The Astros knew they would not sign all of them, with a little luck they can get 3 of the 4, but certainly should get 2 of the 4. I think Ruiz will be the hardest sign.
Why? Dude went from a potential number 1 pick to barely top 100. And his weird commitment switch from UT to A&M out of nowhere should have told every single team that this kid was not going to be a tough sign. We wouldn't have passed up this hometown kid if we really wanted him.
Don't understand this rationale. A kid switching college commitments means one of two things: 1. He really is interested in college enough to take time to switch commitment. 2. He is pretending to care about college to drive up what teams will pay him. Either way, it sounds like he would be a tougher sign than his actual value.
I can't believe he signed under slot value (signed for 500k, 15,600 under slot). I guess he did it because he got drafted by the team he wanted to go to, or maybe he was bluffing the whole time.
He could no longer pull the "I've wanted to be a Longhorn my whole life" card. He wanted to be an Aggie for like a week. He also dropped this quote just a few days before the draft, "Everybody wants to go pro, and I'd like to go pro, but [if] I have to go to A&M, so be it." Bye bye, leverage.
It was what he wanted. This spring cost him potentially $2M. Another bad season and he loses even more money. I'm not disappointed at all. I don't need a Rangers fan from the Houston area who sucked balls his senior year.
The Rangers signed Joey Gallo, the 39th pick, for $2.25 million. He'll probably be the reference point in determining McCullers' bonus, which should still be north of $2 million.
I think Hinojosa will be going to school....but I think we have a good shot at everyone else that is iffy.
You know, we were laughing at what for being a Cubs fan and saying they are tanking, and how tanking made no sense in baseball, but after seeing how this draft unfolded, I think there is a lot more value to being the worst team than it has in the past.
I disagree the slot value after the first pick lowers significantly. Astros got lucky it was a weaker draft class and Correa agreed for 2.4 mil under the slot. Having 11 mil to sign all your draft picks and having to use 7.2 of it on the first pick is going to prevent a team from picking anything else of signifance. If they didn't have a deal in place with the first overall pick. They likely wouldn't have drafted McCullers, Ruiz and Phillips knowing they may still have to pay the full 7.2 slot and would not have money to go over slot on those other tough signs and would lose that slot amount out of next years draft money
The point is that after the first pick, it decreases significantly. You don't have to pay your picks the full slot amount as teams are proving. The 1st pick has the advantage of the biggest slot and has the easiest time cutting a deal with someone before the draft. It will be the blueprint moving forward.
