We're officially less than a month out from the 2020 MLB Draft and the only thing that's certain right now is that it's going to be quite different than what we're used to. With just five rounds, there will only be 160 picks—a drastic decrease from the usual 1,200 or so. We know many high school prospects will end up at college simply because there are fewer rounds and the undrafted free agent bonus is limited to $20,000, but with deferments to the bonus payments and many not being able to play this spring, we may see a big shift toward college selections.

In 2012, there were 188 picks in the top five rounds. Since then, it has ranged from 164-167 picks. The number of picks from four-year programs has mostly been on the rise in that time frame—making up 47 percent of the top five rounds in 2012 to nearly 69 percent in 2019. The only year that number regressed was in 2017 when it was down to about 54 percent from a hair under 60 in 2016.

But a quarantine and extremely short draft won't stop us from trying to forecast the first round. Our resident experts—Nathan Rode, David Seifert and Shooter Hunt—made their own predictions in our first mock draft for 2020. They agreed on the top pick, but it's still early to really match players up with teams and there wasn't a unanimous selection after that.

PICK	TEAM	RODE	SEIFERT	SHOOTER
1	Tigers	Spencer Torkelson	Spencer Torkelson	Spencer Torkelson
2	Orioles	Austin Martin	Austin Martin	Asa Lacy
3	Marlins	Asa Lacy	Asa Lacy	Austin Martin
4	Royals	Nick Gonzales	Nick Gonzales	Emerson Hancock
5	Blue Jays	Emerson Hancock	Zac Veen	Max Meyer
6	Mariners	Garrett Crochet	Emerson Hancock	Zac Veen
7	Pirates	Zac Veen	Mick Abel	Nick Gonzales
8	Padres	Ed Howard	Max Meyer	Reid Detmers
9	Rockies	Max Meyer	Garrett Crochet	Garrett Mitchell
10	Angels	Garrett Mitchell	Reid Detmers	Garrett Crochet
11	White Sox	Reid Detmers	Heston Kjerstad	Ed Howard
12	Reds	Robert Hassell	Garrett Mitchell	Heston Kjerstad
13	Giants	Patrick Bailey	Ed Howard	Robert Hassell
14	Rangers	Jared Kelley	Austin Hendrick	Cade Cavalli
15	Phillies	Heston Kjerstad	Patrick Bailey	Slade Cecconi
16	Cubs	Cade Cavalli	Cade Cavalli	Cole Wilcox
17	Red Sox	Tyler Soderstrom	Robert Hassell	Patrick Bailey
18	Diamondbacks	Austin Wells	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Pete Crow-Armstrong
19	Mets	Cole Wilcox	Cole Wilcox	Jared Kelley
20	Brewers	Slade Cecconi	Tyler Soderstrom	Austin Hendrick
21	Cardinals	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Jared Kelley	Austin Wells
22	Nationals	Mick Abel	Slade Cecconi	Tanner Burns
23	Indians	Bryce Jarvis	Dillon Dingler	Bryce Jarvis
24	Rays	Tanner Burns	Tanner Burns	Mick Abel
25	Braves	Aaron Sabato	Carmen Mlodzinski	Jordan Walker
26	Athletics	Justin Foscue	Austin Wells	Justin Foscue
27	Twins	Nick Loftin	Chris McMahon	Tyler Soderstrom
28	Yankees	Chris McMahon	Nick Loftin	Alex Santos
29	Dodgers	Alex Santos	J.T. Ginn	Chris McMahon

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