August 17, 200718 yr SIGNING BONUSES Organization Bonus Total Baltimore Orioles $7,672,500 Washington Nationals $7,619,300 New York Yankees $7,432,500 Detroit Tigers $7,305,250 Tampa Bay Devil Rays $7,172,000 San Francisco Giants $7,027,000 Toronto Blue Jays $6,290,500 Texas Rangers $6,102,500 San Diego Padres $5,763,500 Kansas City Royals $5,618,400 Arizona Diamonbacks $4,946,000 Chicago Cubs $4,932,250 Cincinnati Reds $4,352,250 Pittsburgh Pirates $4,162,900 Atlanta Braves $4,047,950 Seattle Mariners $4,034,800 Oakland Athletics $3,944,900 St. Louis Cardinals $3,781,000 Boston Red Sox $3,505,500 Colorado Rockies $3,393,000 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,337,250 New York Mets $3,328,800 Philadelphia Phillies $3,312,000 Florida Marlins $3,228,750 Milwaukee Brewers $3,177,700 Chicago White Sox $2,444,550 Cleveland Indians $2,271,800 Minnesota Twins $1,837,000 Los Angeles Angels $1,291,600 Houston Astros $536,000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/news/264679.html interesting to see that in the top half of that list, only the tigers, devil rays and dbacks are considered to have strong minor leagues, while teams like the angels, brewers, dodgers, rockies, A's are all toward the bottom
August 17, 200718 yr The Angels didn't have a first round pick this year, which affects things quite a bit. Considering what they gave Weaver recently, I would say they'd be closer to the top if they had one, and I wouldn't have put it past them to draft/sign Porcello.
August 18, 200718 yr QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Aug 17, 2007 -> 12:19 PM) The Angels didn't have a first round pick this year, which affects things quite a bit. Considering what they gave Weaver recently, I would say they'd be closer to the top if they had one, and I wouldn't have put it past them to draft/sign Porcello. I damn near guarantee over the past 3 years the Angels are the #1 spending team on the draft. The one thing that could throw that out is the ocassional top top draft picks that get some major bonuses and you have to realize that when you pick lower in the first round you typically won't have any major contracts and thus the results are skewed (as top 10 picks can significantly make more). You also have some teams that have numerous compensation picks and the like. I think your better off (if you want to evaluate whether a franchise is notoriously cheap) by averaging it out over a 5-10 year draft window (as that will even out things such as numerous compensation picks one year or one major signing bonus given to a player one season).
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