What a damn MLB draft surprise- Jordan goes undrafted tonight

[Coach34]

Jordan didnt go in the Top 2 rounds- so what this means?

Jordan told MLB his number was around 4MM or so. Tonight MLB said- "No way"

So now Jordan has an interesting decision- Do you take around 900K in Round 3 or even a little less? Or do you bet on your talent- come back- and go for a Top 20 draft pick in 2025 to make around 4-5MM????

Dude needs to return to school. We may have just won tonight in a big way

[Cruz]

It will be very interesting to see what he does. Makes you wonder what he is telling teams at this point about the money it would take for him to sign. It would be huge to have him back in CF and the 3 hole next year.

[ZedFedder]

If somehow we get him back..

[Todd4State]

With his upside and the fact that he still has leverage coming back and gambling on himself isn't a bad idea.

[Coach34]

With his upside and the fact that he still has leverage coming back and gambling on himself isn't a bad idea.

100%

He still has leverage. He needs to come back

[ScoobaDawg]

Get thru the 3rd and I'll feel a lot better. Would be a major win for next year's team.

[ZedFedder]

As frustrating as it got sometimes, he still hit .354 with 20 bombs and 72 RBI. You cannot overstate what a boost it would be.

[The Federalist Engineer]

As frustrating as it got sometimes, he still hit .354 with 20 bombs and 72 RBI. You cannot overstate what a boost it would be.

MSU would not likely get that from Nori as a Freshman. It's possible he would have been a 420 Hitter with 28 Homeruns and 80 RBI, but that is so rare. Even Dylan Crews just hit 360/18/63. That was an advanced Freshman.

DJ just needs to call Christian Moore and get some UTK magic beans and bats, he is getting paid 7M next season

[bulldawg28]

100%

He still has leverage. He needs to come back

If he's drafted 3rd round, why would/should he come back?

[SpaceBully]

gotta learn to handle the slider....does that and he'll go high

[DEDawg]

If he's drafted 3rd round, why would/should he come back?
As a high level competitor, why take 800k to ride buses to little league parks vs 200k to come back to a premier SEC school and bet on yourself to work up to 2.5M next year?

[maroonmania]

As frustrating as it got sometimes, he still hit .354 with 20 bombs and 72 RBI. You cannot overstate what a boost it would be.

Absolutely, no way can we get what DJ gives us out of the portal. He would boost our offensive expectations tremendously if we were to get him back.

[Coach34]

As a high level competitor, why take 800k to ride buses to little league parks vs 200k to come back to a premier SEC school and bet on yourself to work up to 2.5M next year?

That 800K-1MM will be there for him again next summer. Bet on yourself to climb into the 1st round to make 3-4-5MM next July.


**replying to B28 and piggy-backing DED's post**

[bulldawg28]

That 800K-1MM will be there for him again next summer. Bet on yourself to climb into the 1st round to make 3-4-5MM next July.


**replying to B28 and piggy-backing DED's post**

From a competitor standpoint he could work on those things with a trainer and get better. The dude balled and the stats show it. I could be wrong but his small progress isn't going to validate coming back. The only thing that would change are hits. Everything else has a huge chance of actually dropping. It's too big of a risk to come back imo.

[bulldawg28]

As a high level competitor, why take 800k to ride buses to little league parks vs 200k to come back to a premier SEC school and bet on yourself to work up to 2.5M next year?

He's not going to improve much from this year's performance. Take the money and start your career. Bet on yourself and get it back.

[BrunswickDawg]

From a competitor standpoint he could work on those things with a trainer and get better. The dude balled and the stats show it. I could be wrong but his small progress isn't going to validate coming back. The only thing that would change are hits. Everything else has a huge chance of actually dropping. It's too big of a risk to come back imo.

The thing is that MLB has finally seemed to learn the value of letting colleges develop talent. It think Jordan is a very good player - but he is one of 3-4 dozen with similar stats and talent metrics spread across college baseball and high-end high school kids. Jordan has a leverage year, and teams aren't as willing to pay high $ for a kid who still needs to show he can hit the curve and be patient at the plate. They have 30 16 year olds in the DR who can do the same for less.

[StarkVegasSteve]

If you lose Nori, but gain DJ then it's a wash. I still think he goes early today, but we'll see.

[KB21]

Jordan didnt go in the Top 2 rounds- so what this means?

