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Structure: 50 Rounds. 1 pick per team per round until team choose to 'pass' and thus eliminating any further selections. Compensatory picks awarded between 1st and 2nd round, and 3rd and 4th round.

Order: Reverse order of previous season's record. If tie, the year prior to previous is used as tiebreaker

Eligibility: Resident of United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and other United States territories, or anyone enrolled in a United States high school or college. Have never signed major or minor league contract

Per MLB.com’s Jim Callis, Small settled for a $1.8 million slot value, which is nearly $700K below slot. 1st-rder Ethan Small signs with @Brewers for $1.8 mil (pick 28 value = $2,493,900). Using the 2019 MLB Draft as our compass, here is the 2020 draft order and slot values through the 10th round.

• High school players: Graduated, and not attended any college. A player that dropped out must be out of school for at least 1 year
• College players: Completed Junior or Senior year or at least 21 years old
• Junior college and community college players: Number of years does not matter

Signability: Team retains rights until 11:59 August 15th or if player returns or enters a four-year college full-time. If not signed, player can be drafted again another year if eligible. Unless agreed upon by player, team can not draft player in subsequent year. The notable exception is college seniors, who may sign at any time during the year until the next draft.

Free Agents: Players who were not chosen in draft can sign up until a week before next draft. Players from other countries can sign with teams at any time.

Compensatory: Teams receive Type A or Type B picks based on value of free agent players that were signed by other teams if they signed before the arbitration date or were offered salary arbitration by team and signed with another. Teams who lost Class A players, get the new team's first pick and a Compensatory pick between rounds 1 and 2 ordered by previous year's rank. Teams who lost Class B players, get an additional pick between the 1st and 2nd round, that is again ordered by previous year's rank after all Class A picks. A team can not lose its 1st round pick if it is in the top half of the draft, nor can it lose any compensatory picks. If a team owes two compensatory picks, the team that signed the player with the highest score, gets the first pick. If a team has two compensatory picks of the same caliber, their subsequent pick will occur after all the other teams have used their compensatory pick, using the same order as the first picks. If team does not sign first round pick, they get the a first round pick the following year in a spot one above the year before. If a team does not sign a third round pick, they get a compensatory pick in between the 3rd and 4th round. No compensation is awarded the following year, if team does not sign one of their compensatory pick players.

• Class A: Player ranked top 20% of that player's position
• Class B: Player ranked in top 40% of player's at that position, but below 20%

Draft History: During the early years of Major League Baseball, amateur players were essentially free agents straight out of high school. In other words, players were free to sign with any team that offered them a contract. Players signed to a team could not leave their respective teams however, since this was before free agency exsited. As a result, big market teams like the New York Yankees had an enormous advantage over their smaller payroll brethren in stockpiling talented players, which in that era consisted almost wholly of young talent.

Amid accusations of communism, MLB attempted to increase league parity by instituting the Bonus Rule in 1947. The Bonus Rule was a restriction on teams sending their young talent to the minors. The rule stipulated that when an MLB team signed a player to a contract in excess of $4,000, the team was required to keep that player on the 40-man roster for two full-seasons. Any team that failed to comply with the rule lost the rights to that player's contract and the player was then exposed to the waiver wire. If the player did remain with the team for two-seasons, the team could then send that player down to the minor leagues without consequence.

This rule created some interesting situations for teams, who were forced to keep young talent straight out of high school on their major league roster for two seasons. This worked out quite well for a few players, called Bonus Babies during this era, like Al Kaline and Sandy Koufax who never served time in the minors. On the whole, it was a rule that forced teams to carry raw players that weighed down the roster in order to develop stars later.

Due to this new rule, teams like the Yankees already had the talent but didn't want to use roster slots on these players, so they often used a subtle tactic in which they paid other teams to stash the players on their roster, then traded for these players after two seasons. In addition, teams were rumored to be feeding their prospects big bonuses under the table. Basically these clubs were exploiting loopholes in the rule as a way to get around it.

As a result, MLB instituted the amateur draft in 1965. However, it was hardly in the form it is in now. There were three separate drafts in 1965: the June draft (for graduating high school and college players), the January draft (for those players graduating in winter), and the August draft (for players participating in amateur summer leagues like Legion ball). As one can imagine, this was an incredibly complicated system that needed reform. The August draft was only held a few years, though the January draft continued until 1986. After that time, the Rule 4 Draft has stood alone as the only first-year player draft.

