MLBPA rejects MLB's proposal for revamped 2020 draft
Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the league proposed shortening the draft from 40 rounds to 10. While the MLBPA previously accepted the shortened draft, there were other restrictions included in the proposal that the union found unacceptable, according to Rosenthal and Drellich.
MLB's plan called for picks in the first five rounds to maintain their slot values as in a normal 40-round draft. However, slot values in Rounds 6 through 10 would have been set at 50% of Rounds 1 through 5, according to Rosenthal and Drellich, and would have also had a hard cap on signing bonuses at each pick's slot value.