MLB, the only one of the four major sports not to broadcast their draft on TV had a huge surge of traffic on MLB.com
MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, announced today that its live coverage of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft drew 332.5 million page views and 29.8 million visitors over the three-day event, shattering traffic records for the comparable draft time period. The total page views represents a 75 percent increase over the 2008 mark of 189.5 million. Source: PR Newswire
The impressive results of the draft were obviously buoyed by the intrigue centering around pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg, who ended up getting chosen No.1 overall by the Washington Nationals. Strasburg entered the draft as one of the most hyped prospect in years, which has been helped on by his super agent Scott Boras who is rumoured to be seeking a $50m /6-yr deal for his client
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