Tapate50
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Padres system will become top 10 really quickly if they sign all these prospects...
Possibly, they are very very young and a long ways out. That's far from a given
Padres system will become top 10 really quickly if they sign all these prospects...
The way that players pick teams is interesting. I just wonder what allows San Diego to lock up 6 of the top 11 in a somewhat open market where teams have similar resources (the bidding teams).
Are they expected to spend more than the Braves?
Why would Atlanta sign #1 and then pass on the next few top rated guys? Organizational scouting? Too much in Maitan? Just curious. I might rather have 6 of the top 11 then #1 and four 15-30 guys.
The way that players pick teams is interesting. I just wonder what allows San Diego to lock up 6 of the top 11 in a somewhat open market where teams have similar resources (the bidding teams).
Are they expected to spend more than the Braves?
Why would Atlanta sign #1 and then pass on the next few top rated guys? Organizational scouting? Too much in Maitan? Just curious. I might rather have 6 of the top 11 then #1 and four 15-30 guys.
The way that players pick teams is interesting. I just wonder what allows San Diego to lock up 6 of the top 11 in a somewhat open market where teams have similar resources (the bidding teams).
Are they expected to spend more than the Braves?
Why would Atlanta sign #1 and then pass on the next few top rated guys? Organizational scouting? Too much in Maitan? Just curious. I might rather have 6 of the top 11 then #1 and four 15-30 guys.
So the Braves will not be getting any other top 15 Int'l prospect beyond Maitan. Another case of runaway expectations creating a little bit of a letdown. Of course, getting Maitan should offset all of that, but expections are now considerably lower than a historic haul. On the plus side, they won't be going so many millions over budget if these players don't command Top 10 bonuses.
Some of them are probably still going to get higher bonuses than where they're currently ranked. Again, we started solidifying this stuff a while back. And we probably like these guys more than these lists do.
Always something to remember - Albies wasn't a top 30 guy. I agree, though, it is a bit of a letdown to see these rankings. I expected Maitan plus at least 2-3 other top 10 guys.
So the Braves will not be getting any other top 15 Int'l prospect beyond Maitan. Another case of runaway expectations creating a little bit of a letdown. Of course, getting Maitan should offset all of that, but expections are now considerably lower than a historic haul. On the plus side, they won't be going so many millions over budget if these players don't command Top 10 bonuses.
Well, teams start solidifying these agreements a year or so before they sign. So it's likely that a) our list doesn't look exactly like this one, and b) where it does look similar, the guys we agreed with a year ago didn't progress the way we expected/hoped. So it's not like we said, 'Eh, we don't really care about the 2-15 group.' It's more likely that we said, 'Here are guys we really like who we think will be top prospects that we can sign.' A year later, things can change.
It looks like the Padres have done a great job of scouting and have probably gotten lucky as well.
Hypothetically, down the road, could we expect Maitan to be moved to 3rd, while keeping Swanson at short?
Will most of these guys actually sign on July 2nd? I feel like I've seen that the Cuban's sometimes stretch it out well into the period before.
I'm still holding out hope that Coppy lands an unexpected big fish or two.....
At the end of the day, nobody is going to complain when we land the top player available.