The MLB Draft currently has 20 rounds in its standard format.

In recent years, MLB and the players’ union agreed to reduce the draft from the old 40-round format to 20 rounds as part of broader changes to the amateur talent pipeline and minor leagues. Since then, each team makes picks through those 20 rounds, plus there are additional supplemental or competitive balance rounds that add extra selections between the main rounds, but they do not change the core 20-round structure.

So if you’re just wondering “how many rounds in the MLB Draft,” the simple answer is: 20 regular rounds, with some bonus picks sprinkled in between.