In case you were not already aware, many Atlanta Braves fans had been eagerly awaiting last night’s news of the National League Rookie of the Year Award being awarded to Drake Baldwin since early last spring. This is not because they cared only about Baldwin getting an award, rather the award comes with an extra first round pick in the 2026 MLB Draft.

This is due to a fairly new rule change to the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement, to incentivize teams to promote their talented young players in order to prevent them from keeping them in the minor leagues for six weeks to extend their service time. This rule, called the Prospect Promotion Incentive, is given to players who are Top 100 prospects that make the Opening Day roster. This incentive previously was awarded to the Mariners for Ju

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