MLB Draft
MLB Draft
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- Network: ESPN2
- Category: Series
- Genre: Special, Annual
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:First-year player draft for MLB
- Subject Matter: Sports
- Tags: baseball (pro); baseball (college)
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Plot Synopsis
Each year since 1965, Major League Baseball (MLB) has held its first-year player draft on consecutive days in June, during which 30 Major League clubs participate in a conference call and take turns selecting eligible players over multiple rounds. The draft order in each round is determined by the reverse order of the clubs' won-lost records at the end of the previous regular season. According to MLB Official Rules, "Generally, a player is eligible for selection if the player is a resident of the United States or Canada and the player has never before signed a Major League or Minor League contract. Residents of Puerto Rico and other territories of the United States are eligible for the Draft. Also considered residents are players who enroll in a high school or college in the United States, regardless of where they are from originally." The MLB FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT (aka MLB DRAFT) was first televised live in 2007 by ESPN2 during mid-day, and the same cable channel broadcast the first round of the draft the following year, also during daytime hours. In 2009, the MLB DRAFT moved to the newly-formed MLB Network, which has televised the first round of the MLB DRAFT during primetime through 2019. ESPN platforms have carried live MLB DRAFT coverage since 2020, with an additional broadcast on MLB Network.
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On Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 7pm ET/4pm PT, ESPN and MLB Network nationally televised the 2023 MLB DRAFT from Seattle's Lumen Field.
On ESPN, Karl Ravech hosts with analysts Eduardo Perez, Jessica Mendoza, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke and Xavier Scruggs as well as ESPN Senior MLB Insider Jeff Passan and ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel. ESPN+ is offering additional MLB Draft content, including ESPN Senior Writer David Schoenfield's look at the best draft classes ever for all 30 teams.
For the 15th consecutive year, MLB Network produced comprehensive coverage of the MLB Draft, presenting the first two rounds. MLB Network's Greg Amsinger, Melanie Newman, Dan O'Dowd, Harold Reynolds, Xavier Scruggs, College World Series winning LSU head baseball coach Jay Johnson, MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis and Baseball America's Carlos Collazo provided pick-by-pick analysis and breakdowns throughout the night. Footage from Club draft rooms, extensive highlight packages, player profiles, and interviews with newly-drafted players and front office personnel will be part of the telecast.
Cast
- Greg Amsinger - Anchor, MLB Network (2009-2023)
- Karl Ravech - Anchor, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Harold Reynolds - Commentator, MLB Network (2014-2023)
- Dan O'Dowd - Commentator (2015-2023)
- Kiley McDaniel - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Chris Burke - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Jeff Passan - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Jessica Mendoza - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Eduardo Perez - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Kyle Peterson - Commentator, ESPN (2020-2023)
- Jim Callis - Commentator, MLB Network (2020-2023)
- Carlos Collazo - Commentator, MLB Network (2020-2023)
- Melanie Newman - Commentator, MLB Network (2023)
- Xavier Scruggs - Commentator, MLB Network (2023)
- Jonathan Mayo - Commentator, MLB Network (2014-2022)
- Peter Gammons - Commentator, MLB Network (2014-2018)
- John Hart - Commentator, MLB Network (2014)
- Kelly Nash - Commentator, MLB Network (2019)
- Tim Corbin - Commentator, MLB Network (2020 & 2021)
- Al Leiter - Commentator, MLB Network (2020)
- Matt Vasgersian - Commentator, MLB Network (2020)
- Lauren Gardner - Commentator, MLB Network (2021 & 2022)
- Scott Braun - Commentator, MLB Network (2022)
- Tony Vitello - Commentator, MLB Network (2022)
- John Savage - Commentator, MLB Network (2022)
Other Titles
- More formally known as: First-Year Player Draft
- or 1st-Year Player Draft
Settings
- ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (2007 & 2008) - Lake Buena Vista, Florida USA
- MLB Network's Studios (2009-2020) - Secaucus, New Jersey USA - Map It!
- Bellco Theatre (2021) - Denver, Colorado USA
- Xbox Plaza in L.A. Live (2022) - Los Angeles, California USA
- Lumen Field (2023) - Seattle, Washington USA