Angels select P Ryan Prager (Texas A&M) in the 3rd round-WILL NOT SIGN

[Ron Mexico]

Super confused how a 3rd rd does not sign. Can they throw all his money at the other High School pitcher that's committed to Auburn?

[nando714]

Front office still trash confirmed 

[Taylor]

Lol

[Vlad27Trout27]

Damn, this is really disappointing. He was my favorite pick in the draft. I think giving Cortez $1.6 million messed up the whole bonus allocation. I was really surprised he got that much, especially considering his draft ranking. I thought he would have signed for 1 mil  at most.

 

Seem like he's asking for closer to 2mil... But he'll also be 22 next year, will be interesting to see how that works for him. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

Per Taylor Blake ward, it seems like it'll be the 82 pick in next years draft. 

[jsnpritchett]

27 minutes ago, Ochocinco! said:

Do we atleast get a fkn comp pick for him going back? 

Nope.  Only applies to guys picked in the first two rounds.

[Angelsfan1984]

10 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Per Taylor Blake ward, it seems like it'll be the 82 pick in next years draft. 

Lovely

[BTH]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Nope.  Only applies to guys picked in the first two rounds.

I’m pretty sure the Angels get a comp pick, but it’s after the 3rd round.

If it was in the 1st or 2nd round, the comp pick would be one pick later.

[Tank]

21 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Front office still trash confirmed 

okay, i'll bite . . .

why is this the front office's fault instead of Prager?

[Lazorko Saves]

14 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

I think giving Cortez $1.6 million messed up the whole bonus allocation. I was really surprised he got that much, especially considering his draft ranking. I thought he would have signed for slot value at most.

What are you talking about?  Cortez signed for $475k below slot.

[Vlad27Trout27]

4 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

What are you talking about?  Cortez signed for $475k below slot.

oops, thanks for pointing that out. Meant to say I was just surprised at him getting 1.6 mil, and I though at most he would get was 1 mil. 

[Ochocinco!]

32 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

Super confused how a 3rd rd does not sign. Can they throw all his money at the other High School pitcher that's committed to Auburn?

Bump also curious about this 

[Angelsfan1984]

3 minutes ago, Ochocinco! said:

Bump also curious about this 

I think you just lose the slot money. But I generally don’t know what I’m talking about so take it with a kilo of salt.

[Stradling]

14 minutes ago, Tank said:

okay, i'll bite . . .

why is this the front office's fault instead of Prager?

I have it on good authority it’s Dylan Jordan’s fault. 

[BTH]

6 minutes ago, Ochocinco! said:

Bump also curious about this 

They can’t spend the accompanying slot value with Prager’s pick (roughly $900k) if they don’t sign him.

So they have roughly $300k in savings, plus the $150k that doesn’t count against the slot, to try and sign anyone else overslot who is unsigned in rounds 11-20.

Gatwood ain’t gonna sign for $400k

[jsnpritchett]

22 minutes ago, BTH said:

I’m pretty sure the Angels get a comp pick, but it’s after the 3rd round.

If it was in the 1st or 2nd round, the comp pick would be one pick later.

Thanks for the correction. 

[BTH]

 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, BTH said:

 

Just playing devils advocate but wasn’t this considered a weak draft and next year is supposed to be a better draft?

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, BTH said:

 

So 2x 3rds next year…could be worse.

[BTH]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Just playing devils advocate but wasn’t this considered a weak draft and next year is supposed to be a better draft?

I honestly don’t know what the state of next year’s draft is, but yes this was considered a weak draft.

So that likely is a benefit.

Not sure it outweighs dropping ~22 slots though.

Edited July 24 by BTH

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, BTH said:

I honestly don’t know what the state of next year’s draft is, but yes this was considered a weak draft.

So that is a benefit.

Not sure it outweighs dropping ~22 slots though.

Gives them a double 3rd slot value for next year. If it’s even remotely solid draft then having 1st, 2nd (assuming no FA signing) and 2x 3rds is legit, or it gives them a slight compensation for losing a 2nd if they do indeed sign a FA.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Why would you put it all on him?  Why don’t you say that about Ryan Johnson?

Between Johnson and Cortez, combined slot was only about $210k over.

 

[Inside Pitch]

I know a lot of you guys are losing your shit but Prager was the guy with the least upside, the pitch-ability pick.   He's the sort of high floor low ceiling guy we saw plenty of during the Dipoto era.  If you need someone to compare him to, think Chris Ellis, with less stuff.

It would have been nice to have signed the "safe" pick but given the state of the team I'm happy they signed upside guys.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

The bigger message is FU Arte. 

[Angelsfan1984]

4 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I know a lot of you guys are losing your shit but Prager was the guy with the least upside, the pitch-ability pick.   He's the sort of high floor low ceiling guy we saw plenty of during the Dipoto era.  If you need someone to compare him to, think Chris Ellis, with less stuff.

It would have been nice to have signed the "safe" pick but given the state of the team I'm happy they signed upside guys.

I’ll step off the ledge…….

 

 

 

for now.