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The Dodgers made 14 selections in Rounds 7-10 on Day 2 of the 2026 MLB Draft on Sunday, per DodgerBlue.com staff. The picks came during All-Star Week in Philadelphia and followed the club’s two selections from Day 1 — prep shortstop Austin Lowrance at No. 40 overall and Florida right-hander Ryan Sandefer at No. 132 overall. Because the Dodgers forfeited their third- and fifth-round picks as compensation for signing Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker after both rejected qualifying offers, the organization entered Day 2 without picks in those rounds, making the Rounds 7-10 haul all the more important for restocking the farm system.

Losing those early-round picks is the cost of doing business when you’re as aggressive as the Dodgers have been in free agency. Signing Díaz and Tucker — both impact-level talents — was the right call, and the front office clearly accepted the draft capital trade-off. Díaz, the former Mets closer who came over with that electric arm, gave the bullpen a dimension it desperately needed. Tucker, one of the best all-around outfielders in the game, slotted into a lineup that was already dangerous and made it deeper. You don’t lose sleep over a third-round pick when those are the players you’re adding to a championship-caliber roster.

That said, the Dodgers’ draft strategy in these middle rounds has historically been one of their organizational strengths. The player development machine in Los Angeles has turned later-round picks into legitimate contributors before — just look at how they’ve developed arms and position players alike from outside the first two rounds over the years. The scouting department, led by the front office’s analytics-driven approach combined with traditional evaluation, tends to find value where other teams don’t bother looking as hard.

With 14 picks across four rounds, the Dodgers had plenty of opportunities to target a mix of college and prep talent. The organization typically leans toward high-upside arms and athletic position players in these rounds, looking for projectability and raw tools that their development staff can refine. Given the depth of this particular draft class, there should be some interesting names to track as they enter the system and begin their professional careers in the Arizona Complex League or with one of the lower-level affiliates.

For us, the bigger picture here is straightforward: the Dodgers are balancing the present and the future about as well as any team in baseball. They gave up draft capital to win now — and they’re winning now — while still making the most of the picks they do have. The farm system remains in solid shape despite the forfeited selections, and these 14 picks add to a pipeline that continues to produce at the major league level. I’ll be keeping an eye on which of these Day 2 selections move quickly through the system once they sign. That’s where the Dodgers’ development edge really shows itself.

Source(s): Staff (DodgerBlue.com) | First reported: July 12, 2026 7:31 PM UTC

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