MLB is moving forward with the 2020 draft despite COVID-19 robbing prospects of a season. That’s going to make this annual event the most difficult to scout in MLB history, and the New York Mets are going to have to draft almost blindly.
High school players have missed out on a senior season that would’ve improved or hurt their draft stock. College players have some tape to watch, but they missed out on nearly a full year as well.
Baseball is a sport in which a single year of development can change a prospect’s outlook.