@RJM posted:Slot money only goes to round ten. 84% of American born MLB’ers were drafted in the first ten rounds. Another 10% (making 94%) are from the first twenty rounds.
Players drafted in the first ten rounds are the prospects. Players drafted in rounds 11-20 are quality suspects and Single A roster filler. The exception would be the top prospect high school player taken late who is a long shot to sign. Anyone who was drafted after round twenty was a suspect and roster filler.
Cutting the draft to twenty rounds helps the suspects (your sample D2 player). They can sign as a free agent in organizations where they believe they have the best long shot to make it.
Secondly, depending on the teams signing strategy rounds 6 thru 10 are used to select players with no remaining eligibility, thus offer them a bonus to buy a new phone.
For example, the Angels signed the 9th and10th round picks for 7.5k for where slot values 1.62k and1.52k respectively.
Subsequent picks 11 thru 20 received the following
RHP | CADEN | DANA | HS | $1,497,500 | |
RHP | JARED | SOUTHARD | 4YR | $137,500 | |
1B | TUCKER | FLINT | 2YR | $132,500 | |
SS | SABIN | CEBALLOS | 2YR | ||
RHP | BRYCE | OSMOND | 4YR | ||
OF | CASEY | DANA | 4YR | $125,000 | |
LHP | SAMMY | NATERA | 4YR | ||
RHP | MAX | GIEG | 4YR | $125,000 | |
OF | LUKE | FRANZONI | 4YR | $75,000 | |
C | BRENDAN | TINSMAN | 4YR | $25,000 |