International Signing Period starts Sunday Jan 15th - O's to make biggest signing in their history

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, forphase1 said:

But that's just it.  Many people profit off of that corruption, including friend and family of current MLB players, thus the players are against going to a more orderly and/or fair way.  

It's not as if MLB owners have some sort of moral objection.

[forphase1]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

It's not as if MLB owners have some sort of moral objection.

No, not at all.  But they have a bottom line objection.  Going to a draft will save them money....maybe not in the amounts they pay the players, but all the extra money and headaches. they have to jump through now.  The money to the players may end up being neutral, I don't know as we don't know exactly how a draft would be set up.  But cutting out all the extra mouths that they also feed in the process currently would likely save them money.  

[NCRaven]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's not as if MLB owners have some sort of moral objection.

Apparently, Peter Angelos did.  He was criticized roundly for that.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, NCRaven said:

Apparently, Peter Angelos did.  He was criticized roundly for that.  

And yet Kim Seong-min.

We aren't sure what his motivations were, he was a complicated man.

I always thought his issue was more based around giving 16 year olds lots of money.

[Roll Tide]

On 1/13/2023 at 4:46 PM, Tony-OH said:

 

I will ultimately merge this with the tracker but I know more people see this forum. 

There is already a big thread on Almeyda. You can find that at 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NCRaven]

5 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I always thought his issue was more based around giving 16 year olds lots of money.

Agree. I think that the uncertainty was part of it.  But, IIRC, the corruption also played a part.

[emmett16]

@Tony-OH have you seen/heard enough about Almeyda to give us an idea where he might slot into the system.  Is he top 10? 20? 

[Frobby]

11 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

@Tony-OH have you seen/heard enough about Almeyda to give us an idea where he might slot into the system.  Is he top 10? 20? 

I’m not Tony, but if you look at where he slotted Sammy Basallo (11) and Braylin Tavera (21), I’d say somewhere in between.  He got a significantly higher bonus than Basallo, but Basallo has looked good in both the DSL and FCL.  He got a somewhat higher bonus than Tavera, who had a solid but not great campaign in the DSL last year.  So I’d say somewhere between them is the right spot.   But until he actually plays, who knows? 

[Tony-OH]

35 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

@Tony-OH have you seen/heard enough about Almeyda to give us an idea where he might slot into the system.  Is he top 10? 20? 

It is always very hard to put these guys in without DSL stats, but we do have some more information on Almeyda performing well here in the states against older competition. I have to look at closer but probably somewhere around Basallo. 

[emmett16]

 

[sevastras]

Like I said on the other thread, no way there are 20 better international prospects than him. This looks like a really nice pickup for the Os. 

[Sports Guy]

51 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

 

Pretty big signing bonus compared to some of the other guys ranked around him.

I wonder if that’s an indication that they rank him too low, if the Os have to pay more to get guys because of the lack of past relationships or if he was highly sought after and they just had to go higher to get him..or if it’s a combo of some or all of that?

Either way, great to see it get done.  Let’s hope this one works out.

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Pretty big signing bonus compared to some of the other guys ranked around him.

I wonder if that’s an indication that they rank him too low, if the Os have to pay more to get guys because of the lack of past relationships or if he was highly sought after and they just had to go higher to get him..or if it’s a combo of some or all of that?

Either way, great to see it get done.  Let’s hope this one works out.

Given that he only moved to the DR a year ago or so, I doubt the lack of past relationships was a factor.  

[oriolediehard]

How did the Yankees get a higher pick than the O's?  I don't understand how a team with the 2nd best record in the AL gets a higher pick than the O's?  It is not fair.

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, oriolediehard said:

How did the Yankees get a higher pick than the O's?  I don't understand how a team with the 2nd best record in the AL gets a higher pick than the O's?  It is not fair.

There are no picks. They are only signings.