Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a nice week despite what is going on. MLB and the MLBPA met to discuss ways of decreasing spending this year given the coronavirus pandemic is going to create a shortened San Diego Padres’ season. And from that meeting, it appears one of the methods selected was a shorter draft.
Typically 40 rounds, June’s draft is currently set to be just five rounds with the potential to increase up to ten rounds. I imagine this will have a substantial impact as high school seniors who were tabbed as being draftable just outside the first five rounds will formally commit to play collegiate baseball for at least a year.