Callis said he believe he was looking for a 7-figure bonus
QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 9, 2014 -> 04:23 PM)
Then why wasn't he drafted in the 3rd or 4th round?
And if it's because he wasn't considered signable, then I think it's clear we'd have to offer > than 3rd round money to get him.
Because teams either didn't rate him as highly as his bonus demands or they weren't sure enough that he was going to sign to risk losing the slot money for that pick
Of the top 5 picks to agree thus far, one got comfortably below slot (Aiken) and one slot (Gordon). Wonder if that's something Hahn mentions in negotiations.
QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 9, 2014 -> 04:21 PM)
Signing Adams at slot is a huge win. He had a late-first-round grade, which would have valued his bonus at between $2 million and $1.75 million. The Sox signed him for $1,282,000. Excellent value.
Ti'Quan Forbes went 15 picks later than Adams and got $1.2m (slot $958k). And he was ranked in the 40-50 range, with Adams at 20-35.
QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jun 9, 2014 -> 02:29 PM)
After the first ten rounds it really doesn't matter where you select someone because you aren't penalized for failing to sign them. In the 11th round there was only like 4-5 college kids selected. Not sure why Montes De Oca kept falling, guess people thought he was really unsignable and didn't want to waste a pick.
I'm guessing the Sox grabbed college players (rounds 11-13) they were high on that others were passing on because they were going for high schoolers. After that, they decided to take a flier on him and see how the chips fall. It might pay off big time.
I know that, I was more referring to the fact that they would have been risking losing him from 11-13.
Same question I asked in the draft thread: if the White Sox were genuinely confident of getting him signed, why not take him in the 11th round instead of the 14th? Seems to me it's more of a "well we'll take him here in the unlikely event we have enough to turn his head", rather than a genuine plan with a good chance of success.
QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 8, 2014 -> 05:38 PM)
Cherry pick stats I simply want to see you post when he is hitting his usual .180
How is his career strikeout rate cherry-picking stats? And .180 is not his usual, it is in fact noticeable for being very unusual in terms of his career.
QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 8, 2014 -> 05:35 PM)
Then never then.
Well listening to people here call him Mr K you'd swear he was actually striking out significantly more than his career average
QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 8, 2014 -> 04:32 PM)
When he goes 2-30 next time I also want you to post his stats.
I will if there's a noticeably increased amount of Ks and not just balls not dropping
QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 8, 2014 -> 03:14 PM)
I wonder if Anderson will be called up within the next month
I'd like to see him work on his K:BB rate and defence before that
Sounds like it was a dinger and a half
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