Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, earlier this month the NCAA decided to suspend all spring sports competition, which means that the 2020 college baseball season ended after four weeks of competition; also, Major League Baseball’s opening day, scheduled for March 26, was delayed until further notice. As a result of the shortened season, the status of the 2020 MLB Draft came into question, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
According to Passan, the MLB has the authority to shorten the 2020 draft to five rounds and they could potentially lessen the 2021 draft to 20 rounds, as opposed to the typical 40.