(Edit: Orioles get 1st pick after walkoff homer by Diamondbacks)

[Aristotelian]

1 minute ago, Hank Scorpio said:

That would be AMAZING if they changed the rules so they somehow did NOT get the #1 overall pick. 

MLB hates us. Quite possible. 

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Paul in Virginia said:

 

Obviously. I was trying to generate interest.

 

Why so negative?

 

It's my nature.

[Paul in Virginia]

The time to change a rule is BEFORE a season starts, not after.  I bet we're "safe."

[Can_of_corn]

7 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

That would be AMAZING if they changed the rules so they somehow did NOT get the #1 overall pick. 

It would simultaneously suck and be hilarious.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Paul in Virginia said:

The time to change a rule is BEFORE a season starts, not after.  I bet we're "safe."

Sure, I think it is unlikely they change anything and if they do it probably won't take effect until the 2023 draft.

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, Paul in Virginia said:

The time to change a rule is BEFORE a season starts, not after.  I bet we're "safe."

Probably.   I could see a rule that says if two teams have the same record two years in a row, the team that got the tiebreaker in year 1 should not get it again in year 2.    But they shouldn’t impose that retroactively.   

[Sports Guy]

Hard to imagine they change it.  The 2021 season was played under a CBa that contained a certain set of rules.

A new CBA won’t change what has already happened unless they want to make that part of the negotiations and I can’t think of any reason why they would do that.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Frobby said:

Probably.   I could see a rule that says if two teams have the same record two years in a row, the team that got the tiebreaker in year 1 should not get it again in year 2.    But they shouldn’t impose that retroactively.   

I don't think they would come up with something so specific and narrow.  Something like going to a lottery is more likely but once again, I don't see that as being something that would take place for 2022.

[webbrick2010]

14 hours ago, hutchead said:

BPA

I'm thinking they go with a grad school outfielder (LOL).

[ShoelesJoe]

I don’t think MLB will try a draft lottery any time soon. Tanking in baseball doesn’t have the same impact as it would in hockey or basketball. Drafting kids out of high school and college is much more of a crap shoot in baseball than those other sports. The biggest change I can see might be the trading of draft picks, which I think would be great. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, ShoelesJoe said:

I don’t think MLB will try a draft lottery any time soon. Tanking in baseball doesn’t have the same impact as it would in hockey or basketball. Drafting kids out of high school and college is much more of a crap shoot in baseball than those other sports. The biggest change I can see might be the trading of draft picks, which I think would be great. 

I'd say that the current strategy of tanking is having a pretty big impact on the sport.

I've certainly seen a ton of ink about it.

[NCRaven]

3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's my nature.

Paul obviously hasn't been here very long. 

 

[spiritof66]

5 hours ago, Paul in Virginia said:

The time to change a rule is BEFORE a season starts, not after.  I bet we're "safe."

True, but the subject is the 2022 amateur draft, not the 2021 season. The rules for that draft haven't been set, I don't think.

If the CBA, or MLB unilaterally, changed those rules, it would be pretty hard for the Orioles to argue that the change is unfair since were relying on getting the 1:1 pick when they lost 110 games.

[spiritof66]

5 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

MLB hates us. Quite possible. 

The Yankees might be given the first pick as compensation for the numerous injuries they've had to endure this year  and as a reward for the exemplary character they displayed in the face of adversity. 

[Paul in Virginia]

5 hours ago, NCRaven said:

Paul obviously hasn't been here very long. 

 

Actually I have (for 15-20 years, at least).  I just didn't think my one-word post was assailable.