Today marks the start of the 2017 Major League Baseball Amateur Player Draft. It’ll last 40 rounds with the first two rounds taking place Monday, followed by rounds 3-10 on Tuesday and finally rounds 11-40 on Wednesday.
This year’s draft will have a bit of a different feel for the Cleveland Indians as it’ll be the first time in nearly two decades that the club will not have a first-round pick in the draft. They lost their pick after signing free agent Edwin Encarnacion this winter.
Over the last few years, the Cleveland Indians have made some bold picks in the draft and spent money to get draft picks signed.