2020 MLB draft: Order, time, TV info for first round and Day 1
Major League Baseball's 2020 first-year player draft begins Wednesday with the first 37 selections.
But unlike years past, it will be quite different and virtual. There will be just 160 players drafted, by far the fewest since the annual selection started in 1965, because the draft has been cut from 40 rounds to five.
The draft was reduced as part of a March 26 agreement with the players’ association and MLB in order to cut expenses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Detroit Tigers have the first overall selection and is expected to draft Spencer Torkelson -- a slugging first baseman from Arizona State University.
There are only 29 picks in the first round after the Houston Astros forfeited their round pick due to the sign-stealing scandal.
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Here's everything you need to know for this year's draft:
Time/TV
MLB Network/ESPN, 7 p.m. ET (Day 1), MLB.com, 5 p.m. ET (Day 2)
Day 1 order
FIRST ROUND:
*Picks 30-37 are Competitive Balance Round A picks*
- Detroit Tigers
- Baltimore Orioles
- Miami Marlins
- Kansas City Royals
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Seattle Mariners
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- San Diego Padres
- Colorado Rockies
- Los Angeles Angels
- Chicago White Sox
- Cincinnati Reds
- San Francisco Giants
- Texas Rangers
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Chicago Cubs
- Boston Red Sox
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- New York Mets
- Milwaukee Brewers
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Washington Nationals
- Cleveland Indians
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Atlanta Braves
- Oakland Athletics
- Minnesota Twins
- New York Yankees
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Baltimore Orioles
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Kansas City Royals
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- San Diego Padres
- Colorado Rockies
- Cleveland Indians
- Tampa Bay Rays