Comments on: Will Mets Sign Any More Picks As Deadline Looms?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:49:49 +0000

And they signed none of them! YAY! Way to go Mets!!

By: MetsFan

MetsFan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:09:34 +0000

I think Stankovich holding out is crazy as well. and putting others into a proverbial waiting game. If he wants college, he needs to go, I dont think he will get more money at another time, most likely less.

By: ReyesAdvocate

ReyesAdvocate — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:38:21 +0000

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By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:48:07 +0000

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By: ReyesAdvocate

ReyesAdvocate — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:41:58 +0000

I have followed this draft very closely and those of you who read my posts most likely realize this now. In my opinion, 2012 has been one of our best draft classes in quite a long time. We have already signed the guys who have the most upside (Cecchini, Kaupe, Welch, Flexen). The guys that are left would be nice to have, but if we don’t have the money, we dont really need to splurge much more. I believe we could have drafted better than Stankiewicz at that time anyways.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:22:51 +0000

Thanks for clearing tha up for me Pete.
I suppose it makes business sense for them as they want to keep control on all of his Athletic activities and health and they couldn’t possibly do that in all the colleges these kids might go to.

I just wasn’t sure if it was an MLB thing.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:09:12 +0000

The only light I can shed on his negotiating situation, is that he was a four-year college player. That means zero eligibility left, and zero negotiating leverage. Unless the player wants to go play in an independent league somewhere, he really isn’t in a position to make any demands.

By: Hojo's Mojo

Hojo's Mojo — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:38:57 +0000

I am not to tuned into the draft that much and rely on you a a couple of the others on MMO for that info, but what you mentioned on Sewald is pretty surprising to me and I’m shocked Sewald accepted it.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:38:15 +0000

Good question Metsie. As far as I know, it is Mets policy whenever they sign a high school player they negotiate a college scholarship into the deal so the prospect can get a degree when he retires, or during the off-season, but he can’t play any baseball for the college if he is still under contract to the big league club.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:31:42 +0000

Well a plan I can actually get behind! LOL

One last question since I’m a bit hazy here…

On these HS kids, I see a lot have commitments to go to college noted as a signing issue, Is that a rule that if they sign they can’t go to college under contract or just us insisting that if we sign you you can’t play anywhere but in our system?

I understand the risks of doing what I proposed as if they get hurt we paid for nothing, Just wondering why we would be discouraging players from going to college or choosing baseball over their future.

I know if I were a HS kid as much as my dream of playing baseball would influence me, I know full well that baseball career is no guarantee and having that College degree will be important to me if I never made it to the MLB.

One of the reasons I like the NFL’s way od foing thing, they have to go to college before you can draft them!
This way these kids have some options to support themselves when thier career is done.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:17:51 +0000

I know they’ve been low-balling players hoping they’ll sign. One such tactic that worked was with #10 pick Paul Sewald, presently pitching for the Cyclones. The pool amount for the 10th round slot is $125,000, but the Mets signed Sewald for $1,000 instead, saving $124,000 to be used to give low-ball offers to additional picks. They may have very well practiced this strategy up and down their draft list, and saved themselves a bunch of funds to use to sign additional picks this week. But even if they did and saved $, who knows if they’ll use the savings on draft picks, or perhaps use it on International Free Agents, which are in season now. I hope to see a few more of their high school picks signed by Friday, and perhaps one or both of the college lefties they still haven’t signed. It will be interesting to see what they do.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:05:38 +0000

Key question here is how close are they to the Rookie Signing cap?
I’m betting it was thier plan all along to think they wouldn’t be able to sign them all and focused on the guys they took at the top first to be sure they stayed under and then will give take it or leave it offers to the lower picks who are left.