22 hours ago22 hr Those are my two favorite picks this class. Weingartner's hit tool might not get there but the upside is immense.
22 hours ago22 hr 44 minutes ago, Capn12 said:So everyone except the 20th rounder. Thats quick work.Who they said was contingency in the event they couldn’t sign someone else.
22 hours ago22 hr 8 hours ago, BamaDoc said:Man, while the Braves were complimented on their draft class and shrewd spending of their pool, I kinda feel for their senior signs picks 8-10. "Congratulations we are drafting you to be an Atlanta Brave! By the way we are going to pay you $500". They didn't get 500k, they each got 500 bucks. I think I might refuse to sign on principal and let them lose about 200k from their pool. I guess that ends your career but wow.I thought you were being facetious but just looked it up. They literally paid some college kids $500 bucks each. That’s just straight up shitty of them. Would it kill you to give them 10k each, let em take their family to a nice dinner and buy some new clothes or whatever?
22 hours ago22 hr 9 hours ago, BamaDoc said:In order to sign #11 at over slot, you have to know two things: first that 1-10 will sign because if one doesn't that pool of money is lost. Secondly you need to know what the $ value is so that you can offer #11 (and hopefully more picks 12-19) a firm amount. The implication being that 1-10 are done deals as well.So what happens if one of your, say, round 8 punts, decides to go back to school for a 5th year or just give up baseball rather than take the 10K. You lose the whole allotment? I would think the $500 Braves might be at risk.
19 hours ago19 hr 2 hours ago, GreenSox said:So what happens if one of your, say, round 8 punts, decides to go back to school for a 5th year or just give up baseball rather than take the 10K. You lose the whole allotment? I would think the $500 Braves might be at risk.You would lose the slot value for example 200k and the ability to go 5% over without penalty so total loss would be 210 from your pool.
19 hours ago19 hr Atlanta Braves On SIBraves Set Record When Signing 2026 Draft ClassThe Atlanta Braves did what they had to do in order to put pen to paper on who they feel is a prime draft pick Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by caulfield12
18 hours ago18 hr Braves did all that maneuvering with #1/2 and 8-10 ($1500) picks to go way over on slots 3/6/11But many had slotted AJ Gracia is the 20s.
7 hours ago7 hr Honestly, they really should do away with the pool. All these senior signs getting nothing to manage pool space is kinda of a shitty way to bring these guys into pro baseball. They should have at least a 50% floor on slot value and maybe cap the bonus on day 2 picks so you can't go a million over on pick 11 and force a team to spend their full pool day 1.
7 hours ago7 hr 18 minutes ago, mac9001 said:Honestly, they really should do away with the pool. All these senior signs getting nothing to manage pool space is kinda of a shitty way to bring these guys into pro baseball. They should have at least a 50% floor on slot value and maybe cap the bonus on day 2 picks so you can't go a million over on pick 11 and force a team to spend their full pool day 1.Then these guys wouldn't be drafted and they'd be going to Indy ball most likely.
6 hours ago6 hr In 2020, there were only five rounds.How Cade Smith ended up going as an udfa to the Guardians.Somehow the players that belong in the big leagues always find a way.
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