Rule 5 Draft: A MLB player draft that occurs each year during the Winter Meetings of General Managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to have them play in the majors. The order is based on teams' win-loss records. If a team does not have a spot available on their 40 man roster, they can not participate. Players may be drafted at a cost of $50,000. Players chosen in the Rule 5 draft must remain on that team’s 25-man roster for one full season or be offered back to the previous team for half-price, or $25,000. A player can be traded with its draft restrictions, but if the receiving team does not keep the player on its roster for the whole season, it has to be offered back to the team that they received the player from. A team can also draft a player from AA or lower to player for their AAA affiliates at $12,000, as well a player from single A to play for their double AA affiliate at $4,000. The Rule 5 draft offers an opportunity for young players to prove themselves at the highest level. Recent notable Rule 5 draftees include Johan Santana of the New York Mets, Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies, Joakim Soria of the Kansas City Royals, Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins and Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers.

Top 2019 Mlb Draft Picks

Somewhere out there is the next great star. Maybe it will be the first player taken in the MLB draft or another first-round pick. Maybe it will be somebody buried deeper in the draft, like second-rounder Nolan Arenado or fourth-rounder Cody Bellinger. It could be a college player or a 17-year-old kid. It's part scouting expertise and part luck.

Here are some questions and issues heading into Monday's first round, the first of three days of drafting:

Click here for Keith Law's latest mock draft

Will the Orioles draft Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman No. 1?

Some have called Rutschman the best top overall prospect since Bryce Harper in 2010. He's a switch-hitting catcher with defensive skills, power potential and huge numbers with the Beavers: .427/.584/.772 with 16 home runs in 171 at-bats and nearly twice as many walks as strikeouts. The stat line backs up the scouting reports that he's an elite-level talent, and as Keith Law wrote on his big board of the top 100 prospects, Rutschman's floor is that he'll be a longtime big league catcher because of his defense, and the ceiling is an All-Star catcher because of his power.

If the Orioles take him first, Rutschman will be the fifth catcher taken first overall:

1966: Steve Chilcott, Mets
1970: Mike Ivie, Padres
1971: Danny Goodwin, White Sox (did not sign)
1975: Danny Goodwin, Angels
2001: Joe Mauer, Twins

Goodwin is a great trivia question, the only player to be drafted first overall twice (he ended up playing just 252 games in the majors, none of them at catcher). Chilcott and Ivie were high school catchers. Chilcott, famously drafted one spot ahead of Reggie Jackson, never made the majors, and Ivie had to move to first base. Mauer has the second-most career WAR of any catcher drafted in the first round, behind only that of Craig Biggio, who moved to second base after four seasons behind the plate with the Astros.

The Giants took Georgia Tech backstop Joey Bart second overall last year, the first catcher selected that high since Mauer. In comparing Rutschman with Bart, the obvious difference is control of the strike zone during their junior seasons:

Rutschman: 69 walks, 36 strikeouts
Bart: 41 walks, 56 strikeouts

Even factoring in that the ACC might be a tougher league than the Pac-12, that's a big edge for Rutschman. Bart struck out a lot for an elite college hitter -- similar to Mike Zunino, the third overall pick in 2012, who has struggled to hit for average in the majors -- adding some risk to his profile. I see no such risk with Rutschman.

So why wouldn't the Orioles draft him? They could draft Cal first baseman Andrew Vaughn or high school shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to save money in their bonus pool allotment that they could then use later in the draft to give an over-slot bonus to a high school player.

Will Witt go second overall to the Royals?

In a year in which Fernando Tatis Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Cavan Biggio have made their big league debuts, it's fitting that one of the top prospects is the son of a former major leaguer. Bobby Witt Sr. won 142 games in a 16-year career and was the third overall pick in 1985, so if Witt Jr. goes this high, it would make them the highest-drafted father-son duo, surpassing Tom Grieve (the sixth pick in 1966) and Ben Grieve (second in 1994).

While Witt is a five-tool talent, there is one potential red flag: He turns 19 in June, making him one of the older high school prospects in the draft. Third baseman Brett Baty, like Witt a Texas high schooler, is 17th on Keith's big board, but he's already 19½. Rany Jazeryerli first studied the impact of draft age for high school hitters in a series of articles years ago at Baseball Prospectus, writing that 'a team that drafted one of the five youngest high school hitters selected among the top 100 picks could expect more than twice as much value from him as a team that selected one of the five oldest high school hitters.'

