Interesting article in the possible future of the MLB draft

[Todd4State]

Future of the MLB draft?

If these changes go through, it's going to change college baseball forever, and probably in a good way.

A slotting system would mean that we would know exactly what a player would be offered, and since the coaches are going to know what the player wants in terms of money, it will be easier to predict whether or not they are going to leave or go pro. That means that the coaches would know more quickly whether to replace the player or not. As it is, the signing deadline for college is Aug. 1, and the deadline to sign with the draft is Aug. 15. That means if a recruit signs late, we could not replace that recruit for the next season unless it's with a walk-on.

Internationalizing the draft would mean that some of our recruits would likely fall lower, and some guys would not get drafted at all. Of course, if that happens it makes it more likely that they will sign with MSU.

Those two changes would probably increase the overall talent in the SEC and country multifold. (George Bush would be proud of that last word) That means better baseball for us.

This has to be approved by the players union, but I think that there's a good chance of that happening because a lot of MLB players don't like seeing guys that have essentially proven nothing in the pro game get a huge bonus- whether that is a draft pick or an international guy like Aroldis Chapman.

This would change the face of college baseball forever.

 

[State82]

I agree that it will benefit the collegiate game and the way college coaches have to administer their programs. That Chapman deal is insane. But that is what it has come to these days. There are a lot of changes that need to be made, but this would be a good start.

 

[Irondawg]

The slotting works very well for the NBA - thus you don't see a lot of holdouts either. I think the NFL is going to push heavily for it in their next deal with the union.

 

[Steakonastick]

This is a great idea, this will stop agents from using colleges as leverage for teams to up their dollar amount. Like i feel what zach lee is doing at lsu. Gets drafted high then enrolls in summer school and just waits till his team meets his dollar amount. The nba has had their problems but their slotting program works wonders. The nfl and mlb need to jump on this. you have players making way to much money before they even play a down. this would also punish the kids who stock drops cause of off the field problems. nothing makes me more mad then a players stock dropping cause of off the filed problems then they demand to be paid like a top ten pick.