Just thought of something - 2008 draft
It doesn't look like KC will be signing their 2007 1st round pick (2nd overall). That means they will get the pick after the 2nd pick next season.
Wonderful...we suffer through the worst Cincy season in recent history and our reward might get diluted. Absolutely tremendous.
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You can thank Bud Selig for that. KC wants to sign their pick, but they won't pay over the suggested slot price set by MLB.
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Actually it's not diluted. One extra pick for first round, one extra first round talent
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JaxRed
Actually it's not diluted. One extra pick for first round, one extra first round talent
Not when its a HS kid going to college. He wont be draft eligible for 3 years.
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dougdirt
You can thank Bud Selig for that. KC wants to sign their pick, but they won't pay over the suggested slot price set by MLB.
Jim Callis had a good thought during his chat today...they spent $5 million on Reggie Sanders. They have no excuse. Everyone else is breaking slot, what is KC afraid of?
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Jim Callis just said on his chat today, that the Royals would go for a signability pick next year at pick 2A. Because there would be no set slot to the pick and if they didn't sign the player next year they would not receive an additional pick the next year. So the guy they pick next year probably wouldn't even be a top 10 worthy pick.
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i think he signs anyway, and this is moot.
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On a sidenote, did anyone catch the AFLAC All-Star game the other day? I only saw the last inning when Jack Armstrong (yes, the son of that Jack Armstrong) pitched the bottom of the 9th for the East's victory over the West. Supposedly the East scored 3 in the top of the 9th to take the lead, but I missed it.
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dougdirt
Not when its a HS kid going to college. He wont be draft eligible for 3 years.
Good point.... College would have been "push" but not HS.... (unless he goes JUCO)
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Mike Moustakas signed, so they will not be getting the 3rd pick next season unless they earn it.
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Another thought along these lines is to keep an eye on the guys the Reds didn't get signed. Let's see where the likes of Stouffer and O'neill end up going in next years draft and to whom. It should be a nice little sub-plot to the draft.
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dougdirt
Mike Moustakas signed, so they will not be getting the 3rd pick next season unless they earn it.
"Earn it"??? So thats what they call losing now.:)
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Pretty ridiculous that a team would rather sign a 5th starter for $40M but won't pony up an extra $2M for a potential ace or cleanup hitter. The whole draft system is screwed up. It's completely inefficient.
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RedsManRick
Pretty ridiculous that a team would rather sign a 5th starter for $40M but won't pony up an extra $2M for a potential ace or cleanup hitter. The whole draft system is screwed up. It's completely inefficient.
Its not that they wont pony it up, its that a lot of teams were worried about upsetting the MLB offices who set the slot numbers. There really was nothing that MLB could do though other than be mad and maybe hold a grudge but apparently a lot of teams were scared to offer over slot money.
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dougdirt
Its not that they wont pony it up, its that a lot of teams were worried about upsetting the MLB offices who set the slot numbers. There really was nothing that MLB could do though other than be mad and maybe hold a grudge but apparently a lot of teams were scared to offer over slot money.
Yep. In the absence of a formally negotiated slotting system, MLB has some leverage -- there are plenty of ways the central office can make a club's life more difficult -- but only to a point. They can't outright prevent teams from going over slot lest it spawn Collusion, Episode Four.