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The 2016 Major League Baseball draft began on June 9, 2016, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 2015 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks will be distributed for players who did not sign from the 2015 MLB Draft. The Philadelphia Phillies received the first overall selection.
MLB player transactions are governed by The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, [16] [a] within which, Rule 4 governs the "First-Year Player Draft". [16]: 47–62 Due to its place in the rules book, MLB's amateur draft is sometimes referred to as the "Rule 4 draft"; there is also a distinctly different Rule 5 draft.
the roster list rules (active and expanded rosters) which also determines who is eligible to play for a team in the playoffs and World Series; tie-breaking rules for deciding which teams go to the playoffs; implementing/enforcing the expanded playing rules issued to umpires which goes into much greater detail than the official baseball rules of
A two-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins was also scheduled for Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico in May 2016; however, on May 6, 2016, Major League Baseball announced that the Puerto Rico games would be postponed due to the ongoing Zika virus epidemic, and moved back to Marlins Park. [2]
Bregman was also named MLB Pipeline 2016 Hitter of the Year, and was selected as the third baseman for the MLB Pipeline 2016 Prospect Team of the Year. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] In addition, he was named the 2016 Astros' Minor League Player of the Year, ESPN.com Prospect of the Year, and a Baseball America Minor League All-Star.
The MLB Pipeline ranking on MLB.com listed Crews as the best draft prospect available and projected him to be selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates. [20] Baseball America, FanSided, and Perfect Game also projected Crews to be selected first overall. [21] [22] [23] FanGraphs ranked him as the third-best prospect in the draft. [24]
The Florida Instructional League (FIL), sometimes known informally as "instructs", is an American professional baseball league. [a] The league was founded in 1958.Young major league prospects hone their skills in the FIL, while experienced players may go there to rehabilitate from an injury, to learn a new position or to refine a particular skill. [2]
Clint Jackson Frazier (born September 6, 1994) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. A top prospect for the 2013 MLB draft, the Cleveland Indians chose Frazier with the fifth overall