[OutsiderFan]

Was watching the CWS the other night and heard Kyle Peterson talking about the MLB draft vis-a-vis college baseball.  He said from a statistical standpoint, high school players drafted by MLB after round 4 don't make it to MLB.  Given this he suggested the MLB draft should be no more than 3-4 rounds, and then after that, high school players can be free agents, or more hopefully just opt to play in college.

Peterson suggested it is difficult to project college players to the MLB level, and near impossible to do so with 17-18 year olds.  And of course, he believes more kids should go to college for the education and experience.  This proposal would make college baseball much more of a development league for MLB than it already is, and would probably lead to contraction of MiLB teams since so many more players would be opting for college.

This has probably been discussed before, maybe even beaten to death, but if the MLB draft was reduced, and college became a more frequent option for high school kids, might MLB help college baseball play with wood bats?  And then the question is with more talent going into college baseball and it becoming more of a development system for MLB, might interest and revenues in college baseball grow?

Peterson's one suggestion to reduce the rounds in the draft might seem like a good idea on the surface, but it sure does have many implications!

[OutsiderFan]

Was watching the CWS the other night and heard Kyle Peterson talking about the MLB draft vis-a-vis college baseball.  He said from a statistical standpoint, high school players drafted by MLB after round 4 don't make it to MLB.  Given this he suggested the MLB draft should be no more than 3-4 rounds, and then after that, high school players can be free agents, or more hopefully just opt to play in college.

Peterson suggested it is difficult to project college players to the MLB level, and near impossible to do so with 17-18 year olds.  And of course, he believes more kids should go to college for the education and experience.  This proposal would make college baseball much more of a development league for MLB than it already is, and would probably lead to contraction of MiLB teams since so many more players would be opting for college.

This has probably been discussed before, maybe even beaten to death, but if the MLB draft was reduced, and college became a more frequent option for high school kids, might MLB help college baseball play with wood bats?  And then the question is with more talent going into college baseball and it becoming more of a development system for MLB, might interest and revenues in college baseball grow?

Peterson's one suggestion to reduce the rounds in the draft might seem like a good idea on the surface, but it sure does have many implications!