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    Quote Originally Posted by DirkPiggler View Post
    Most college coaches aren't Mike Martin. There are plenty who put their pitchers' long term needs ahead of short term victories.
    Thank God for mike Martin... state is still playing now bc he tried to destroy his pitcher's arm

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    Quote Originally Posted by mqt View Post
    From what I’ve read, Aleman is essentially in the Hess category.
    Likely true or he would have been drafted much earlier. He's just one of the guys that piqued my interest after reading an article about him. Like CJ9, I'm curious to see if they have enough money to bundle and go after one of the post-10th round picks with something in the $400,00 to $500,000 range.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJ9 View Post
    Interesting tweet about our 14th rounder. Wonder if we have the money to sign him.

    "Braves go with Victor Vodnik, who really burst onto the scene last fall heading into and at Jupiter. Undersized righty but with a live arm, up to 96 mph or so, good slider there"
    Apparently a kid who has not received much coaching. His slider is described as being "self-taught." I think I know who I will rooting for a little bit extra to make it from this draft.

    On a similar note, Dazon Cole, who the Braves drafted three years but did not sign, was drafted yesterday by the Angels in the 25th round. Good luck Dazon!
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    So what are our international restrictions this year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBravos View Post
    So what are our international restrictions this year?
    I think we can only pay guys with Monopoly money and coupons.

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    Clemson guys saying Higgenbothom will
    sign. Ready to try out pro ball

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    Quote Originally Posted by mqt View Post
    One thing I’ll never quite understand is when a pitcher prices himself out of the first two rounds. Man, take your million plus dollars and run before a college coach gets the chance to break your entire pitching arm.
    atleast get a good degree with that scholarship.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IslandBrave View Post
    Clemson guys saying Higgenbothom will
    sign. Ready to try out pro ball

    I give him an A- for quality baseball name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    I think we can only pay guys with Monopoly money and coupons.
    Isn’t our pool halfed this year?....I can’t remember.

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    For the 2018-2019 IFA signing period, we have the standard penalty for exceeding the bonus pool two years ago.

    For the 2019-2020 period, there is a more severe penalty under which we will not be able to sign a player for more than 10K. That one will hurt.

    For 2020-2021, we will have our bonus pool cut in half.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBravos View Post
    Isn’t our pool halfed this year?....I can’t remember.
    Can’t pay anyone over $10k?

    Atlanta will be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019-20 signing period and its international signing bonus pool for the 2020-21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.

    I didn’t realize we got it without the grease...

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    1132 -- Aleman, Franco Alonso HS (FL) RHP R/R HS SR 6' 6 215lbs DOB: 06/26/2000
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deester11 View Post
    Can’t pay anyone over $10k?

    Atlanta will be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019-20 signing period and its international signing bonus pool for the 2020-21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.

    I didn’t realize we got it without the grease...
    There are probably a lot of undrafted guys from smaller college programs throughout the country who are buoyed by the news of the Braves' international restrictions. Our local scouts will really be beating the bushes for guys.

    I was reading the guy over at Tomahawk Take who thought Higginbotham would return to Clemson, but being a junior is the last time a player really has any leverage unless he absolutely blows up during his senior season. Kingham and Venter are probably in the same boat as Higginbotham. Interesting picks and I wonder if they had to go over $100,000 for Higginbotham. Higginbotham now ties Thornton "Bean" Stringfellow for best name in Braves' history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deester11 View Post
    Can’t pay anyone over $10k?

    Atlanta will be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019-20 signing period and its international signing bonus pool for the 2020-21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.

    I didn’t realize we got it without the grease...
    It doesn't say anything about giving these guys cars. Yugos for everyone!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    There are probably a lot of undrafted guys from smaller college programs throughout the country who are buoyed by the news of the Braves' international restrictions. Our local scouts will really be beating the bushes for guys.

    I was reading the guy over at Tomahawk Take who thought Higginbotham would return to Clemson, but being a junior is the last time a player really has any leverage unless he absolutely blows up during his senior season. Kingham and Venter are probably in the same boat as Higginbotham. Interesting picks and I wonder if they had to go over $100,000 for Higginbotham. Higginbotham now ties Thornton "Bean" Stringfellow for best name in Braves' history.
    Yeah, I'd be stunned if Higginbotham went back to school. We aren't taking a guy with the 8th pick of the entire third day if he hasn't indicated that he would be willing to sign.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    For the 2018-2019 IFA signing period, we have the standard penalty for exceeding the bonus pool two years ago.

    For the 2019-2020 period, there is a more severe penalty under which we will not be able to sign a player for more than 10K. That one will hurt.

    For 2020-2021, we will have our bonus pool cut in half.
    There has seemingly some confusion in the national writer reporting on this.

    I feel like some articles have felt like the author believed the 10k penalty applied to this season as well. Honestly, I'm not really sure why MLB would let Atlanta participate somewhat this year, then shut them out next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJ9 View Post
    Yeah, I'd be stunned if Higginbotham went back to school. We aren't taking a guy with the 8th pick of the entire third day if he hasn't indicated that he would be willing to sign.
    At that point, whether he signs or not isn't super important. You're just drafting negotiating opportunities to some extent. I would guess he would sign too though, since the Braves drafted him right out the gate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    I think we can only pay guys with Monopoly money and coupons.
    You forgot the S&H Green Stamps!
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    Stewart projects for 2 pitches that grade 60-70 with good athleticism and a projectable frame. His fastball was in the low 90s late in the spring rather than mid 90s earlier in the year, so hopefully he can find that extra velocity again as he fills out. The athleticism is usually a good sign the pitcher will be able to add a change and repeat his delivery well enough to have average or better command. He is basically a Touki clone with better command projection, so wherever you rank Touki is 1-2 spots away from where you should rank Stewart.

    Jenista literally grades out almost identically to Riley offensively (from the left side of the plate) with more straight line speed and less arm. He is obviously less advanced than Riley at this point, and there are some rumblings that he can't handle the OF. I'm guessing he is going to prove adequate in LF, and would place him somewhere in the Braves Top 15-20, just behind Waters and the catchers.

    Beck is a SP with a back injury in his history who has a chance to be a back end SP if everything bounces back. I don't like reports of straight fastballs in the low 90s from guys who are about to turn 22, so I'm not super hopeful. I'd place him on the back end of the Braves Top 30.

    Riley is a JC pitcher who saw his velocity increase this spring. If he is able to maintain it, he is a potential SP. I prefer him to Beck, and he likely slots in the Braves Top 25-30.

    Moritz sounds like a AAAA OFer who could see time at the end of a MLB bench as a 4th/5th OFer.

    The rest of the guys seem like org filler.

    Without a 3rd round pick the Braves only really got 2 guys with a reasonable chance to contribute in a meaningful way at the MLB level. I think I would have rather seen them punt most of their picks after Stewart/Jenista in order to make a push for Rocker or Wilcox. If those guys really wanted $3M+ to skip college then they were never really an option anyways though.
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    From FG's recap:

    "Arizona prep lefty Matthew Liberatore (1) fell here, in part, because the A’s surprised everyone by taking Kyler Murray, and the dominoes behind Oakland fell in such a way that Libby and his buddy, Nolan Gorman, were the odd men out. Some of the teams in the Nos. 10-16 range probably hadn’t had communication with Liberatore’s camp about his bonus demands because they could not have conceived that he’d be there when they picked, and that lack of comfort caused some of them to pass…"

    The Rays have to be absolutely stoked with Libby at 16. The real pitching factory of MLB may have just acquired the raw materials to produce their next 3+ WAR SP just in time to replace Snell after they trade him away.

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