Everything you need to know about the Draft

With a category booming with high-profile expertise, the Draft is coming to the Emerald City. For three days starting tonight, the Major League Baseball Draft hits Seattle.

Here is every part you want to know.

For the third straight yr, the Draft can be a part of All-Star Week. Sunday’s motion begins at 6 p.m. ET with a one-hour pregame present on MLB Network, adopted by Round 1 (together with one prospect promotion compensation decide), Competitive Balance Round A (10 picks), Round 2 and Competitive Balance Round B (six picks) and three second-round compensation picks.

All 70 picks will be seen on MLB Network, MLB.com, ESPN and, for the primary time, ESPN+.

Days 2 and three will be seen on MLB.com. Day 2 will get underway at 2 p.m. on Monday, with Rounds 3-10 on the slate. The last day, that includes Rounds 11-20, begins at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Pirates gained MLB’s first-ever Draft lottery in December, securing their second prime general decide in three years. They will get one other crack on the prime decide just a few weeks after selling ‘21 prime general decide Henry Davis to the Majors, proving how shortly the influence of getting that decide proper will be for a franchise.  This is the fifth time Pittsburgh has had the highest decide, and the fourth Draft in a row that the Pirates can have a prime 10 choice. 

The hometown Mariners personal essentially the most picks on Day 1 with 4 – together with a compensation decide for together with Julio Rodríguez on their Opening Day roster in 2022. Seattle was awarded the compensation decide when Rodríguez gained American League Rookie of the Year honors. The Mariners will decide twenty second general, twenty ninth, thirtieth and 57th on Day 1. 

Here are how the primary 10 picks will go:

1. Pirates
2. Nationals
3. Tigers
4. Rangers
5. Twins
6. A’s
7. Reds
8. Royals
9. Rockies
10. Marlins

Elsewhere, the A’s are uniquely positioned to make an influence with three of the primary 41 picks. They’ll decide sixth, thirty ninth after which once more at No. 41. On the opposite facet of that spectrum, the Mets (thirty second general) and Dodgers (thirty sixth general) are the one groups with out a first-round choice. They gained’t decide till the Competitive Balance Round A, their first decide dropping 10 spots as a result of they exceeded the aggressive stability tax threshold by greater than $40 million.

By advantage of their Lottery win, the Pirates additionally secured the very best assigned decide worth in Draft historical past and the third-highest bonus pool ever. 

Back up a second … what’s a bonus pool?

Each alternative within the first 10 rounds of the Draft comes with an assigned worth, with the entire for a membership’s choices equaling what it will possibly spend in these rounds with out incurring a penalty. If a participant taken within the prime 10 rounds does not signal, his decide’s worth will get subtracted from his crew’s pool. Clubs close to the highest of the Draft usually spend lower than the assigned worth for these decisions and use the financial savings to supply extra money to later choices.

Teams that exceed their bonus pool face a penalty. Clubs that outspend their allotment by 0-5 p.c pay a 75 p.c tax on the overage. At increased thresholds, golf equipment lose future picks: a first-rounder and a 75 p.c tax for surpassing their pool by greater than 5 and as much as 10 p.c; a first- and a second-rounder and a one hundred pc tax for greater than 10 and as much as 15 p.c; and two first-rounders and a one hundred pc tax for greater than 15 p.c.

Top 10 bonus swimming pools:
1. Pirates: $16,185,700
2. Tigers: $15, 747,200
3. Nationals: $14,502,400
4. Twins: $14,345,600
5. Athletics: $14,255,600
6. Reds: $13,785,200
7. Mariners: 13,170,900
8. Marlins: $12,829,600
9. Royals: $12,313,500
10. Rockies: $11,909,800

Bonus pool and slot worth breakdown »

These are the Top 10 Draft prospects:

1. Paul Skenes
2. Dylan Crews
3. Wyatt Langford
4. Walker Jenkins
5. Max Clark
6. Rhett Lowder
7. Kyle Teel
8. Noble Meyer
9. Chase Dollander
10. Jacob Wilson