With MLB cutting its draft to five rounds and capping the signing bonus for undrafted players at $20,000, the message is clear: Go back to college.
Major League Baseball’s proposed safety protocols to play a season during the COVID-19 pandemic include plenty of do’s and dont’s .
It seems that, by capping signing bonuses at such a measly amount, MLB is signaling to undrafted players that they should return to school for at least a year. Minor leagues aren’t expected to resume until 2021, so even if a player signs, he’ll likely have nowhere to play this summer. UCLA coach John Savage is already getting ready for potential ripple effects of MLB’s changes to the draft.
“It’s going to affect pro baseball and college baseball in a ton of ways,” said Trenton Denholm, a UC Irvine pitcher ranked as the No. 129-rated draft prospect by MLB Pipeline. “It sucks for a lot of guys. I got teammates and I’m sure there are guys at basically every school who were planning on getting drafted that might end up going back to school.”Had this year’s draft been the normal 40 rounds, Savage figured as many as seven of his draft-eligible Bruins would be selected.
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