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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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Ryan Berry, for sure. I'd only be guessing on the others.

Devin Harris is only a So., so I imagine it will take more than 8th round money to sign him away considering the upside (good pick).

One thing you can do is look at the GPAs of the HSers and the schools they've committed to. I doubt Jordan would go after those types of tough signs early on, but perhaps in the teens. Kids set up to attend a JuCo (particularly coming off an injury) would likely cost a little more since they are only giving up one year and can re-enter the draft in 2010. Players committed to a 4-year school may cost less if they don't have the strong desire to attend college (not that it wouldn't be over-slot, but not necessarily, say, $.5mios).

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Before a shoulder strain in March, he was considered a first round pick. Plus he has one year of college eligibility left. He's going to cost a lot.

For me personally, I don't know that his stuff is 1st-round. But, I certainly considered him a Top 100 guy.

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So after all your posts I really get the impression that we did sign quite a few people who will have to be signed above slot.

Yes, but we'll have to wait and see how much over slot and how many are considered by BAL to be "signable".

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Seems to me that a good portion of the picks after the fourth round are over-slots - especially the HSers.

I am sure JJ did his homework and will sign most or all of the top 10, but it's difficult to know what guys like Berry are expecting. If he is healthy, does he want $400k, $800k or more? That's what we don't know. Three months ago, he was looking at close to $1M as a supplemental first.

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But basically that is a good sign and it confutes the opinion of "some posters" that this draft was about saving money ....

Of course again it all depends on who we sign but I believe Jordan would not have drafted these guys if he would not believe in being able to sign a majority.

Maybe later on I will make a list of over the slot and difficult draft picks so that in the end we can see who really signed.

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But basically that is a good sign and it confutes the opinion of "some posters" that this draft was about saving money ....

Of course again it all depends on who we sign but I believe Jordan would not have drafted these guys if he would not believe in being able to sign a majority.

Maybe later on I will make a list of over the slot and difficult draft picks so that in the end we can see who really signed.

You know, we all want the FO to spend as much $ as necessary on the draft to compete. I have been advocating for years ramping up the draft spend in a significant way just to keep up with the BoSox and NYY. It appears that we are bridging some of that gap.

IMO, there's a difference between saying a certain pick is a bad one (or another player should have been selected) versus saying the organization is cheap. I am pretty sure Joe Jordan has a budget. We should not shudder at such a word. It is likely a good budget, hopefully consistent with the spend of the past few years.

But it is a budget, nonetheless, and those who advocate picking every $1M bonus-wanting prospect to be taken by the Orioles and to have our spend in the draft exceed $10M are not in tune with the reality of what most teams spend and what the Orioles appear to be prepared to spend.

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