Dodgers prepare for unique challenge of this year’s shortened draft

LOS ANGELES — For the past year, the Dodgers’ amateur scouts have been evaluating hundreds of high school and college players.
They get to pick six of them.
With the minor-league baseball season essentially canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball has cut this year’s draft from the usual 40 rounds to just five — a cost-cutting move in line with many of the decisions being made by teams expecting to play a shortened season (if any) without fans to su