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54 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Haven’t been able to follow as much as normal, is there a POV on whether or not that’s too low for him to forego heading to Clemson?

Pirates will likely save big on their 1st overall pick. That money can go to chandler to try and get him signed over his slot value of $870k, meaning they’ll probably throw well over $1 million at him. That’d be enough to get me to skip college.

20 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Henry Davis, Louisville C to Pitt at #1. 

Poor kid, just got drafted and already DFA'd to Pittsburgh.  

21 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Geez. Tech has had like 4 guys drafted so far

They've had some fairly big transfers too. 

Another tech player at 226. Good lord. They might not be able to field a team next year if all these guys sign

So now that we are down in the 8th or 9th round what are we talking about to sign?  50k? Less? I know some seniors get signed her for 5 or 10k for slot games elsewhere but what does a typical 8th round guy get?  Any chance we have enough firepower in NIL to keep some of those guys in the fold heading forward?  
 

Wow. Looks like Stewart and Kash are most likely headed to the 40... That would be amazing.

7 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So now that we are down in the 8th or 9th round what are we talking about to sign?  50k? Less? I know some seniors get signed her for 5 or 10k for slot games elsewhere but what does a typical 8th round guy get?  Any chance we have enough firepower in NIL to keep some of those guys in the fold heading forward?  
 

You can still go over slot in those rounds. I.e. pay guys with bonus pool money. 

Pretty much anyone drafted in the top 10 rounds is signing because you forfeit that use of money if they don't sign. If a player is drafted in the top 10 rounds it's very likely the team and player have agreed on a dollar amount. 

 

Edited by texasstrong12

1 minute ago, texasstrong12 said:

You can still go over slot in those rounds. I.e. pay guys with bonus pool money. 

Pretty much anyone drafted in the top 10 rounds is signing because you forfeit that use of money if they don't sign. If a player is drafted in the top 10 rounds is very likely the team and player have agreed on a dollar amount to get the job done. 

Yep.  In the last full draft in 2019, only 2 draftees in the top 10 rounds did not sign.  The deal is made before the picks are made.

Edited by Don Johnson

Great news for Antico. He wasn't returning either way so no big deal. 

Likely went higher than expected because they can sign him without using any bonus pool money. 

1 minute ago, SquishMitten said:

Antico to St. Louis

 

Very happy for him. Wish he was in Austin for more than a year.

4 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:

The slot value for the #3 pick is $7.2 million. The slot value for the #32 pick is $2.3 million 

It sounds like Jobe may have gone way under slot based on twitter. In other words, Madden is about to make bank. Probably getting a $3 million plus contract. 

I think Madden had a price tag that needed to be met and that's why he slipped a few spots. It was going to take some bonus pool money to get him which the Tigers had after taking Jobe over Mayer. 

Yeah, I was just showing he has negotiating power. 

11 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Wow. Looks like Stewart and Kash are most likely headed to the 40... That would be amazing.

If they fall out of the top 10 rounds I would say that's very likely. 

4 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

If they fall out of the top 10 rounds I would say that's very likely. 

This late, I think I'd stay in school and wait for big money in a couple years

Just now, SquishMitten said:

This late, I think I'd stay in school and wait for big money in a couple years

Probably wise for Stewart but you can still get a fairly big contract in these later rounds if a team has bonus pool money to spend. 

I'll feel good about Stewart making it to campus if he falls outside the top 10 rounds. 

 

Knew there wasn't much of a chance he'd be around, but I was holding out hope. Good luck, Cole!

Weirdly enough, the Nationals don't do team draft edits, they just retweet the MLB Draft Tracker. Pretty low rent look for them.

Edited by texifornia

I dunno, mid-9th round might be a tough call for Cole  He certainly has Top 5 round stuff.  This'll be a signing to hold our breath on.  

 

12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Weirdly enough, the Nationals don't do team draft edits, they just retweet the MLB Draft Tracker. Pretty low rent look for them.

Why are you such an edit faget?

1 minute ago, Lobo said:

I dunno, mid-9th round might be a tough call for Cole  He certainly has Top 5 round stuff.  This'll be a signing to hold our breath on.  

 

I wouldn't hold out hope on him returning.

Just now, HenryJames said:

Why are you such an edit faget?

I think they're neat.

2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I dunno, mid-9th round might be a tough call for Cole  He certainly has Top 5 round stuff.  This'll be a signing to hold our breath on.  

 

Almost all top 10 round picks sign. 

Quintanilla is almost certainly gone. 

I dunno, mid-9th round might be a tough call for Cole  He certainly has Top 5 round stuff.  This'll be a signing to hold our breath on.  
 


Yeah. But as someone noted above, only 2 people drafted in the first 10 rounds in 2019 ultimately didn’t sign. It’s presumably all agreed to in advance. That’s still, what, ~$150k hit to pool money if he doesn’t sign?

Sometimes big overslot deals are agreed to with 11th rounders due to that being the first round without bonus slot money assigned and teams that are able to get earlier picks to agree to less than expected.  
 

Odds are already very high Stewart and Kash (and all others not drafted yet) will be back, but if they get past the 11th, it’s pretty much a lock.

I would imagine that Zubia, Williams, and Stephens will get picked in the 11-20 rounds and would go ahead and sign.  But I think Melendez not going yet means he’ll be back.  Same for Hansen.

Edited by Snake Diggity

Quintanilla has been here for awhile, I would be surprised to see him not move on at this point. He was great but not exactly over-used here. 

So far so good. But plenty of drafting still to go. Tomorrow will be nerve wracking.

3 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Sometimes big overslot deals are agreed to with 11th rounders due to that being the first round without bonus slot money assigned and teams that are able to get earlier picks to agree to less than expected.  
 

Odds are already very high Stewart and Kash (and all others not drafted yet) will be back, but if they get past the 11th, it’s pretty much a lock.

So does anyone know how many 11th rounders signed last year?

52 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

If they fall out of the top 10 rounds I would say that's very likely. 

Yeah I have heard that noise before. We'll see.

1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said:

And another Tech pitcher gone in the 8th. Lord, they're getting killed. 

I don't feel so bad about them taking the series last season all the sudden. 

5 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Sometimes big overslot deals are agreed to with 11th rounders due to that being the first round without bonus slot money assigned and teams that are able to get earlier picks to agree to less than expected.  
 

Odds are already very high Stewart and Kash (and all others not drafted yet) will be back, but if they get past the 11th, it’s pretty much a lock.

I would imagine that Zubia, Williams, and Stephens will get picked in the 11-20 rounds and would go ahead and sign.  But I think Melendez not going yet means he’ll be back.  Same for Hansen.

This sounds about right. I think it was expected to lose Zubia, Williams, Antico and Stevens no matter what happened in the draft. 

Melendez, Hansen, Stewart and Kash are the ones to watch. Seems like we have a decent shot to get them all back/to campus.

 

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