There will be no balls or strikes, no wind-up or pitch, no rounding bases — negotiations between the MLB and MLB Player’s Association have an official MLB start date on ice, still.
But, baseball fans can get a taste of the MLB on Wednesday night. The delayed 2020 draft, now truncated to five rounds with a $20,000 cap for contracts offered to any amateur player un-drafted, will be the first live baseball action since March.
The A’s come into this equipped with the 26th pick and four more picks.