2020 MLB Amateur Draft limited to 5 rounds
Reports came out Friday from people with the inside knowledge within the MLB that the 2020 Major League Baseball amateur draft will be five rounds, the smallest in the sport's history. The draft will be held June 10-11.
It was previously speculated that drafts of up to 10 rounds were being considered by the league. However, the MLB and its players' union could not come to an agreement on a 10-round draft, despite the majority of teams lobbying for more selections, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports.
The 10-round proposal failed due to a proposed change to bonus pools, as Rounds one–to–five would have had a separate allotment of bonuses than Rounds 6-10. In the previous 40-round drafts, teams were able to disperse their total bonus pools as they saw fit without any restrictions. Penalties would only come into effect once a team had spent beyond their total allotment.
The Detroit Tigers have the first overall pick in the 2020 draft.
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| Jack Quinn | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Bowen Byram | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Matheson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan McLeod | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
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