Quote Originally Posted by Bravesfannchar View Post
Next year’s draft is supposedly going to be 20ish rounds.
I think it's pretty rich that MLB has responded to all of the (justifiable) negative coverage regarding their near-criminal under-compensation of minor league players by (a) doing nothing about that issues and (b) also trying trying to shaft amateur players. Even with some MiLB contraction, a lot of the players drafted in rounds 21–40 will still be needed, and still find their way into professional baseball; they'll just have their earnings even further curtailed, since—as $20k-max UFDA—they won't have a shot at any later-round bonus-pool leftovers.