It looks like the Angels are locked into the ninth selection in the 2021 MLB Draft, per multiple reports.
Normally, this wouldn’t be in question. It’s as simple as the reverse order of the previous year’s record. But nothing is normal in a pandemic-truncated 2020 campaign. As part of the March agreement between the MLBPA and MLB owners, commissioner Rob Manfred had the authority to determine the draft order in the event of a shortened or canceled season, as noted by Jeff Passan at ESPN in September.
But rather than change things up, MLB has reportedly decided to keep the order the same as it usually is, which is the inverse order of 2020 record, per both Stephen J.