Major League Table Tennis (MLTT)

[dewnyc]

Aruna got chosen at number 1 by Atlanta. An Jaehyun was taken 5th by LA.

 

[crystalline]

Full list of players in the season 4 draft, which will start on 4/30 at noon Eastern US time. Lots of Koreans in it.

MLTT Announces List of Candidates for Season 4 Draft

Major League Table Tennis (MLTT) announced its list of players who have declared for the Season 4 MLTT Draft.

www.mltt.com

Each team's rosters before the draft, with who is returning and who is departing

Here's What Every MLTT Roster Looks Like Before the Season 4 Draft

Teams spent the past two weeks deciding which players they will keep for Season 4 and negotiating new contracts with them. Players who were released by their teams were offered the opportunity to enter the upcoming Season 4 MLTT Draft.

www.mltt.com

Is the draft being live streamed anywhere?
Not seeing on YouTube or TT tv

 

[dewnyc]

Is the draft being live streamed anywhere?
Not seeing on YouTube or TT tv

I didn't find any. If anyone knows, let us know.
I'm following this draft tracker- https://www.mltt.com/news/season-4-mltt-draft-live-pick-tracker

 

[dewnyc]

In Round 2, LA picked Zhang Binyue, getting both the highest-rated (at least by Spindex) man and woman in the draft

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Aruna got chosen at number 1 by Atlanta. An Jaehyun was taken 5th by LA.

Must be an availability issue because An Jaehyun far and away the best player in the draft, but 2027 is a lead up year to the Olympics.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

It is ridiculous that there's no livestream... not even for paid subscribers of tabletennis.tv .

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Lol you could play in MLTT for sure? There are 2-3 more World Ranked top 50 joining it next season, and the lowest level male players will be 2650 at minimum. And if it's still around in 5 years when you're graduating high school, the level would be even higher. You think it's some sort of guarantee that you'll hit 2650+ as long as you keep training hard?

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Great to see how far MLTT has come in just the 4th season. Not just a "retirement home" league but one that is attracting more and more top talent every season like I thought it would, now with several active WTT players as well as giving a platform for up and comers to show what they have.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Must be an availability issue because An Jaehyun far and away the best player in the draft, but 2027 is a lead up year to the Olympics.

Availability plus how much someone prioritizes league play versus WTT play is another factor.

Unrelated note, did Yancheng Huang ever play a match for Bay Area?

 

[dewnyc]

Of the top 14 players, only Clarence Chew wasn't drafted

 

[dewnyc]

Unrelated note, did Yancheng Huang ever play a match for Bay Area?

No, he's not on the Power Rankings list

 

[golden_son]

Must be an availability issue because An Jaehyun far and away the best player in the draft, but 2027 is a lead up year to the Olympics.

Agreed. As an ATLien I'm excited to see Aruna playing for us but I was scratching my head how AJH got passed over four times. I'm guessing the coaches decided they'd rather have a great player consistently than an outstanding one occasionally.

 

[dewnyc]

If I'm not mistaken, every team now has at least 1 player from China, not surprisingly.
Also, every team except NY now has at least 1 player from Korea. Defending champ Portland added 2 with back-to-back picks (one of them obtained via the Rachel Sung - Minhyung Jee trade with Atlanta) to have 3. Before the draft, they released Kang Dong-Soo, who got picked up by Princeton.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Let's go Crocs!!!!