BRAVES FINAL DRAFT SIGNING BOARD: Backstrom on board!

cajunrevenge said:
Absolutely loathe the top 10 rounds of this draft but its encouraging to see all the signings after round 10. Dont know **** about them but some real good baseball names in there. Indigo Diaz and Bryce Ball have 80 grade baseball names. Wont be surprised if they are better than our first round bench players.
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The only major guy left that I REALLY hope signs is Backstrom. He had some first round hype at the beginning of the year before a poor season. From what I've heard he made some mechanical adjustments late that got him back on track. He could be a late round lottery ticket as well.
 
That sounds like the kind of guy who goes to college and ends up a high draft pick. I member Matt Harvey whose stock was like a roller coaster ride after starting out as the favorite to go #1 overall out of HS.
 
cajunrevenge said:
That sounds like the kind of guy who goes to college and ends up a high draft pick. I member Matt Harvey whose stock was like a roller coaster ride after starting out as the favorite to go #1 overall out of HS.
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Yeah, but I think we could offer him enough for him to at least have to seriously consider his options. He's one of the guys that I think we were really trying to save for. We still have over 700k left to spend if you include the 5% overage and 11 guys who are unsigned. Five of those guys are college players who will most likely not sign or sign for no more than the allowed 125k.

It wouldn't surprise me to see us offer Backstrom close to 400-500k and at that point, he'd have to ask himself if he thought going to college and trying to beat 3rd-4th round money was worth the risk. It almost never is.
 
They should just go over and take the penalty. I dont value first round picks anymore. I hope we take a college senior who will sign for 50k next year.
 
BeanieAntics said:
Yeah, but I think we could offer him enough for him to at least have to seriously consider his options. He's one of the guys that I think we were really trying to save for. We still have over 700k left to spend if you include the 5% overage and 11 guys who are unsigned. Five of those guys are college players who will most likely not sign or sign for no more than the allowed 125k.

It wouldn't surprise me to see us offer Backstrom close to 400-500k and at that point, he'd have to ask himself if he thought going to college and trying to beat 3rd-4th round money was worth the risk. It almost never is.
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I mentioned the Josh Anthony example yesterday and while the situations are different here, $400 K - $500 K is a ton of money and you're at the athletic version of a game of Texas Hold 'em with these draft picks. If you're the player, you really have to trust your coaches, advisers, and family to help you make the choice because there is ample risk with either decision.
 
cajunrevenge said:
They should just go over and take the penalty. I dont value first round picks anymore. I hope we take a college senior who will sign for 50k next year.
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A strategy I’ve wondered about is just signing a massive haul of guys like Backstrom and saying **** the penalty if you know you’re picking in the 20s. I recently posted an article about how teams won’t go full bore because of the risk of the strategy not planning out with signing, say, 10 first round guys because someone will figure it out. But if you’re confident in your scouts, signing something like 20 guys to overslot deals like we’ve signed Owens to and maybe just 2 or 3 massively overslot deals just intrigues me.
 
Pretty noteworthy that Justin Yeager got $137,500 (or $12,500 over “slot” for 11-40) as a thirty-third-round college junior reliever. They must really like his stuff and see him as a fast-moving relief prospect.
 
2019 draftees on Danville roster:
Pitches: Alex Barger (17th), Tanner Gordon (6th), Alex Segal (22nd)
Infield: Bryce Ball (24th), Cody Birdsong (32nd), Beau Philip (2nd)
Catcher: Mitch Calandra (30th, signing not previously announced)
Outfield: Willie Carter (34th)

***I missed Drew Callahan (9th) already made his marK!***
 
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jpx7 said:
Pretty noteworthy that Justin Yeager got $137,500 (or $12,500 over “slot” for 11-40) as a thirty-third-round college junior reliever. They must really like his stuff and see him as a fast-moving relief prospect.
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Have been wondering about him since the first report. Can't imagine that $12,500 will cost them one of the remaining "big fish", but it'll sure suck if it does.

I'm guessing they've presented their take it or leave it offers to the 2 main guys by now and are moving on to sign anyone else they feel at all strongly about.
 
CJ9 said:
Corbin Carroll signed for slot at 16 -- $3,745,500.
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The hard part to figure out is if he told teams ahead of pick 16 that he would sign for whatever slot was. If so, drafting him instead of Langeliers would not have saved us money. Ditto for others after our pick who signed for slot.
 
nsacpi said:
The hard part to figure out is if he told teams ahead of pick 16 that he would sign for whatever slot was. If so, drafting him instead of Langeliers would not have saved us money. Ditto for others after our pick who signed for slot.
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yeah i think assuming he would've signed for that same amount if he were pick 9 or 16 is wrong. if he were pick 9 he probably would have wanted #9 slot.
 
Super said:
yeah i think assuming he would've signed for that same amount if he were pick 9 or 16 is wrong. if he were pick 9 he probably would have wanted #9 slot.
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I tend to disagree with this.

High school kids usually have a number they share with clubs as to what it will take to sign them. If they'll take a certain number at 16, they'd likely take something similar at 9.

Maybe it would have taken 4m instead of 3.7m, but it's not likely to be dramatically different.

The ultimate decision isn't really all that different for kids that didn't expect to go in the very top of the draft.
 
Southcack77 said:
I tend to disagree with this.

High school kids usually have a number they share with clubs as to what it will take to sign them. If they'll take a certain number at 16, they'd likely take something similar at 9.

Maybe it would have taken 4m instead of 3.7m, but it's not likely to be dramatically different.

The ultimate decision isn't really all that different for kids that didn't expect to go in the very top of the draft.
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i'm just not sure of a scenario when it's happened unless it was previously worked out like it was with Anderson, and that's because they were taking him long before he was expected. Carroll was right in that 8-17 range.
 
UofL_Braves said:
I'm thinking Drew Campbell hasnt signed because my Cards are still playing in the CWS. Most around the program expect him to sign. He sure looked good in the game against Auburn.
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NCAA won't even allow you to commit. Has to be hands-off until he's out. Which is today.
 
mqt said:
A strategy I’ve wondered about is just signing a massive haul of guys like Backstrom and saying **** the penalty if you know you’re picking in the 20s. I recently posted an article about how teams won’t go full bore because of the risk of the strategy not planning out with signing, say, 10 first round guys because someone will figure it out. But if you’re confident in your scouts, signing something like 20 guys to overslot deals like we’ve signed Owens to and maybe just 2 or 3 massively overslot deals just intrigues me.
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Thats a strategy I think only the biggest market teams can pull off. I dont remember exactly how it all works but if say the Yankees were confident they were going to sign a few players that cost them draft picks then would the penalty even mean all that much? The max penalty is only 2 years lost first round picks. I believe comp picks are protected so they would only lose second or worse draft picks for signing players given qualifying offers. The money penalty means it would be front loading a lot of cash which is why this probably wont ever happen.
 
David O'Brien
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#Braves have signed 30 of 41 draft picks including all of their top 16.

Looks like Estes confirmed.
 
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