mlb97 posted:Just trying to help clarify some comments on here. This is the first year of the MLB draft prospect link, so any comments that say they used it in the past are incorrect. The link was set up by all 30 clubs and the commissioners office. There is a general information page which you fill out, all 30 teams have access to it, that way you don’t have to fill one out for each team. The link also identifies each player with a draft ID number for each club, you cannot be drafted without an ID number. Each team can then, through the link, send the player their own questions. Some may have 10 questions, some may have 50. The link emails you regularly when another team has sent you information. Once again, this is run by the commissioners office and most people don’t know about it because it is new for 2019 and most players are not prospects.
if you receive this link, fill it out, their are deadlines for some of these forms. Players that attended the major events this summer like east coast pro and Area code games and were identified by at least one team as a prospect received the link early.
Can it be said that MLB is being more selective than in the past with the new prospectlink? Meaning, I have looked into prior draft trackers and there is obviously a list of names of prospects that went undrafted. Will the list in 2019 of those undrafted be much shorter than previous years with the use of the prospect link and a required draft number?