MLB Draft

Speaking of the UFAs... "recruiting" signees is going to be kind of a new experience. Will be interested to follow how one team tries to position itself as a better place for a UFA to sign over another. It does seem like some teams already could have unwittingly shot themselves in the foot by trying not to pay minor leaguers. 

Otherwise, since the money is capped, do teams try to sell UFAs on their development programs and analytics? Physical facilities? One writer on twitter suggested that the Marlins have an advantage because signees would get to talk to Derek Jeter, which I found laughable.

@PABaseball posted:

MLB is going to have its draft tonight. But there is no minor league season. These players are going to be drafted, have their rights owned by the team and then possibly not get paid for a year. Absolutely unreal that a team can own your rights and then not pay you. Some clubs are paying thru June, a few August. 

Yes I understand signing bonuses, but undrafted free agents are going to sign with teams and not get paid. I would assume the teams paying their minor leaguers right now are going to be more popular with the UFA. 

Drafted players will get 10% on August 1, 2021 45%, and in  2022 the other 45%. It's usually 50% and the following year 50%.

I am to assume free agents will get paid all at once.

@TheRightScuff posted:

Speaking of the UFAs... "recruiting" signees is going to be kind of a new experience. Will be interested to follow how one team tries to position itself as a better place for a UFA to sign over another. It does seem like some teams already could have unwittingly shot themselves in the foot by trying not to pay minor leaguers. 

Otherwise, since the money is capped, do teams try to sell UFAs on their development programs and analytics? Physical facilities? One writer on twitter suggested that the Marlins have an advantage because signees would get to talk to Derek Jeter, which I found laughable.

Bingo!  One team had my son rated between 10 -15 rd.  The area scout called, doing due diligence, inquiring if anything had changed with college plans.  He started talking about current players from our area having success in the org, the player development, and the fact room and board is provided for the first few MiLB levels in their org.  And the MLB college scholly was still available as well.

I felt bad for the scout, as they've put so much into a draft class, and  then asked to call a HS kid and offer $20k + room/board.