2018 DRAFT LIST AND SIGNINGS

[CJ9]

Jim Callis:

12th-rder Nolan Kingham signs w/@Braves for $150k ($25k counts vs pool). Texas RHP, flashed 1st-rd stuff (up to 97 w/fastball, nasty slider) at times in 2017, lot of 88-93 & average sliders this spring. @MLBDraft

[Enscheff]

Beck must have a hell of an agent.

That or the Braves REALLY wanted to show him "hey, we still like you".

[clvclv]

That or the Braves REALLY wanted to show him "hey, we still like you".

AWWWWWW...really hurts your feelings that I was right about Beck, doesn't it?

It'll all be OK...here's a cookie, now go play.

[Enscheff]

AWWWWWW...really hurts your feelings that I was right about Beck, doesn't it?

It'll all be OK...here's a cookie, now go play.

LOL...so dumb...

Several folks were mocking you for your "reasoning" behind Beck getting an over slot deal, not the fact the deal may be over slot.

As usual, you're simply too stupid to even understand why you're stupid.

[rico43]

Lubbock Sports Radio 1340 reported on June 27 that Harpenau tweeted that he accepted the Braves offer. The Lubbock paper also indicated as much in an article June 24. Guess that counts as a confirmation.

[Oklahomabrave]

[jpx7]

Not awesome, but at least explanatory.

[CJ9]

Going to be interesting. If it’s an injury, I wonder how much we are even offering him. Say he takes $3 million, we could have $2+ million to spread through our late picks.

Hopefully all this is wrong and he signs for slot with a healthy arm.

[CJ9]

From Pipeline:

https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-mlb-dr...?tid=151437456

Braves: Carter Stewart, RHP, Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, Fla.)
No. 8 overall, pick value: $4,980,700

A wrist injury bothered Stewart toward the end of his high school season and has created concerns for the Braves after they viewed the results of his post-Draft physical. The two sides are believed to be the furthest apart of any of the first-round pairings, with Atlanta reportedly offering $4 million to the Mississippi State recruit. If the Braves can sign him for around that amount, they'll make a run at 34th-rounder Zack Hess.

[CJ9]

I love college baseball and am totally fine with kids going to school, but if he turns down $4 million as a HS pitcher, he is crazy.

[Southcack77]

From Pipeline:

https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-mlb-dr...?tid=151437456

Braves: Carter Stewart, RHP, Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, Fla.)
No. 8 overall, pick value: $4,980,700

A wrist injury bothered Stewart toward the end of his high school season and has created concerns for the Braves after they viewed the results of his post-Draft physical. The two sides are believed to be the furthest apart of any of the first-round pairings, with Atlanta reportedly offering $4 million to the Mississippi State recruit. If the Braves can sign him for around that amount, they'll make a run at 34th-rounder Zack Hess.

There just isn't any reason for the Braves to play hardball here. In for a penny in for a pound.

Take your par and move on.

[Super]

There just isn't any reason for the Braves to play hardball here. In for a penny in for a pound.

Take your par and move on.

well if they can get him for $4M and sign hess then there's a reason...

[CJ9]

well if they can get him for $4M and sign hess then there's a reason...

I doubt the Braves' front office is making up the wrist concerns, but getting him and Hess would be pretty incredible.

There is somewhat of a history with Anthopoulos and this stuff. Toronto didn't sign Tyler Beede, Phil Bickford or Brady Singer when he was there after picking them early. They found a small concern on Singer's physical and offered him half slot value. UF people didn't think it was a concern at all, and he was a dominant college pitcher without any health issues until he has a hamstring injury late this season. Then he goes first round in the draft.

[Super]

I doubt the Braves' front office is making up the wrist concerns, but getting him and Hess would be pretty incredible.

There is somewhat of a history with Anthopoulos and this stuff. Toronto didn't sign Tyler Beede, Phil Bickford or Brady Singer when he was there after picking them early. They found a small concern on Singer's physical and offered him half slot value. UF people didn't think it was a concern at all, and he was a dominant college pitcher without any health issues until he has a hamstring injury late this season. Then he goes first round in the draft.

I would prefer AA not try that. sign your 1st round pick.

[Horsehide Harry]

I doubt the Braves' front office is making up the wrist concerns, but getting him and Hess would be pretty incredible.

There is somewhat of a history with Anthopoulos and this stuff. Toronto didn't sign Tyler Beede, Phil Bickford or Brady Singer when he was there after picking them early. They found a small concern on Singer's physical and offered him half slot value. UF people didn't think it was a concern at all, and he was a dominant college pitcher without any health issues until he has a hamstring injury late this season. Then he goes first round in the draft.

They absolutely cannot let Stewart not sign short of a fully legitimate, career threatening injury (which raises other questions). They already have lost a significant amount of potential future talent due to Coppy gate AND, now that they are playing better, will lose future draft position, plus face a J2 next year where they can sign no one for more than $10,000 THEN get their J2 pool cut in half the year after that.

If Stewart does have some kind of career ending type injury, then that may just be bad luck or potentially someone dropped the ball on the background side of scouting. But short of that, AA better get this thing done.

[thewupk]

They absolutely cannot let Stewart not sign short of a fully legitimate, career threatening injury (which raises other questions). They already have lost a significant amount of potential future talent due to Coppy gate AND, now that they are playing better, will lose future draft position, plus face a J2 next year where they can sign no one for more than $10,000 THEN get their J2 pool cut in half the year after that.

If Stewart does have some kind of career ending type injury, then that may just be bad luck or potentially someone dropped the ball on the background side of scouting. But short of that, AA better get this thing done.

If he doesn't sign don't they get that pick next year or did that change in a recent CBA?

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

If he doesn't sign don't they get that pick next year or did that change in a recent CBA?

Pretty sure they still do, it would just be one pick lower (so pick 9, I guess).

I don’t know enough about the injury or next year’s draft to say if it would be worth it not to sign him for the extra pick next year.

[CJ9]

Pretty sure they still do, it would just be one pick lower (so pick 9, I guess).

I don’t know enough about the injury or next year’s draft to say if it would be worth it not to sign him for the extra pick next year.

You're right, it would be the 9th pick. So the 9th pick and one in the late 20s. I'm still crossing my fingers that Markakis receives and turns down a qualifying offer, giving us another pick. But that's just the draft geek in me.

[msstate7]

You're right, it would be the 9th pick. So the 9th pick and one in the late 20s. I'm still crossing my fingers that Markakis receives and turns down a qualifying offer, giving us another pick. But that's just the draft geek in me.

Would the amount of money to sign them go up next year? If not, seems you'd just get a couple lesser prospects instead of a really good one

[CJ9]

Would the amount of money to sign them go up next year? If not, seems you'd just get a couple lesser prospects instead of a really good one

The slot values always stay around the same. So the slot value for #9 would be a little less than #8. The difference between the two picks this year was $219k. But if Stewart doesn't sign, we would definitely have a bigger bonus pool next year because that would mean two first-round picks (unless we lose ours signing a big free agent this year) PLUS we will likely have a third-round pick next year where we didn't for this draft.