{"id":5075,"date":"2020-06-10T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-2020-draft-a-rare-positive-sign-for-mlb\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T03:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:21:00","slug":"the-2020-draft-a-rare-positive-sign-for-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-2020-draft-a-rare-positive-sign-for-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"#The 2020 draft a rare positive sign for MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The 2020 draft a rare positive sign for MLB<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 9, 2020 |<\/span> 8:21pm <\/p>\n

\n The way things have gone in Major League Baseball lately, you half-expect the first pick of Wednesday night\u2019s amateur draft, upon his name being announced, to respond, \u201cNah, I\u2019m good. I\u2019m gonna go work in corporate sales for Zoom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alas, even a broken clock gets it right twice a day, as the saying goes. So this draft provides baseball with its first true serving of positivity since its March 12 coronavirus shutdown.<\/p>\n

Finally, a baseball event goes on as scheduled, even if not as originally designed. Finally, teams will invest, rather than divest, in their futures. How much they\u2019re willing to invest in these coming days will provide another test of both their robustness and their character.<\/p>\n

The draft will last just five rounds, quite the drop from last year\u2019s 40 \u2014 a decision made by the owners (with collectively bargained consent from the players) that many of their own employees, if compelled to tell the truth, would criticize as shortsighted. But if the owners have shown us anything during this extremely challenging time for our country and our planet, it\u2019s that most can\u2019t see the forest for the trees, a reality further underlined by the fact that players\u2019 signing bonuses will be deferred considerably.<\/p>\n

Will any at least capitalize on this sellers\u2019 market? As per the terms of this setup, undrafted players can sign for no more than $20,000, which explains why many high school players will bypass these festivities, play for a college team and hope against hope that the world will improve in the coming years.<\/p>\n

The idea of the deferred signing bonuses in particular \u201csuggests that there is pretty serious financial concern among the owners,\u201d said Dave Howard, former Mets president, \u201cand potentially the big-market teams would have a bit of an advantage.\u201d With just five rounds, Howard added, \u201cNow the Yankees can go out and sign 20 guys as free agents that otherwise would be sixth- or seventh-round picks. That\u2019s a huge advantage,\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Yankees hardly have distinguished themselves these past few months, enacting one of the most deliberate and least forgiving ticket-refund policies and releasing 45 minor league players. We\u2019ll see soon enough whether they rank among the more visionary entities on this front. Undrafted players can start signing Sunday at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

If you can see beyond this unsightliness \u2014 if you can harken back to, say, 10 years ago, when the Mets chose Matt Harvey in the first round or 15 years ago when the Yankees popped Brett Gardner in the third round \u2014 then perhaps you\u2019ll be able to drive joy, faith and promise from the handful of new players added to your favorite team\u2019s system. You\u2019ll look forward to tracking them in the minor leagues when those (hopefully) resume next year.<\/p>\n

Baseball sure could use a day with happ<\/a>iness and without rancor, with money spent rather than saved. In the best-case scenario, it sparks the owners and players to work harder on finding common ground for their 2020 restart. Short of that? At least enjoy the oasis of something nice for the game<\/a>.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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