Well here we are, at the end of draft and normally this is where we watch as teams take lesser known talent to little or no fanfare and we don’t find out exactly how good they are until they get on the field in rookie ball. Its also generally where you start to see guys start to get drafted and possibly not sign (such as high school stars with strong college commitments, etc). Its also where the draft bonus rules change a bit because there are no slot values for these picks and only bonus money over $100,000 counts against your draft pool. This is relevant, because yesterday the Braves did something interesting in drafting 5 college seniors. Usually, such picks are made to sign those guys to below slot deals (college seniors have next to no leverage in terms of financial negotiations when they are draft) to save bonus pool money.
Looks like they're going to get another really good prospect tomorrow, if my math adds up. https://t.co/bIytGXXkzN
— Hudson Belinsky (@hudsonbelinsky) June 11, 2016
With the signing of Ian Anderson expected to be an underslot deal which would save the Braves between $2.5-3 million, but both Joey Wentz and Kyle Muller expected to be overslot deals...the math gets a bit confusing and uncertain. Luckily, there are folks who mathed it out.
Braves draft pool is 13,319,600. Can spend 5% more w/o losing picks. So let's say the Braves have 13.9 million to spend.
— Dayton from Nebraska (@BravesAmerica) June 11, 2016
Several reports have Ian Anderson at 3 mill. @JeffPassan said Wentz is ~3.2. Assuming Muller is somewhere similar. We'll call it 9.4.
— Dayton from Nebraska (@BravesAmerica) June 11, 2016
Rounds 6-10 were all college seniors. Teams love these b/c they sign cheap. Save lots of pool money for others. Probably 500k total.
— Dayton from Nebraska (@BravesAmerica) June 11, 2016
There's a decent amount for margin of error (especially Wentz/Muller/Wilson) but it's safe to say the Braves have 1-1.5 mill of pool left.
— Dayton from Nebraska (@BravesAmerica) June 11, 2016
Thats the abbreviated version (lots of players and moving parts to consider) but the general consensus is that the Braves should have around $1-1.7 million to play with assuming the Wentz and Muller reports of their demands are correct (and by all accounts they are expected to sign). That basically means that the Braves have the ability to offer second round pick money to a player today which could very well be enough to pull some high school players away from a college commitment. Possible targets/options include outfielder Hunter Bishop, shortstop/outfielder Zach Clark, RHP Max Kranick, or LHP Adam Laskey. In short, it doesn’t look like the Braves are done yet making waves so stay tuned!
Round 11 - Matt Rowland - RHP - Pope High School
Round 12 - Brandon White - RHP - Lander University
Round 13 - Brandon White - RHP - Davenport University
Round 14 - Ramon Osuna - 1B - Walters State CC
Round 15 - Zach Becherer - RHP - Rend Lake College
Round 16 - Josh Anthony - 3B - Western Oklahoma State CC
Round 17 - Devan Watts - RHP - Tusculum College
Round 18 - Zach Rice - LHP - UNC-Chapel Hill
Round 19 - Tucker Davidson - LHP - Midand College
Round 20 - Gabe Howell - 2B - Trion High School
Round 21 - Dalton Carroll - RHP - Utah
Round 22 - Alex Lee - 1B - Samford
Round 23 - Griffin Benson - 1B - Aledo HS
Round 24 - Matt Hearn - CF - Mission College
Round 25 - Ryan O’Malley - 3B - Sonoma St. University
Round 26 - Alan Crowley - C - Reedley College
Round 27 - Corbin Clouse - LHP - Davenport University
Round 28 - Nick Shumpert - 2B - San Jacinto College North
Round 29 - Jackson Pokorney - CF - Mater Dei High School
Round 30 - Cameron Stanton - RHP - St. Edwards University
Round 31 - Cameron Jabara - RHP - Newport Harbor High School
Round 32 - Ryan Schlosser - RHP - Century College
Round 33 - Handsome Monica - C - Northwest Florida State
Round 34 - Jared James - LF - Cal Poly Ponoma
Round 35 - Michael Gizzi - RHP - State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota
Round 36 - Andres Perez - C - Pinecrest Academy
Round 37 - Zac Kristofak - RHP - Walton High School
Round 38 - Dayton Tripp - RHP - Rend Lake College
Round 39 - Parker Danciu - LHP - Marshall University
Round 40 - Dylan Beasley - RHP - Rome High School