The Major League Baseball draft is coming to Denver, but this isn’t your father’s conference-call version of it.
For the first time, the MLB draft is occurring in July during All-Star Week, ahead of the 91st MLB All-Star Game at Coors Field. And also for the first time, the opening night of the draft will have a bonafide crowd, with as many as 2,000 fans expected to attend Sunday’s opening night at the Bellco Theatre.
While such a presentation may have long been the standard for other leagues, it represents a major shift for MLB since its draft first began in 1965.