Comments on: Bonus Expenditures, 2008-10

By: The Mariners And 2011 Draft Strategy « SoDo Mojo | A Seattle Mariners Blog

Fri, 06 May 2011 15:53:22 +0000

[...] amount of money to sign them and I believe that you could rationalize an argument for their draft budget being larger than what it was in [...]

By: Guest Posting: How Tampa Will Reload | Sport Grind

Guest Posting: How Tampa Will Reload | Sport Grind — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:04:38 +0000

[...] bonuses doled belongs to the Nationals, set last year, breaking their record from the year before. Baseball America has the numbers for the last three seasons. I’m drawing data from them for slot numbers and [...]

By: Steve Kinsella

Steve Kinsella — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:41:49 +0000

Here is a look at how teams drafted and developed players from 1999 to 2006 and how the teams performed. The A's really need to increase their revenue and the Red Sox are scary as they are really bringing their own kids up. Have to wonder how many millions the owner of the White Sox had to fork over to payroll due to poor drafting. The draft data suggests why the Indians, Baltimore, and Seattle have struggled in recent years. http://tribetalk365.blogspot.com/

By: Jabalong

Jabalong — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:52:46 +0000

I’d be curious to see some figures of total money spent versus the percentage of picks signed (say overall, in the top 25 picks, top 10 picks, etc). For instance, I’m surprised the Yankees with all their resources are only in the middle of the pack in spending. I wonder if that’s because they’re more tightfisted on draft picks at the expense of signing them, or if they managed to sign guys for less, etc. So for instance did division rivals Jays and Red Sox spending so much more lock up a higher percentage of their picks than the Yankees? Would be curious to get a picture of that if anyone has any stats on percentage of picks signed.

By: Dave Regan

Dave Regan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:48:42 +0000

MJ – So the Nats and Pirates should NOT be commended for spending as much as they have in the last two drafts? Also, saying neither will make a WS run in the next 3-5 years is foolish. It may be true, but do we really KNOW?

By: Marc Alexander

Marc Alexander — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:27:38 +0000

What jumps at me is the +200% the Jays spent this year going 4M$ to 11M$, we can see the change of mentality and baseball thinking under Anthopoulos as comparaed to Ricciardi. We we were unable to sign a lot of our picks last year, Anthopoulos is willing to spend and we feel he really wants this team to wins and he taking them in the right direction.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:06:28 +0000

Great to see teams like the Twins spend their money wisely, "grow" and develop their own prospects, and still make the playoffs just about every year.
Look at some of the top teams on this list–what a waste! I know it's still early to determine their draft success from 08-10, but I don't see the Nats, Pirates, Indians, or Blue Jays making any World Series runs in the next 3-5 years!
GO TWINS!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:37:34 +0000

MLB keeps talking about "hard slotting" during the next CBA to promote fairness in the draft. Doesn't anybody realize that this current system is the primary way for small market teams to more adequately compete with the Big Money teams? Based on the last 3 years, the small market treams are able to make their systems dramatically better and deeper by spending more money in the draft. By spending 50-100% more than the average on bonuses in an annual draft, the Pittssburgh's of the world make much better use of that additional 6 million dollar investment then they would on a .500 free agent pitcher. It's compelling to see the Pittsburgh's, Kansas City's and Washington's of the market spend significantly higher than larger market teams like the , Mets, Dodgers and Angels. Having a non-slotted system HELPS the small market teams.