Major League Baseball will showcase the sport's best young players during a series of spring training games it's calling "Spring Breakout," the league announced Wednesday.

The event, scheduled to take place March 14-17, will pit an organization's best prospect group against another team's in a game that's part of a doubleheader with a regularly scheduled spring game. Although highly regarded prospects often participate in major league spring training games, rosters filled with the best minor league players from each team typically participate on the backfields at spring complexes.

The Cleveland Guardians will pick first in the 2024 MLB amateur draft next summer for the first time after winning the second-ever draft lottery at baseball's winter meetings.

The Guardians had just a 2% chance of earning the No. 1 pick and beat out eight other teams with better odds.

The Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and Colorado Rockies each had an 18.3% chance of winning the first pick, tied for the best percentage among all teams.

The Cincinnati Reds will pick second in the July 14 draft at Arlington, Texas, followed by Colorado, Oakland, the Chicago White Sox, Kansas City, St. Louis, the Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh and Washington.

The Minnesota Twins agreed to a $7,144,200 signing bonus with No. 5 overall pick Walker Jenkins ahead of Tuesday's deadline. He became the final first-round selection to reach a deal.

Only one player chosen in the first 10 rounds failed to reach an agreement by the deadline: UC Irvine outfielder Caden Kendle, selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round with the 305th pick.

The Arizona Diamondbacks spent the most on the draft at $16,185,700, followed by the Atlanta Braves ($15,747,200), Baltimore Orioles ($14,502,400), Boston Red Sox ($14,345,600), Chicago Cubs ($14,255,600), Cincinnati Reds ($13,785,200) and Cleveland Guardians ($13,170,900).

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected LSU right-hander Paul Skenes with the No. 1 overall pick of Major League Baseball's amateur draft, making him the first pitcher to go No. 1 overall since Casey Mize was selected by the Detroit Tigers in 2008.

Skenes' selection was announced by Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr.

Skenes went 12-2 with a 1.69 ERA and a Division I-leading 209 strikeouts, breaking the single-season SEC record, in 122 2/3 innings for an LSU Tigers team that went on to win the Men's College World Series. Skenes became the first pitcher ever to win Most Outstanding Player at the Men's College World Series and go No. 1 overall.

The Pittsburgh Pirates secured the No. 1 overall pick in next year's draft on Tuesday, during Major League Baseball's first draft lottery. The next five picks, respectively, went to the Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics.

With the regular season complete, the odds have been set for the top half of next year's Major League Baseball amateur draft.

The latest collective bargaining agreement introduced a lottery to determine the top six selections. The three teams with the worst winning percentage all have identical chances of landing the top picks.

The lottery only comes into play for the first round of the draft. Beginning in the second round, the order is determined in inverse order of the prior season's standings.

Below are the odds to land the first overall pick:

1. Nationals (55-107): 16.5%
2. Athletics (60-102): 16.5%
3. Pirates (62-100, 61-101 in '21): 16.5%
4. Reds (62-100, 83-79 in '21): 13.25%
5. Royals (65-97): 10%
6. Tigers (66-96): 7.5%
7. Rangers (68-94, 60-102 in '21): 5.5%
8. Rockies (68-94, 74-87 in '21): 3.9%
9. Marlins (69-93): 2.7%
10. Angels (73-89): 1.8%
11. Diamondbacks (74-88, 52-110 in '21): 1.4%
12. Cubs (74-88, 71-91 in '21): 1.1%
13. Twins (78-84, 73-89 in '21): 0.9%
14. Red Sox (78-84, 92-70 in '21): 0.76%
15. White Sox (81-81, 93-69 in '21): 0.62%
16. Giants (81-81, 107-55 in '21): 0.48%
17. Orioles (83-79): 0.36%
18. Brewers (86-76): 0.23%

The Major League Baseball Players Association rejected MLB's last proposal on an international draft on Monday, the deadline for both sides to reach agreement.

The absence of a draft means the qualifying-offer system and the international signing period will each remain as is.

The two sides exchanged a total of four proposals this month, including two last weekend, and were consistently far apart on the amount of money that would be guaranteed to future international amateur players.

The gap reportedly never got closer than $69 million.

With a deadline looming, MLB on Sunday submitted what was billed as a final offer regarding an international draft, sources told ESPN.

The league increased the amount of money that would be guaranteed to the top 600 international players by $10 million, going from $181 million to $191 million, sources said. But the two sides remain very far apart, and the prospect of a deal seems unlikely.

It is unclear whether the MLB Players Association would submit another counter Monday, or whether the union would take MLB's latest offer seriously enough to submit it to a vote among its player leadership.

The Baltimore Orioles came to terms with No. 1 pick Jackson Holliday on Thursday, according to a source.

Holliday will receive a record bonus for a high school player.

The deal is worth $8.19 million, just under the slot value for the top pick at $8,846,900. The club has not confirmed the agreement, which is pending a physical.

The Baltimore Orioles drafted Jared Beck from Saint Leo University with the first pick of the 13th round on Tuesday.

Beck, a seven-foot left-hander, would be the tallest player in Major League history.

He struck out 105 batters in 68 1/3 innings for Division II Saint Leo this season, posting a 3.95 ERA. He's also pitched summer ball for the Savannah Bananas.

"Jared's a really interesting case," Orioles draft director Brad Ciolek said. "Obviously, he's a little bit of a bigger guy, and that might take a little bit more, I guess, in terms of delivery, refining his mechanics. But we have faith in our player-development staff, our pitching coaches, that they'll be able to get the most out of his ability."