baseballhs posted:RJM posted:Dominik85 posted:I would not be surprised if last year was the last 40 round draft we have seen and in the future it only will be 15-20 rounds.from a player dev perspective it probably makes sense as scouting and development got more effective and needs less quantity now but it will suck for the communities who lose minor league ball. Short term this saves money but for long term fan generation that isn't great especially since mlb is hardly affordable for many families.
There’s no reason for the draft to be more than twenty rounds. 94% of American MLBers come from the top twenty rounds.
The reason for rounds 20-40 is to develop the 1-20 rounds and occasionally find a diamond in the rough. Round 20-40 don’t cost that much in the scheme of things, but 5 rounds??? Ugh. The mess this creates is huge.
The diamonds in the rough (after 20th round) are typically late blooming pitchers.