Elephant Rumblings: 2020 MLB draft completes 1st round

Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson, a Petaluma nativeGood morning, Athletics Nation!

We finally got something resembling baseball news on Wednesday, with the 1st round of the MLB draft. Of course, even the draft is different from usual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, lasting just five rounds instead of the normal 40, so Day 1 featured only one pick by most teams instead of a few apiece. But that’s still better than nothing.

The Oakland A’s held the No. 26 overall pick, and they used it on high school catcher Tyler Soderstrom — click here for our full coverage of the pick. Soderstrom is a bat-first prospect who draws raves…