Seattle Post-Intelligencer · Jun 12, 2020
Wait continues for hundreds of undrafted baseball players
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NEW YORK (AP) — They sat anxiously by their phones, computers and TVs, hoping to hear their names called by big league teams.
Instead, the waiting continues for hundreds of young baseball players.
Major League Baseball's amateur draft wrapped up Thursday night, shaved to only five rounds over two days from the usual 40 rounds over three because of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that figures to save teams about $30 million. So, instead of more than 1,200 players celebrating the start of their professional careers, only 160 can do so right now.