Major League Baseball has informed its teams that the 2021 MLB Draft will be 20 rounds. That was expected news, as MLB negotiated with the Major League Baseball Players Association last year an agreement that this year's draft could be cut to as few as 20 rounds.
There will be a total of 160 picks in the 2020 Draft. The Draft usually runs 40 rounds but was shortened this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The MLB Draft is one step closer to its regular format. The COVID-19 pandemic reduced the 2020 draft to just five rounds from the standard 40. This year, the draft will move up to 20 rounds, plus compensation picks and two competitive balance rounds, allowing 612 amateur baseball players to be drafted by MLB clubs.
The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held every year in June by conference call among the 30 Major League Clubs. The Clubs take turns selecting players in reverse order of their won-lost records at the close of the previous regular season. The order of selection is without regard to League.
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The five rounds of the 2020 MLB draft will be held over two days, June 10 and June 11. Both days will be televised by MLB Network. On June 10, the first 37 picks (the first round and the first competitive balance picks) will be announced, beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
The Toronto Blue Jays have officially signed three 2020 draft picks including second-round selection CJ Van Eyk, third-round pick Trent Palmer and fifth-rounder Zach Britton.
Instead of its usual 40 rounds, the draft was shortened to five thanks to a March agreement regarding how baseball could move forward amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was also cut from three days to two.
Round 1
- Jeff Okudah, CB, Ohio State. Drafted: No.
- Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama. Drafted: No.
- Patrick Queen, LB, LSU. Drafted: No.
- Robert Hunt, T, Louisiana-Lafayette. Drafted: No.
- Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin. Drafted: No.
- Jaylon Johnson, CB, Utah. Drafted: No.
- Zack Baun, LB, Wisconsin.
- Bryan Edwards, WR, South Carolina.
Recently selected in the third round of the 2020 MLB First Year Player Draft, 17-year-old Blaze Jordan just signed a $1.75M contract to play professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox.
1 selection in 2020 and used it on Arizona State's Spencer Torkelson. He was the No. 2 prospect on R.J. Anderson's board. The Tigers also added Ohio State catcher Dillon Dingler in the second round and LSU outfielder Daniel Cabrera with the 62nd overall pick.
HOUSTON, TX - The Houston Astros have selected outfielder Tyler Whitaker with their first pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft. Whitaker, (6-4, 190), who has also played the infield, was selected in the third round of the Draft (87th pick).
The draft order was set based on the reverse order of the 2020 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2020 MLB Draft and for teams who lost qualifying free agents.
Meet Tae Crowder, the last pick in this year's NFL Draft. The 2020 NFL Draft was unprecedented in many ways because of the coronavirus pandemic.
- The 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is now officially in the books. Although it had been reduced to 20 rounds long as opposed to the normal 40 due to budget shortfalls caused by COVID-19, the draft still had a heavy Louisville presence.
