MLBPA calls to preserve current system of draft

Major League Baseball has proposed cutting the amateur draft from twenty to twelve rounds and slashing amateur signing bonuses by more than one hundred fifty million dollars while preventing high schoolers from entering, per ESPN SportsCenter. The Players Association is pushing back, calling to preserve the current system while opening more doors to younger players.

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