Baseball America reports that in the latest proposal from MLB that high schoolers would no longer be eligible to be drafted.
Owners really want a lockout. If no high schoolers can be drafted then do they all become FA if they don't want to go to college after a certain number of years? Are they ineligible to play at all? This is one of the stupidest ideas ever.
EDIT:
Just read this https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/06/mlb-proposes-significant-changes-to-amateur-draft.html and it mentions that anyone under the age of 20 before September 1st of the draft year would be inelligible. So also would keep some junior college and college players from being drafted. That is even worse.