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Blue Jays: What if the MLB draft had always been just five rounds?

As the world continues to adjust on the fly to the Covid-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball has tried to come up with solutions to keep business going, at least in certain areas.

Which takes us to this year’s MLB draft, and with a new agreement between the owners and the player’s association, this year’s draft will be just five rounds compared to the usual 40 rounds in other years. While it’s understandable that there have to be adjustments in a year that we don’t even have baseball to watch, the trickle-down effects are going to be huge for a lot of talented young athletes.