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Detroit Tigers: The 2020 MLB Draft Shortened to Five Rounds

As reported this evening by Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com, the 2020 MLB draft will be only five rounds.

The 2020 Major League Baseball draft will be five rounds, sources tell @kileymcd and me. All players who go undrafted would be eligible to sign for a maximum of $20,000. While there was a proposal to the union for a 10-round draft, the sides didn’t come to an agreement.

Ernest Dove, who is a freelance writer, reported that teams could use the allotted money as they saw fit. As Passan indicates, all players who go undrafted would be eligible to sign for a max of $20,000.