MLB Draft

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player selection event sports draft

The MLB Draft is Major League Baseball’s annual event in which professional teams select eligible amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to join their organizations.

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Label Occurrences
MLB Draft canonical 10
MLB First-Year Player Draft 6
Major League Baseball Draft 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf player selection event ⓘ
sports draft ⓘ
administeredBy Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
surface form: MLB Commissioner’s Office
alsoKnownAs MLB Draft ⓘ
surface form: First-Year Player Draft

MLB Draft ⓘ
surface form: Rule 4 Draft
broadcastOn ESPN ⓘ
surface form: ESPN (historical coverage)

MLB Network ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibilityIncludes players attending U.S. colleges ⓘ
players attending U.S. high schools ⓘ
players residing in Canada ⓘ
players residing in the United States ⓘ
eligibilityRule college players at four-year colleges are eligible after junior year or age 21 ⓘ
high school players must have graduated or be at least 17 years old ⓘ
junior college players are eligible at any time ⓘ
firstHeld 1965 ⓘ
followedBy assignment to minor league affiliates ⓘ
player signing period ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
givesFirstPickTo team with worst record in previous season ⓘ
governedBy MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement ⓘ
MLB draft rules ⓘ
hasImpactOn competitive balance in MLB ⓘ
player development pipelines ⓘ
team farm systems ⓘ
includes compensatory picks ⓘ
competitive balance rounds ⓘ
multiple rounds ⓘ
involves MLB teams ⓘ
amateur baseball players ⓘ
amateur clubs ⓘ
college players ⓘ
high school players ⓘ
junior college players ⓘ
language English ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
notableFeature slot value system for draft bonuses ⓘ
teams can receive compensation picks for unsigned players ⓘ
organizedBy Major League Baseball ⓘ
precededBy amateur scouting ⓘ
primaryAudience baseball fans ⓘ
baseball organizations ⓘ
purpose to allocate amateur talent among MLB clubs ⓘ
to allow MLB teams to select eligible amateur players ⓘ
regulates signing bonuses through bonus pools ⓘ
relatedTo MLB Rule 5 Draft ⓘ
MLB international signing system ⓘ
selectionOrderDeterminedBy previous season standings ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
typicalTiming June ⓘ

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Major League Baseball → draft → MLB Draft ⓘ
Golden Spikes Award → associatedWith → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
MLB Draft → alsoKnownAs → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rule 4 Draft
MLB Draft → alsoKnownAs → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: First-Year Player Draft
Alex Cora → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
Stephen Strasburg → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
Jim Rice → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB amateur draft
Jim Edmonds → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
Mike Scioscia → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB amateur draft
Florida Complex League → playerSource → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
MLB international signing system → relatedTo → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB Rule 4 Draft
MLB Rule 5 Draft → relatedTo → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB amateur draft
Pudge → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: Carlton Fisk
this entity surface form: MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
J.D. Martinez → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
Ozzie Smith → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB amateur draft
Shane Victorino → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
Rob Thomson → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
Adley Rutschman → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
NCAA Division I baseball players → eligibleFor → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
Mike Montgomery → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft
NCAA Division I Baseball → relatedTo → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
Kyle Gibson → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft
David Price → MLBDraftPick → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2007 MLB Draft
Lou Whitaker → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB amateur draft
Clinton Merrick Hurdle → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: Clint Hurdle
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft
United States amateur players → eligibilityPathToMLB → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball draft
MLB Winter Meetings → relatedEvent → MLB Draft ⓘ
Mike Mussina → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB Amateur Draft
Paul Goldschmidt → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
Randy Moffitt → draftPhase → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB June Secondary Phase Draft
Ty France → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
Barry Larkin → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB June Amateur Draft
Blake Tekotte → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
Jonathan India → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft
Joey Votto → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
Brandon Nimmo → draftLeague → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft
David Ray Roberts → draftYear → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 MLB Draft
Bob Horner → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB June Amateur Draft
Baltimore Orioles minor league system → usesDraftSource → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
Brandon Crawford → draftOverallPickType → MLB Draft ⓘ
Alexander Jonathan Gordon → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
Andrew Good → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB Amateur Draft
Chris Shaw → draftType → MLB Draft ⓘ
MLB Draft League (no divisions) → draftFocus → MLB Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: MLB Draft League
this entity surface form: MLB First-Year Player Draft
Anthony Rendon → draftedIn → MLB Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2011 MLB Draft
Major League Baseball teams → draftsFrom → MLB Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: Major League Baseball team
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Draft