Monday marked the beginning of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft for Major League Baseball. Oh, you didn’t hear about it? That’s because of the four major sports, the MLB draft operates in complete anonymity. Over the next three days, there will be 40 rounds of players being selected, and you’ll probably hear nothing about it.
Today, we’re going to try and change that. Bud Selig better be listening because it’s time to look at ways that the MLB Draft can be just as exciting as its counterparts.
It won’t be easy to do, but there are several things MLB can do to get this going in the right direction.