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Your dynasty league’s first-year player draft will not be business as usual this year.
For the first time in MLB draft history, not a single draftee appeared in a minor league game in his draft year. Those players’ pro debuts were casualties of the coronavirus pandemic, which wiped away the 2020 minor league season.
The lone exception was White Sox lefthander Garrett Crochet, the 11th overall pick out of Tennessee who made his major league debut in September and even appeared in one postseason game.
The lack of performance data for 2020 draft picks won’t affect much at the top of 2021 dynasty draft boards. Position players drafted in the top half of the first round, such as Spencer Torkelson, Heston Kjerstad, Austin Martin, Nick Gonzales,
