4th-rder Matt Brash signs with @Padres for $512,400 (full slot at pick 113). Niagara RHP, MAAC pitcher of the year, set school & league record with 121 K in 85 1/3 IP. Runs his fastball up to 96 mph and backs it up with a solid slider. @MLBDraft

— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 10, 2019

Officially a Padre 💙. I would like to thank God for making my dream come true👏🏾. pic.twitter.com/qHdlN6rbBj

— Taylor Lomack (@LomackTaylor) June 10, 2019

Padres are collecting quite a pool of surplus money with

1. Abrams under $520,000

2. Mears under $543,000

2b. Driscoll under $257,000 (per one report)

then IF Callis is near correct on the savings from picks 7 - 10 at $700,000 they could be sitting to start with:

$2,000,000 ... they could go over the pool allotment by about $500,000 without losing a draft pick (75% penalty .. that is only money) ... so about $2,500,000.

So the interplay in negotiation among the Padres, Head, and Hampton must be "interesting"

For Hampton have to also add is $125,000 base ... so at the core the money is pretty close to his initial demand.

For Head his slot value is $722,000 ... apparently a hard sign but not sure if the Padres wanted him under slot and he wants slot or he wants over slot (and how much).

The one other unsigned from the pool is Fellows a pitcher from Vandy (still in the college World Series) with a pool value of $289,000 ... likely not an overshot issue but not much even if he comes in under slot ... so consider his signing a non-factor for pool sizing.

IF I got that all correct (long shot) ... signing Hampton could be on the radar especially if he drops down in his demand. On the other hand, if he does not .... Padres have a lot of money to sign a slew of 3rd day picks over slot.

#Padres working fast. Joshua Mears gets $1M. Logan Driscoll gets $600K. Deals done for 9 of first 11 picks https://t.co/sQk2Uagx3v pic.twitter.com/off0ztY8oO

— Jeff Sanders (@sdutSanders) June 10, 2019

7th Round Conner Lehman sign for 35,000. Slot value is 225,800.

Padres have 3,944,385 left to spend on Hudson Head, Chris Lincoln, Drake Fellows, Andrew Mitchel, Jason Mitchel. Think it’s fair to assume they’ll have around 2 mill left over to offer Hampton.

— idk (@advancedstats23) June 10, 2019

Quote from ramrodd on June 10, 2019, 2:12 pm

https://twitter.com/advancedstats23/status/1138181655862992899

Do they work backwards and sign Hampton then see who among the others they have the budget left over to sign?  I mean if he is the best of the bunch and all.

Haha that is my twitter account I'm keeping track of it here. I'm sure there are some guys in 11-40th round that haven't been announced yet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vzVEyvoHEzE-rhXudBJamvn2VNnKWTSXFxm0XyjJ0Y0/edit#gid=0

Quote from Brian Connelly on June 9, 2019, 11:14 am

Quote from LynchMob on June 9, 2019, 8:49 am

Why would a kid like Abrams sign for below slot?

It seemed like he was clearly part of the Top 6 ... so he was not a reach at all ...

Good question.  I think in the 1st round, especially high, the High Schoolers actually lose leverage, because there's simply no way they're going to pass up 5 MM+ to go to college; can't really get higher in the draft.  (Karsten Whitson may be the cautionary tale).

 

Abrams next spot was supposedly 10, 7-8-9 were reportedly not on him so the padres had a little bit of leverage there