I'm pretty sure everyone wants to race to get this done, but is anyone else in favour of starting the MLB draft only when Yahoo opens? It will make it so much easier to administer and track players, and it will give players like Maeda time to sign so they can be lumped into the MLB draft. Obviously, the MiLB portion can start as soon as we're ready.
Another thing, are we limiting the MiLB draft to only players who haven't played an MLB game? What about international players? I would be in favour of limiting the prospect drafted explicitly to players taken in the real-life Rule 4 draft, and international prospects who have played at least one minor league game but no major league games. That way, the prospect draft is for prospects, and international players go into the MLB draft.