Re: 2021 Season Update
Reply #34 –
I think I understand where this is going or coming from. I would agree with Brent's premise that a player that was drafted in real life in the 2020 MLB Draft could start to play in the majors this year, and by the time the minor league draft is held in our league, that player would be ineligible to be draft in our minor league draft, since they will have surpassed the playing time limit to be drafted. I agree with him that this is a problem.
Maybe it should be as simple as saying that any player that was drafted in the 2020 MLB Draft is eligible to be drafted in the 2021 minor league draft, regardless of how much he has played in the majors in 2021. I would say the same goes for J2 international signings, but I don't think there's any realistic way that any of them are in the majors in 2021. I can't imagine this would affect many players, but given the wackiness of 2020, I don't think this change for this year's minor league draft would be problematic.
Of course, this is all based on if I understand Brent's concern correctly, and I don't always trust myself there.