Major money being spent on the draft

[Sports Guy]

The BJs may spend 15 million.

The Nats just signed a guy for 3 million, Purke is likely to sign for over 4 million(according to some tweets out there) and they still have Rendon to go.

Going to be interesting to see the final numbers by some of these teams.

[Sports Guy]

Wow..Nats gave Purke a 4 year Ml deal...Close to the guaranteed dollars Bauer got.

Seems excessive to me. Stotle? RVA? Agree?

[Sports Guy]

Looks like Pitt got Bell.

Really wish the Orioles had drafted him.

[J.D.]

Wow..Nats gave Purke a 4 year Ml deal...Close to the guaranteed dollars Bauer got.

Seems excessive to me. Stotle? RVA? Agree?

I don't know for how much (or if it's old news), but the Pirates managed to get Josh Bell to sign, along with Cole.

[Sports Guy]

I don't know for how much (or if it's old news), but the Pirates managed to get Josh Bell to sign, along with Cole.

5 million for Bell.

[Sports Guy]

BJs get Norris for 2 million...another guy the Orioles should have drafted.

[Sports Guy]

Red Sox spending a lot as well.

Tampa getting most of their picks signed.

Nats sign top 4 picks.

[Sports Guy]

Looks like Toronto missed out on Beede..but got everyone else.

[Sports Guy]

Rendon got 6-7 million. Nats spending huge dollars.

[Stotle]

Wow..Nats gave Purke a 4 year Ml deal...Close to the guaranteed dollars Bauer got.

Seems excessive to me. Stotle? RVA? Agree?

Would need to see medicals, but worth it even if he's only an 8th inning guy. Has to be healthy, though.

[Stotle]

Red Sox spending a lot as well.

Tampa getting most of their picks signed.

Nats sign top 4 picks.

Sox got steal in Swihart for 2.5, JBJ for 1.1, Owens for less than 2.

[Sports Guy]

Sox got steal in Swihart for 2.5, JBJ for 1.1, Owens for less than 2.

Yea, I agree. Saw your tweet about Swihart.

I liked JBJ.

I see Toronto offered Beede 2.3M and he turned it down.

EDIT: Red Sox also got Barnes for 1.5M.

[Stotle]

Yea, I agree. Saw your tweet about Swihart.

I liked JBJ.

I see Toronto offered Beede 2.3M and he turned it down.

EDIT: Red Sox also got Barnes for 1.5M.

Sucks for Jays to lose Beede, but Norris/Comer might both be better. Congrats to Birds for ponying up for Delmonico/Bundy/Esposito. They really needed it to avoid falling too much further behind Rays/Yankees/RedSox/Rays.

Baltimore may have ultimately ended up w/better draft haul than Yanks, though have to wait and see what overslots each inked at last second.

[Sports Guy]

Sucks for Jays to lose Beede, but Norris/Comer might both be better. Congrats to Birds for ponying up for Delmonico/Bundy/Esposito. They really needed it to avoid falling too much further behind Rays/Yankees/RedSox/Rays.

Baltimore may have ultimately ended up w/better draft haul than Yanks, though have to wait and see what overslots each inked at last second.

Yea and that's good...but of course, the Yanks can do what they want on the ML scene and will do much more internationally.

As good as it feels that the Orioles did such a good job with these signings, its just disheartening to see what Toronto, TB and Boston did.

[J.D.]

5 million for Bell.

Doesn't that shatter the non-first rounder money record by like, $2.5 million? That's a brassy move by Pittsburgh. If I'm a Pirates fan, I'm excited.