Jim Bowden

“Those are the rules, and those teams made payroll decisions knowing the consequences. But itâs still disappointing to me that the biggest markets in the game were not in the first round.”

Jim Bowden · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14

Jim Bowden expressed disappointment that major-market MLB teams were absent from the draft's first round.

“The Dodgers, Yankees and Mets had no picks in the first round because they exceeded the competitive balance tax thresholds last year, which pushed their picks back 10 spots, to 40, 39 and 38, respectively,”

Jim Bowden · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14

Jim Bowden commented on the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets losing their first-round picks due to competitive balance tax penalties.