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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 04:24 PM) If I don't own a house what should I bet? Bet gregs house.

Nola got a full slot deal at #7 Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1m No. 7 pick Aaron Nola's bonus w/@Phillies = full value of his slot: $3,300,900. Most polished SP in @MLBDraft, VG command of solid stuff.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 03:38 PM) Honestly, for a lot of the high school kids that get drafted, you almost have to think that a $200-300k guaranteed contract plus the guarantee of funding for a college education makes it worth it to sign. Most baseball players are not on a full ride scholarship. Schools get 11.7 scholarships for 30 players. The promise of a free ride is a huge bonus that vast majority of the players aren't getting.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 04:01 PM) and that is the big question, can we, or is there a section that guarantee for college funding? We can promise them a college education, and it does NOT count towards the bonus pool.

This question has come up, here you go. Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1h No. Separate college scholarship plan. @JerryMitcham: is cost of tuition taken from team's pool when included in signing bonus? @MLBDraft

Also worth noting, if we take my above scenario, while signing Rodon to a slot deal, that would mean we could offer $514,200 to De Oca without going over the teams allotment, and $989,684 without losing a draft pick. If Rodon signs at $6,000,000 exactly, those numbers drop to $235,700 and $611,184 respectively.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 02:00 PM) No doubt, but I think we're more worried about Rodon's demands than we should be. Offer him the Sale fast track, remind him that he could wind up with a team that's in an extended rebuild or a small market that will play arb-clock games, delaying his richness by two full years OR MORE, on top of the obvious injury risks. Then shut up, sit back, and dare Boras to give him the dumbest advice any agent ever gave. We should get him at slot or very slightly above, if that's what it takes for them to feel like they "won" the negotiation. Here is the deal. Right now the only top 10 signing we know dollars for is Adams, who signed for slot. That removes $1,282,700 away from money we can spend. That leaves us $8,227,700 for all other top 10 picks AND for any picks outside of the top 10 going over $100k. We also know we signed 10th rounder Jarvis, as a HS pick, but do not know what the dollars are. We can safely assume that at very least it is for slot. It is probably for more, but lets just assume it isn't at this time. That takes away another $141,300, leaving the team with $8,086,400. They have two places they can make up cash for sure. That is with Lechich and Ziznewski as both of their eligibility is gone. Their slots are $272,100 and $162,100 respectively. If we low balled them for $10k each, that frees up an extra $414,200. The rest of the draft is made up of college juniors, who could go back to school. There probably isn't a lot of room to get them underslot. If we take the $414,200 saved up, and apply it to just Rodon, that means we could offer him $6,135,700 without going over the draft allotment. If we went into fining territory, without going into loss of draft pick territory we could offer him (a total extra $ of $475,484) is $6,611,184, under that scenario. Anything bigger means that we would have to come in underslot to other players. These scenarios also mean that no De Oca, or at very most, he signed for $100,000. If you want to offer him a bigger deal, it would have to come out of an offer to Rodon being smaller.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 01:49 PM) If it's truly at slot, this could be a significant step towards enticing BMDO away from Mizzou. He's the maraschino cherry of our draft, if we can pull it off. We still have to get Rodon at pretty close to slot money to have a chance at that. So far any savings we get with underslots, may be taken up by Rodon.

Lima_Usher ‏@Lima_Usher 7m Former Locos LP Brian Clark (Kent St.) is headed to Great Falls, Mont...Class A Pioneer League....White Sox.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 3m Adam Eaton tied for 17th in MLB w/ 6 runs saved per @fangraphs. Dayan Viciedo is 228/233 at -10. De Aza tied for 44th at +2. #WhiteSox

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 01:14 PM) I've been considering the Cubs strategy and I just have to laugh because it seemed to be the complete opposite from the White Sox. The Cubs went for three underslot guys in their first three picks, all are considered "safe" picks but not good value where they were selected. But that allowed them to take risky but very projectable high school talent in the following rounds, Carson Sands, Justin Steele, and Dylan Cease. The Sox seemed to go top heavy with their risky picks, Rodon at #3 overall, followed by Adams at #44. The next "risk" pick they had was Jake Jarvis, who seemed to have a pre-selection deal, since he signed almost immediately after being considered a tough sign. Thoughts? It will be interesting in a few years to see which strategy will work out better. If Schwarber and Stinnett reach the majors quickly and at least contribute and one of their lottery ticket high schoolers develop it could be a very nice draft for them. It looks like Sox went out to grab a 9 and a 10 in the first couple rounds, and then balanced it out with some 1's and 2's later, where the Cubs brought in a bunch of 6's.

Tim Brown ‏@TBrownYahoo 34m Source: MLB will suspend Machado for five games. Machado plans to appeal.

Johnny Ziz ‏@JZiznewski 21m Wheels up NY✈️AZ☀️⚾️

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) Here you go: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-watch-...ething-amazing/ That is great stuff. Really well researched.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 12:34 PM) I think that was about the first reason he was sent down. #1 was service time. #2 was that Gillaspie, Semien, and Beckham all had very good springs. I meant 3rd, not 1st.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 12:24 PM) How has Davidson done defensively? That was main reason he was sent down if I remember correctly. I think that was about the first reason he was sent down. #1 was service time. #2 was that Gillaspie, Semien, and Beckham all had very good springs.

Tommy Viola ‏@Tommy_the_V 54m @SaladinoTyler at 1B for the first time in his career. Saladino playing 1B in today's @KnightsBaseball 12:05 PM game.

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 27m Jordan Danks just hit the first ball to ever reach the batter’s eye in dead center at BB&T BallPark. That’s six home runs in seven days... Matt Davidson follows Danks’ HR with one of his own. It’s the second time the duo has gone back-to-back this home stand. No one has more HR in the month of June then Jordan Danks’ six. Matt Davidson is third over that time frame with four. #whitesox prospects Charlotte Knights ‏@KnightsBaseball 25m BOOM! Matt Davidson with a BLAST! Back-to-Back HRs!!#CLTKnights now down 3-2. 10th HR of the season for Davidson!

Scot Gregor ‏@scotgregor 4m Jordan Danks hit his way out of Sox lineup in May. Has another HR today, sixth in last 7 games at Charlotte. Hitting way back in?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 11:16 AM) Sox would have ended up with Nola not Schwarber. This.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 11:00 AM) Agreed. Montreal would have been incredibly out of place if they made the finals. I've been pulling for the longest series ever, I am not ready for hockey to end. Once the Hawks lost, it officially became baseball season for me.

Renaud Lavoie ‏@renlavoietva 18m #blackhawks signed Swedish C Dennis Rasmussen. One year contract at $793,000 (2 way) #tvasports

Mike Hollenbeck ‏@MikeHolly02 25m Just signed my contract. I'm officially a Chicago White Sock!!!

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2014 -> 08:24 PM) saw 2 great movies which I recommend.... Maleficent The Fault in Our Stars bring your tissues with for this movie. great love / tearjerker of a movie. almost everyone was trying to hide their tears after the movie ending. Oscar movie. It was decent. It got really predictable at points in exactly how it tried to differ from the existing story.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 10, 2014 -> 07:42 AM) Or try to get more Springer/Singleton (offered to Dominguez and Grossman as well) "pre-service" contracts out there...of course, Boras is already onto the Astros and has been quoted extensively about this issue, and is Bryant's agent. The Cubs have another problem, waiting for Almora and Soler will put them into 2016 or 2017. There's no way they can afford to have a five plus year rebuild before they can arguably be competitive (and even then, it's not a given). They are in year 4 of rebuilding now.