Not sure I like a system where the team can get a similar draft pick in next years draft as compensation for not signing this years pick, but I suppose it gives the teams SOME leverage to counter the kids possibly going back to college or from HS to college. I am sure that I'm glad to hear that the Dodgers are having difficulty signing all the GREAT picks they made. It seems like they have some tough choices and are going to have to leave a good prospect on the table. It looks like the Giants are signing all the guys they need to sign, which includes anything from 1st through the 10th rounds.
from Baseball America:
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/three-first-rounders-unsigned-24-hours-deadline/
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/three-first-rounders-unsigned-24-hours-deadline/
The Diamondbacks have plenty of room left for Swanson in their $12,816,100 signing bonus pool, which is the third-biggest. Their nine other picks in the first 10 rounds cost $130,300 more than their slot value and the Diamondbacks haven't spent lavishly on any player selected after the top 10 rounds, leaving them with the vast majority of the $8,616,900 allotted for the first overall pick to sign Swanson. As the $8 million bonus Gerrit Cole received from the Pirates in 2011 still stands as the largest in draft history, the Diamondbacks should have plenty of available money to sign Swanson.
The Dodgers, however, face more of a budget crunch with their top two picks. They have a bonus pool of $7,781,700 and already exceeded pick value by a combined $681,100 to sign Texas prep outfielder Mitchell Hansen (second round) and California prep shortstop Brendon Davis(fifth round). Though they saved nearly $1 million against the pool elsewhere in the top 10 rounds, they still won't be able to give significantly above-slot values to both Buehler and Funkhouser without exceeding their pool by more than five percent. Anything more would trigger a penalty of the loss of a future first-round pick.
The Dodgers also have yet to sign Florida International first baseman Edwin Rios (sixth round). Teams lose the pick value of any unsigned player in the first 10 rounds.
Neither Buehler nor Funkhouser was expected to be on the board when the Dodgers selected them. Buehler slid amid concerns about his durability, while a late-season drop in the quality of Funkhouser's stuff precipitated his draft-day slide. Various reports have suggested that Funkhouser may be willing to return to Louisville for his senior season, and industry sources appear to have much more confidence that Buehler would sign than Funkhouser.
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