UPDATED: 2020 MLB Draft: Selection Order

April 22, 2020
Prep Baseball Report

On Friday afternoon, May 8, MLB announced final changes to the 2020 Draft. It will consist of five rounds (160 total picks) and take place on June 10-11.

For a complete list of all the adjustments made to the 2020 & 2021 drafts, please see MLB Announces Draft Changes from March 28.

For team bonus pools and slot values please see MLB Draft Slot Values & Team Bonus Pools.

FIRST ROUND

PICK	CLUB
1	DETROIT
2	BALTIMORE
3	MIAMI
4	KANSAS CITY
5	TORONTO
6	SEATTLE
7	PITTSBURGH
8	SAN DIEGO
9	COLORADO
10	LA ANGELS
11	CHICAGO WHITE SOX
12	CINCINNATI
13	SAN FRANCISCO
14	TEXAS
15	PHILADELPHIA
16	CHICAGO CUBS
17	BOSTON
18	ARIZONA
19	NEW YORK METS
20	MILWAUKEE
21	ST LOUIS
22	WASHINGTON
23	CLEVELAND
24	TAMPA BAY
25	ATLANTA
26	OAKLAND
27	MINNESOTA
28	NEW YORK YANKEES
29	LA DODGERS

*Houston lost its 1st round pick (No. 30) for sign-stealing scandal

COMPETITIVE BALANCE ROUND A
Given to teams that either have one of the 10 smallest markets or 10 smallest revenue pools.

30	BALTIMORE
31	PITTSBURGH
32	KANSAS CITY
33	ARIZONA
34	SAN DIEGO
35	COLORADO
36	CLEVELAND
37	TAMPA BAY (via trade from Cardinals)

SECOND ROUND

PICK	CLUB
38	DETROIT
39	BALTIMORE
40	MIAMI
41	KANSAS CITY
42	TORONTO
43	SEATTLE
44	PITTSBURGH
45	SAN DIEGO
46	COLORADO
47	CHICAGO WHITE SOX
48	CINCINNATI
49	SAN FRANCISCO
50	TEXAS
51	CHICAGO CUBS
52	NEW YORK METS
53	MILWAUKEE
54	ST LOUIS
55	WASHINGTON
56	CLEVELAND
57	TAMPA BAY
58	OAKLAND
59	MINNESOTA
60	LA DODGERS

Houston lost its 2nd round pick (No. 61) for sign-stealing scandal
Boston lost its 2nd round pick (No. 52) for sign-stealing scandal

COMPETITIVE BALANCE ROUND B
Given to teams that either have one of the 10 smallest markets or 10 smallest revenue pools that did not receive a pick in Competitive Balance Round A.

61	MIAMI
62	DETROIT
63	ST LOUIS (via trade from Rays)
64	SEATTLE
65	CINCINNATI
66	LA DODGERS (via trade from Twins)

COMPENSATION PICKS
Given to teams that lost a qualifying free agent, while not receiving revenue sharing and did not exceed the luxury-tax threshold the previous season.

67	SAN FRANCISCO (compensation for losing Madison Bumgarner to Arizona)
68	SAN FRANCISCO (Will Smith to Atlanta)
69	NEW YORK METS (Zack Wheeler to Philadephia)
70	ST LOUIS (Marcell Ozuna to Atlanta)
71	WASHINGTON (Anthony Rendon to LA Angels)
72	HOUSTON (Gerrit Cole to New York Yankees)

THIRD - FIFTH ROUNDS

3RD	4TH	5TH	CLUB
73	102	132	DETROIT
74	103	133	BALTIMORE
75	104	134	MIAMI
76	105	135	KANSAS CITY
77	106	136	TORONTO
78	107	137	SEATTLE
79	108	138	PITTSBURGH
80	109	139	SAN DIEGO
81	110	140	COLORADO
82	111	141	LA ANGELS
83	112	142	CHICAGO WHITE SOX
84	113	143	CINCINNATI
85	114	144	SAN FRANCISCO
86	115	145	TEXAS
87	116	146	PHILADELPHIA
88	117	147	CHICAGO CUBS
89	118	148	BOSTON
90	119	149	ARIZONA
91	120	150	NEW YORK METS
92	121	151	MILWAUKEE
93	122	152	ST LOUIS
94	123	153	WASHINGTON
95	124	154	CLEVELAND
96	125	155	TAMPA BAY
97	126	156	ATLANTA
98	127	157	OAKLAND
X*	128	158	MINNESOTA
99	129	X**	NEW YORK YANKEES
100	130	159	LA DODGERS
101	131	160	HOUSTON

*The Twins lost their third-round pick for signing Josh Donaldson
**The Yankees lost their fifth-round pick for signing Gerrit Cole

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