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| How is the draft selection order determined? |
| Major League clubs select in reverse order of
their league standing at the close of the preceding season. The club
with the worst record selects first with the leagues alternating selections
to form the rotation. The National League selects first in even years.
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| How many rounds are the in the draft? |
| Due to a rule change in 1998, all drafts starting
with the 2002 June Amateur Draft last 50 rounds. If a team decides
to pass in a given round, that team is done drafting. If all teams
are done drafting before 50 rounds have been completed, the draft
is over. |
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| Who is eligible for the draft? |
| Any player who is a resident of the U.S., U.S.
Territories (Puerto Rico) and Canada is eligible for the draft, specifically: |
- Players who have graduated from High School
- 4-year College players who've completed either their Junior
or Senior years, or are 21 years or older within 45 days following
the draft
- All Junior College (JuCo) Players
- All 21 year old players
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| What does draft and follow mean? |
| Draft and follow, otherwise known as draft-follow-evaluate
(DFE) applies to the June Amateur Draft. DFE candidates are players that
choose to attend a junior college instead of signing with the drafting team.
A team has rights to that player until shortly before the next year's draft.
If the player does not sign with the team, he is eligible to re-enter the
June Amateur Draft. |
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| How does the "Rule 5 Draft" work? |
| A player is eligible for the offseason Rule 5
draft if he is not on the 40-man Major League Roster if he was 18
or younger when he first signed a pro contract and this is the fourth
Rule 5 draft since he signed or if he was 19 or older when he first
signed a pro contract and this is the third Rule 5 draft since he
signed. |
| A player drafted in the Rule 5 draft must remain
in the majors, be it on the 25-man roster or the disabled list, for
all of the following season, or the club that drafted him must return
him to his original club. Since a player to is returned must first
be place on waivers, a third club can claim the player. The claiming
club would then be responsible to the same rules placed upon the team
that drafted him in the Rule 5 draft. |
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| What is the draft order for the Rule 5
Draft? |
| Teams select in reverse order of that season's
finish, with the American and National leagues alternating the No.
1 pick from year to year. |
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| Does it cost anything to draft a Rule 5
selection? |
| Yes. The selection price was increased in 1985
to $50,000 from $25,000. |
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| Is there more than one segment to the Rule
5 draft? |
| Yes. There are Triple-A and Double-A segments
of the Rule 5 draft, with price tags of $12,000 and $4,000 respectively. |
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