You did the calculation right. You just typed in the pool number wrong. 5% of 5,735,000 is 286,750 as you posted, which is less than what we went over. Hopefully as No Worries mentioned Dustin Hunt did sign for $130,000. At any rate, I doubt Luhnow would lose a draft pick by accidentally going just barely over the 5% threshold. I'm sure it is fine.
Ah gotcha. Yeah I'd imagine the Astros would be getting a lot more attention if they really did mess up. I don't think I've heard anyone else talk about it
The pool was $5,928,300. I'm not sure which number the 5% actually applies to. Jim Callis was kind enough to answer me: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Based on pool with reductions for unsigned players. <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBDraft">@MLBDraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/dSaAyseHbw">https://t.co/dSaAyseHbw</a></p>— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/756187648721575936">July 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/astros">@Astros</a> spent $6,021,700 toward pool, which was $5,735,000. That's 4.99% above pool. Had $50 to spare <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBDraft">@MLBDraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/JPCMi7dCzG">https://t.co/JPCMi7dCzG</a></p>— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/756192029676228610">July 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
