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#621 · February 6, 2019, 1:24 pm
According to Badler, this is the guy the Padres may target in International Draft
Ismael Mena, OF, Dominican Republic
Team: Padres
Mena is one of the best athletes and fastest runners in the class. He's a wiry, 6-foot-2 center fielder who defends his position well with well above-average speed and excellent range. Mena is a lefty who stays behind the ball well, and while his power is mostly to the gaps right now, he has the leverage and loft in his swing to grow into more over-the-fence juice as he gets stronger. Mena trains with Rudy Santin and is expected to top $2 million.
#623 · February 6, 2019, 2:01 pm
Can we spend $2 mil?
What is our situation right now Internationally.....and the next couple seasons?
#624 · February 6, 2019, 2:41 pm
I think they will be off the restriction limits for the next signing period and will have a cap of $5.250MM to spend any way they want. So spending $2MM on one player is fine.
Reminder not an international draft just a pool of money determined by MLB.
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#625 · February 6, 2019, 3:42 pm
Quote from David Nevin on January 30, 2019, 12:06 pmDid you guys see the MLB Network show ranking the top 100?
They did a montage of Jim Callis and his "love affair" with Mackenzie Gore!
It was pretty funny but he absolutely LOVES Gore as a prospect and I would think he would list him at the top of the list next season if Tatis,Guerrero and Jimenez all graduate(which they should).
Although he absolutely LOVED Byron Buxton a few years ago too.(Still could be good)
Jim's a sucker for North Carolina...
#626 · February 6, 2019, 3:50 pm
Quote from fenn68 on February 6, 2019, 2:41 pmI think they will be off the restriction limits for the next signing period and will have a cap of $5.250MM to spend any way they want. So spending $2MM on one player is fine.
Reminder not an international draft just a pool of money determined by MLB.
They haven't actually announced the 2019-20 pool amounts, but the Padres should be in the upper tier this year (the years they have a Comp Balance B pick in the draft, they get the larger int'l bonus pool; when they have a Comp Balance A pick, it's the smaller pool). Last year, that group had pool allotments of $6.025M, which was up about 5 percent from the prior year. I'd guess we'll see about the same growth, so the pool amount should be somewhere close to $6.4M. Teams can trade for bonus pool allocations up to 75% of their original pool amount.
#627 · February 7, 2019, 4:46 am
Sorry geniuses for saying international draft. Meant 2019 J2 signings.
#628 · February 10, 2019, 4:47 am
Quote from David Jay on February 6, 2019, 3:50 pmTeams can trade for bonus pool allocations up to 75% of their original pool amount.
Which is exactly what they should do considering how many teams practically give away IFA pool money, if you're chasing market inefficiencies. Would definitely need to do it Disney style though.
#629 · February 10, 2019, 5:00 pm
With the Orioles dropping their decade-old disdain for actually acquiring quality players and the last wave of teams that couldn't spend more than $300K on a player done with that penalty when the Padres are in July, the number of teams willing to trade pool money for the next signing period will be much lower than it was last year.
#630 · February 10, 2019, 5:50 pm
Quote from David Jay on February 10, 2019, 5:00 pmWith the Orioles dropping their decade-old disdain for actually acquiring quality players and the last wave of teams that couldn't spend more than $300K on a player done with that penalty when the Padres are in July, the number of teams willing to trade pool money for the next signing period will be much lower than it was last year.
Someone always steps up. The Mariners and White Sox were both entering or in non-contention windows gave the Yankees 2.75m. Plenty of all stars cost 30-300k. That restriction shouldn't have had any correlation to a teams willingness to spend. I don't see how 5 of the bottom spenders in the league gaining access to 300k+ increases the demand enough to flip the valuation.