Tonight is the first of two Draft nights. The players selected tonight and developed over the next few years may have a huge impact on all 30 teams for the next decade. Sadly, the 'foreplay' of college games have disappeared since mid-March, and assessing amateur baseball is more inexact than it usually is. The Cubs draft 16th overall tonight and will have four more choices tomorrow. There will be no draft pick trades leading up to tonight's proceedings.
The proceedings begin around 6 p.m. CT, with MLB Network coverage starting at 4 p.m. CT. ESPN will also carry the draft live beginning at 6 p.