# 2020 MLB Draft Tracker

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/2020-mlb-draft-tracker/
- Published: 2020-06-11T12:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

Each year, I create an MLB Draft Tracker and share it here. The tracker includes
who is taken, what they sign for, slot value, and the over/under of the signing.
This is something that’s updated daily and will be continually tweaked.

Here’s the gist of the MLB Draft. Every pick has a slot value; teams don’t have 
to follow it, but they have a total that they can spend without penalty. Team can
exceed their pool amounts with certain penalties. Overages between 0 and 5% will
be taxed 75% on the overage; many teams will spend up to 5% over their pool. Overages
between 5 and 10% will be taxed 100% on the overage and the team will lose the following
year’s first round pick; this hasn’t happened yet. Overages over 10% will be taxed
100% on the overage and the team will lose the following 2 year’s first round picks;
again, this has happened.

Normally the draft is 40 rounds; due to Covid-19 cancelling the college and high
school seasons, this year’s draft is limited to 5 rounds. Since the draft is smaller,
there will be more non-drafted free agents signed after the draft if the players
want to forgo college; these players are limited to $20k bonuses.

Page 1 (Draft) lists the individual picks. Page 2 (Pool Info) has more of the overall
team tracking (how many have signed, bonuses vs pool amounts).

The pick breakdown is as follows:
**Picks 1-29** are regular picks.**Picks 30-37**
are Competitive Balance picks; pick 37 belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals and was
traded in the Matthew Liberatore/Jose Martinez deal.**Picks 38-60** are regular 
picks.**Picks 61-66** are Competitive Balance picks; pick 63 belonged to the Tampa
Bay Rays and was traded in the previously mentioned deal with the Cardinals; pick
64 belonged to the Milwaukee Brewers and was traded in the Omar Narvaez deal.**Picks
67-72** are compensation picks for teams that lost free agents with qualifying offers.**
Picks 73** through the end are regular picks.

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