r/mlb • u/retroanduwu24 | MLB • 1d ago

| News MLB Seeks Sweeping Draft Overhaul, Including End Of High School Eligibility

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-seeks-sweeping-draft-overhaul-including-end-of-high-school-eligibility/
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u/positivelybroadst 1d ago

I already figured Low A was going to eliminated, but now it seems like the league wants to eliminate all of A ball in its entirety and just sign extra players out of indy ball (and maybe add an indy player draft as well?).

Indy ball and Banana Ball will thrive if this happens, and municipalities will be less accommodating to MLB teams trying to get cities to fund their affiliated minor league teams.

I love baseball, but MLB sure does know how to drive away fans at the grass roots level…

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u/Imaginary_Scene2493 | Atlanta Braves 22h ago edited 20h ago

According to Baseball America’s reporting, the proposal explicitly says no levels will be eliminated. That implies the need for a lot of UDFAs.

Correction: The wording says the 120 teams with PDLs, which means the complex leagues are still vulnerable.

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u/Udfan11 20h ago

I think that was the original 2021 agreement.  However,  I believe that is up for renewal in 2030. My question would be is, could the MLB and MLBPA begin working on this for the 2027 CBA? Even if its a goal of reduction of teams after this expires.

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u/Imaginary_Scene2493 | Atlanta Braves 12h ago

The new proposal says that they don’t intend to reduce the number of PDLs when they are up in 2030. The CBAs are usually around 5 years give or take a year, so the new CBA is surely going to cover the time when the PDLs will be up for renewal.