Two of the most famous No. 1 overall picks were 17 on draft day: Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez. Carlos Correa was 17 when the Astros drafted him first overall in 2012. Mike Trout didn't turn 18 until August of his draft year. Rany presented a list of examples, concluding that 'young draft picks are a MASSIVE market inefficiency.'

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This doesn't mean that Witt and Baty aren't worthwhile first-round picks or that Witt doesn't deserve to go second overall. It's just another data point that teams will throw into their evaluations, and their statistical models won't like that these players are older.

In the other direction, shortstops Gunnar Henderson (No. 41 on Keith's board) and Kyren Paris (No. 49) are two players who could outperform their draft slots, as they don't turn 18 until later in the year.

When will the first pitcher go?

Keith Law has said this is the weakest draft class in his 18 years of scouting the draft for the Blue Jays and ESPN, and is especially weak in college pitching.

Keith's top eight players are position players, and he projects the first pitcher to go to the Reds at No. 7. The mock drafts at MLB.com, The Athletic and FanGraphs predict the same scenario (Keith, The Athletic and MLB.com have the Reds going with TCU lefty Nick Lodolo, while FanGraphs predicts West Virginia righty Alek Manoah). If the first six picks end up being position players, it would be a draft first. The first five picks in 2005 were all hitters: Justin Upton, Alex Gordon, Jeff Clement, Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Braun. (That was a legendary first round that also included Troy Tulowitzki, Andrew McCutchen, Jay Bruce and Jacoby Ellsbury.)

High school pitchers versus college pitchers

This is one of the longest-standing draft debates. Eno Sarris recently reported at The Athletic that the average age of first-round pitchers has dropped in recent seasons. Indeed, when I checked the number of high school and four-year college players selected in the first 30 picks, the trend is away from college pitchers (though the trend is toward a few more position players in the first round, not necessarily toward high school pitchers):

2006-2010: 43 college pitchers, 30 high school pitchers
2014-2018: 35 college pitchers, 31 high school pitchers

Those numbers don't answer the question, however, of whether high school or college pitchers are the better bet. I recently wrote an article asking 'Where do the best starting pitchers come from?' I created a list of the 75 best starters, 60 of which came via the draft. The breakdown:

College: 34
Junior college: 2
High school: 24

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That would seem to point to favoring college pitchers, but of the 35 first-round picks out of those 60 pitchers, 18 were college guys, and 17 were high school players. It doesn't seem like there is any obvious trend here or reason to focus on one group.

Who is the most interesting pitcher in the draft?

Elon right-hander George Kirby is fascinating because of his 107-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Keith Law has him No. 24 on his board, and two of the mock drafts have Kirby going at No. 14 to the Phillies. He has size (6-foot-4) and hits 95 mph, but Keith writes that he wouldn't be a first-rounder in a typical year. He's also from a small college -- Elon plays in the Colonial Athletic Association -- and you don't see many first-round pitchers from non-power conferences. (The Mariners took Stetson righty Logan Gilbert last year, hoping he follows in the path of late-round picks Jacob deGrom and Corey Kluber.)

Who is the most interesting hitter in the draft?

Vanderbilt outfielder JJ Bleday had six home runs his first season but broke out with 25 home runs this year and will be one of those hitters to go in the top six. His 45-to-45 strikeout-to-walk ratio is good, but it pales in comparison to that of Rutschman, and elite college hitters usually have more walks than K's, so Bleday might have swing-and-miss issues as a pro.

Arizona State outfielder Hunter Bishop, a potential top-10 pick, is the younger brother of Mariners outfielder Braden Bishop and broke out with 22 home runs. He has some swing-and-miss concerns as well, however, with a 22 percent strikeout rate.

Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers is a first-rounder based on his stud defense and leadership, and while there are questions about his bat, he suffered a broken hamate bone early in the season (returning after missing just three weeks), and on Saturday, he had a record-setting three-homer, 11-RBI game in the NCAA tournament.

Which team has the most to gain from this draft?

Obviously, the teams at the top of the draft have to hit their picks -- young, good players are more important than ever, and if you're going to tank, you better take advantage -- but this could be an important day for the future of the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks don't pick until 16th, but after losing Patrick Corbin and A.J. Pollock as free agents, they have the most bonus pool money and also pick 26th, 33rd, 34th, 56th, 74th and 75th -- that's seven of the first 75 picks. This is somewhat reminiscent of 2011, when the Rays had 10 of the first 60 picks. The Rays almost flubbed that entirely, though they did end up with Blake Snell. The Diamondbacks hope to find their own Snell -- and two or three other future major leaguers.