The 2018 MLB Draft is over now, we can all go home and wait for all these kids to turn into our new favorite major leaguers. Wait, hold on, I’m getting an update ... yes ... oh, wow, really? That seems unnecessary, but I’ll tell them. It turns out there are two more days of the MLB Draft, as this thing has 40 rounds.
Oh, right, the MLB Draft is forever taking
Tuesday’s Say Hey, Baseball wants to remind you that the MLB Draft is three whole dang days long.
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Where do all of these players go? What’s that? There are 256 teams under the umbrella of Minor League Baseball, and there will be room for all 1,200 of these new players once more veterans are pushed out of MLB by age or injury or market and many hundreds and hundreds of MiLB careers end at once, the dream of reaching the majors now dead to them? That’s a lot to process, but the math checks out.
Monday gave us just the first and second rounds of the draft, as well as the compensation rounds attached to them. On Tuesday, Day 2, we’ll have rounds three through 10, and on Wednesday, well, that’s when the real fun begins. That’s when teams start picking players outside of their allotted bonus pool, drafting some players who won’t sign and will be in the top-10 rounds instead three years from now, or are being selected to help fill in the blanks that open up in an organization, referenced above. Also, the whole thing is done via a conference call that you can listen to at MLB.com, it’s very weird and I kind of love it.
Anyway, I’ve written enough now that I’ve either educated you or logged enough paragraphs to justify moving on to sharing some stories with you. I think we can all agree, regardless of which it is, that I should stop now.
- It’s time for the most important draft-related article of the year: Grant Brisbee’s draft grades for every first-round pick. Remember, Grant is the expert of our time, and his vision is a gift to us.
- In my professional opinion, this amateur catch (and subsequent double play) rules.
- The A’s drafted Kyler Murray, Oklahoma quarterback, with the ninth-overall selection. He’ll play football for one more year, then it’s off to baseball full-time.
- Here’s an explanation about Murray’s situation and decision, from someone who would know.
- Ryan Weathers and Griffin Conine were both selected on Day 1 of the MLB Draft, and if those names sound familiar, that’s because you watched their dads play baseball, probably.
- Day 4 of the NCAA baseball tournament is behind us, and here’s what you need to know about it.
- A four-star UNC freshman receiver who can poster-dunk a basketball was the 17th pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. So, you know, he might be good at sports.
- Iowa’s primary election is upon us, and J.D. Scholten, former college and pro pitcher, is on the ballot. Tyler Tynes followed him on the campaign trail, and then wrote this feature you should click on.
- That’s why we share these stories here, you know, so that you will read them. Please, do your part: I’ve done mine.
- I hope someone explained to Ryan Zimmerman what was at stake when he was watching the Capitals in a championship game.
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