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2020 MLB Draft Prep: What are the expectations for a draft pick?

Most of my draft articles look at a specific team. Teams have players that can impress scouts and create a buzz for draft week. If they get signed, through the draft or after, they have a chance to percolate through a team's system. This is a look at assessing expectations to amateur signings, and why even incremental player improvements can greatly upgrade their value to the organization.

Fans and writers alike enjoy, in a perverse sense, discussing about "draft busts". If you listen to the right microphone on the wrong day, Albert Almora Jr. or Ian Happ might be referred to as a bust.