there was 50 rounds. http://www.thebaseballcube.com they have all mlb draft records.
MLB Network. It will depend on your cable provider, but it's 400 for me.
Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, USC, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, ORegon, Arizona State, Rice, Texas, and UNC have all had a many graduates go on to have MLB careers.
In the NFL draft there are seven rounds composed of thirty two picks per round.
Roughly $300k. However, It will vary on position, as well as whom you have as your agent.
1 WhiteSox Harold Baines 2 Nationals Bill Gullickson 3 Brewers Paul Molitor 4 Braves Tim Cole 5 Tigers Kevin Richards 6 Cardinals Terry Kennedy 8 Padres Brian Greer 9 Rangers David Hibner 10 Giants Craig Landis 11 Indians Bruce Compton 12 Cubs Randy Martz 13 RedSox Andrew Madden 14 Astros Ricky Adams 15 Twins Paul Croft 16 Mets Wally Backman 17 Athletics Craig Harris R 18 Pirates Anthony Nicely 19 Orioles Drungo Hazewood 20 Dodgers Bob Welch 21 Royals Mike Jones 22 Phillies Scott Munninghoff 23 Yankees Steve Taylor 24 Reds Tad Venger 26 Mariners Dave Henderson from baseball-reference.com
The MLB draft has different rules from other professional sports drafts such as the NFL, NBA, or NHL.
There may be up to 50 rounds in the MLB draft. With 30 teams, that could mean 1,500 picks. However, there are more rules complicating that number.
First, depending on how many free agents a team lost (and how good those free agents were), teams might be awarded "compensatory picks" that are sandwiched between the first and second round.
Second, a team can stop picking at any round by "passing." The remaining teams will continue picking.
In the 2008 draft, 1,504 players were drafted. In 2007, 1,453 players.
The MLB draft currently held in the first week in June.
Johan Santana has the largest contract for a pitcher, with $132 million guaranteed for 6 years (an average of $22 million per year). He will make another $18.75 million if the Mets keep him for a seventh season, and $5.5 million if they do not.
It's 16... upon completion of high school. see bottom of page 151 in this book excerpt
http://books.google.com/books?id=QQwRXRdyh24C&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=mlb+minimum+age&source=web&ots=-Rf1jNWz2Z&sig=G4CF0epj0dvy6C2z5pXlfqELlaE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result
you have to be a really good Baseball player and MLB scouts have to come and see you play. If the scouts like how you play you have a good chance at getting into the MLB
Travis Phelps was drafted in the 89th round in 1996. He played parts of three seasons in the major leagues, accumulating a win-loss record of 3-5 with five saves.
No he wasn't drafted in the '08 MLB Draft