The MLB Draft begins on June 3 with Oakland holding two picks on the first day. There has been little chatter about whom the A’s are looking at; undoubtedly this is in part due to the (welcome) lateness of Oakland’s first pick. Talking about who might be on the radar at 1.29 requires a fair amount of projection and I will attempt to inform that projection by analyzing Oakland’s drafts from 2012 – 2018.
Teams had to radically adjust how they went about the business of acquiring new talent through the draft when Major League Baseball imposed a cap on signing bonuses after the 2011 season.