Jordan told MLB his number was around 4MM or so. Tonight MLB said- "No way"

So now Jordan has an interesting decision- Do you take around 900K in Round 3 or even a little less? Or do you bet on your talent- come back- and go for a Top 20 draft pick in 2025 to make around 4-5MM????

Dude needs to return to school. We may have just won tonight in a big way

Dakota can make himself some money by returning to State to work on his chase/swing and miss issues and prove that he can play CF as well. He does that, and he is a lock for top 20 in 2025 and could go top 10. Dakota also needs to hit more fly balls and fewer balls on the ground. His ground ball percentage was pushing 50% this with a 35% fly ball percentage. 34% of the fly balls he hits go for home runs. He could hit 30 plus HRs if he pushes that fly ball percentage closer to 40%.

[Saltydog]

I'm guessing his NIL is probably not much different than what he would get in the 4th round.

[basedog]

Hmmm, I'd be surprised but happy if he returns. Not sure he will improve coming back but hope he does.

[Saltydog]

delete double post

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm guessing his NIL is probably not much different than what he would get in the 3rd round.

It'd still be more to sign, but he's still got another year of leverage. So that's not really a conversation that would come into play. The NIL vs Sign convo really only applies if you're a Junior and you're trying to decide whether to come back or go ahead and go pro. Dakota doesn't have to compromise his number because he has two years of leverage. Now, he very well may do it, but he's a Boras client and they usually are firm with their numbers.

[msstate7]

Man, he ain't coming back. Nice to dream about, but not happening

[CaptainObvious]

Man, he ain't coming back. Nice to dream about, but not happening

You are probably right, but now he ain't getting even close to the minimum $4 million number he was looking for. But $800k is still a lot of money even if he does have to ride a bus for 60 plus A ball games compared to getting $250k NIL to ride a bus to Tuscaloosa, Auburn, and Jackson while flying to Austin, Columbia and Knoxville.

[civildawg]

Are we 100% keeping Gotro? I don't follow baseball closely but I feel like we need a shakeup at the plate

[StarkVegasSteve]

Are we 100% keeping Gotro? I don't follow baseball closely but I feel like we need a shakeup at the plate

Wee are 100% keeping Jake.

[Hot Rock]

Even if he doesn't improve, he still has another year and leverage to decide differently next year.

Half a million is nothing to sneeze at to give up but... the possibility of getting 3-4 times that much is in play next year if he can.... well I don't know what he needs to fix but let's say hitting the slider. He does that and he stays out of hte bus game and gets paid way more in the long run.

[Tbonewannabe]

You are probably right, but now he ain't getting even close to the minimum $4 million number he was looking for. But $800k is still a lot of money even if he does have to ride a bus for 60 plus A ball games compared to getting $250k NIL to ride a bus to Tuscaloosa, Auburn, and Jackson while flying to Austin, Columbia and Knoxville.

$800k is maybe $400k in your pocket. Also then you are making about minimum wage for at least one year and probably 2-3 years.

[Young dawg]

I would love to see Jordan back next year. Any chance a team took someone else early they knew they could get cheaper in hopes of saving money for Jordan?

[PMDawg]

Dohm goes 82nd to the Mets.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Jordan would already have to DRASTICALLY cut his number to sign, which he definitely could. But there's definitely a glimmer of hope he could come back.

[PMDawg]

100 picks in, no Dakota.

[Bdawg]

If we get into the fourth round, you almost think a decision would have been made to just come back. Seems chancy for a team to try to save money and sign him in later rounds for a little less. Really think he has a chance to fix his holes in his swing and improve his Ks( looking at you Goat). Hope he comes back. We are missing that power in our lineup right now.

[Young dawg]

Is Hines out of eligibility or could he come back if he wanted to?

[PMDawg]

Dakota at pick 116.

[StateDawg44]

He gone

[Bdawg]

Oh well. Dang sure ain’t going to get what he wanted

[ScoobaDawg]

Dakota at pick 116.

Yeaa.. think he's gone. Don't draft him here if not having a deal in place likely.

[BrunswickDawg]

Yeaa.. think he's gone. Don't draft him here if not having a deal in place likely.

San Fran didn't have 2nd or 3rd round picks - so they have extra to burn.

[StarkVegasSteve]

He will probably get a quarter of what he was asking for, but if they picked him then they are confident he will sign.

[Coach34]

San Fran didn't have 2nd or 3rd round picks - so they have extra to burn.

Yeah he will get a little extra cash since they didnt have a 2nd or 3rd