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@Francis7 posted:


I think cutting the draft to 20 rounds has really hurt them - if their goal was to get drafted.

Seems like rounds 21-35 would have been their better shot and now that's gone.

Wouldn't shock me if MLB cut it down to 10 rounds some day. More leverage for them to cut down on bonus money for those not extremely highly touted.

Slot money only goes to round ten. 84% of American born MLB’ers were drafted in the first ten rounds. Another 10% (making 94%) are from the first twenty rounds.

Players drafted in the first ten rounds are the prospects. Players drafted in rounds 11-20 are quality suspects and Single A roster filler. The exception would be the top prospect high school player taken late who is a long shot to sign. Anyone who was drafted after round twenty was a suspect and roster filler.

Cutting the draft to twenty rounds helps the suspects (your sample D2 player). They can sign as a free agent in organizations where they believe they have the best long shot to make it.

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