major league draft

[Madisonmd]

Where is best place to follow draft? When does it start?

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

6:00pm Just started

MLB Network will carry first couple of rounds I think. Then can go to

https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker

[Todd4State]

Thanks to Chris Correa I don't have to worry about the Cardinals picking anyone tonight.

[msstate7]

Braves get Kyle wright. I like

[BoomBoom]

Braves get Kyle wright. I like

yeah, they're pretty dang happy about it. let's hope they go position players here on out though, or else they may have to buy a minor league team just to have slots for all the SP talent.

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

Hey Todd, or anyone, please explain the slot money and how that works. Especially in regards to being able to shift around.

[BoomBoom]

Hey Todd, or anyone, please explain the slot money and how that works. Especially in regards to being able to shift around.

short answer:

so each pick comes with a slot amount. 1-1 is about $7.7M, falling off pretty quickly. 2nd round picks are about $1-2M. a team's bonus pool is the slot amounts of all their picks in the first 10 rounds. if they are over that amount, then there are penalties. so if you sign the #1 pick for $5M, then that's $2.7M you have to spend somewhere else. you could draft a guy later with a $1M slot, and give him $3.7M to sign. enables you to get a guy with a high sign amount that earlier picks passed on because they couldn't afford him in their pool. bonuses to players after Round 10 don't count as long as they aren't over $100k i think.

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

So if the #1 guy is slotted at 7.7, why would he sign for any less?

[smootness]

So if the #1 guy is slotted at 7.7, why would he sign for any less?

The team tells him ahead of time that they'll take him 1 for X. He can agree or take his chances, but if they pass, he starts falling and losing money.

[BoomBoom]

The team tells him ahead of time that they'll take him 1 for X. He can agree or take his chances, but if they pass, he starts falling and losing money.

yep. most of these guys are represented by the top agents, like Boras, who would do major damage to themselves if they reneged on a deal.

the falloff used to be more drastic before this year. it's looking like there will be less such deals now. chatter is Braves were trying for an underslot deal with Beck, but he declined. at slot price, they vastly preferred Wright. it also probably didn't help the Twins that Wright is a huge Braves fan and vastly preferred to go there for the same amount of money, so they had no leverage to underslot him.

[pdawg10msu]

Where is Rooker suppose to go?

[MetEdDawg]

short answer:

so each pick comes with a slot amount. 1-1 is about $7.7M, falling off pretty quickly. 2nd round picks are about $1-2M. a team's bonus pool is the slot amounts of all their picks in the first 10 rounds. if they are over that amount, then there are penalties. so if you sign the #1 pick for $5M, then that's $2.7M you have to spend somewhere else. you could draft a guy later with a $1M slot, and give him $3.7M to sign. enables you to get a guy with a high sign amount that earlier picks passed on because they couldn't afford him in their pool. bonuses to players after Round 10 don't count as long as they aren't over $100k i think.

That's what happened to Fenter if I remember correctly. He was what, 7th round? Got $1 million

[Todd4State]

Where is Rooker suppose to go?

There are rumors that he could go to the Twins at 37 but I think some of that is because the Twins drafted him last year.

[Todd4State]

That's what happened to Fenter if I remember correctly. He was what, 7th round? Got $1 million

That's exactly what happened. And it pretty much happened with Kruger too.

[Todd4State]

short answer:

so each pick comes with a slot amount. 1-1 is about $7.7M, falling off pretty quickly. 2nd round picks are about $1-2M. a team's bonus pool is the slot amounts of all their picks in the first 10 rounds. if they are over that amount, then there are penalties. so if you sign the #1 pick for $5M, then that's $2.7M you have to spend somewhere else. you could draft a guy later with a $1M slot, and give him $3.7M to sign. enables you to get a guy with a high sign amount that earlier picks passed on because they couldn't afford him in their pool. bonuses to players after Round 10 don't count as long as they aren't over $100k i think.

I think the after round 10 bonus went from 100K to 125K this year if I'm not mistaken.

[Madisonmd]

Have we had anyone drafted yet? HS OF from NY?

[louisvilledawg]

Have we had anyone drafted yet? HS OF from NY?

Currently still on the board and not even on the baseball America best prospects available

[The Federalist Engineer]

Looks like Cody Brown knocked Alex Lange out to the Cubs 30th pick... seriously Lange is a better pitcher to me than Kyle Wright, but that's why the Braves suck....and Cubs are champions

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

LSU just had a juco pitcher selected at 28. Go, please go.

[msstate7]

Looks like Cody Brown knocked Alex Lange out to the Cubs 30th pick... seriously Lange is a better pitcher to me than Kyle Wright, but that's why the Braves suck....and Cubs are champions

You think the cubs would take Lange over wright?

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

Rooker to Twins with 35th pick!

[Hypnodawg]

Why late. Other sec position players went ahead of him. Even a first baseman

[msstate7]

Why late. Other sec position players went ahead of him. Even a first baseman

Actually it's early. He was expected be mid-2nd. Drafts picks aren't always based on stats

[MarketingBully]

How far would Holmes have to fall to go to MSU?

[MarketingBully]

Ole Miss took a hit lul.

[smootness]

Looks like Cody Brown knocked Alex Lange out to the Cubs 30th pick... seriously Lange is a better pitcher to me than Kyle Wright, but that's why the Braves suck....and Cubs are champions

The heck? No one agrees with you.

[maroonmania]

Tigers just took Rivera with the 57th pick. I would assume he is gone.

[MarketingBully]

Well, we aren't getting Rivera. They drafted him in the second round? This is a weird draft so far.

[MarketingBully]

150 best available and took him in the second...

[MarketingBully]

If you want to know why college baseball is weak in spots and doesn't get the traction it deserves, look no further then the 40 rounds of the major league draft. Where college baseball goes to die.

[MarketingBully]

Holmes taken in the second. Sucks but expected. So far two of our class off the board.

[State82]

If you want to know why college baseball is weak in spots and doesn't get the traction it deserves, look no further then the 40 rounds of the major league draft. Where college baseball goes to die.

Yep. And it sucks. But this is on the NCAA. Give college baseball the respect it deserves with the scholarships it deserves and much of this crap will be curtailed.

[Todd4State]

The good news is we have another Bulldog drafted in the first round- and Pilkington could make it three in a row next year for us. The other good news is no one has reached on Jordan Anderson, Mangum, or Bryce Hutchinson yet at least. We still have to get through rounds 3-10 tomorrow. And there are no surprises in that the guys that were picked were guys that were "expected" to be drafted high.

I'm not sure that we will see guys like Holmes and Riviera as much going forward in our recruiting classes. Both were recruited by Cohen and Cann inherited them.