles with eight RBIs. He's been out of organized baseball since 2022.

One of the most successful recent examples of a former Washington player was third baseman Jake Lamb.

The Seattle native had a 10-season major league career from 2014-23 that included a five-game stint with his hometown M's in 2022.

Lamb made the All-Star game in 2017 with the Diamondbacks. That season, he slashed .248/.357/.487 with an .844 OPS and hit 30 doubles, four triples and 30 home runs with 105 RBIs. He last played in the majors in 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels.

Arguably the best UW player to suit up in the majors was right-handed pitcher Tim Lincecum, who was selected with the 10th overall pick by the Giants in the 2006 MLB Draft.

Lincecum had a short but successful major league career. Across 10 seasons in the majors with the Giants and Angels from 2007-16, Lincecum won the Cy Young award twice (2008-09), was a four-time All-Star ('08-11) and won the World Series thrice with San Francisco (2010, 2012, 2014).

One of the most beloved players who can boast Washington and Mariners to their resume in recent memory was third baseman Mike Blowers.

Blowers had an 11-season major league career from 1989-99 that included three stints with Seattle.

Blowers didn't make the All-Star game in his tenure, but hit 23 home runs and had 96 RBIs in 1995, the first postseason appearance in Mariners history. He holds the franchise records for most RBIs (33) in a single month, which he accomplished in August '95. He co-holds the record with former teammate and National Baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez.

A full record of former Huskies selected in the MLB Draft can be found, courtesy of Baseball Reference, by clicking this link:

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