Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 7:09 pm

We sold Blake Dickerson for 500k international bonus money. I get we need it to cover DeVries, but this feels like a potential steal for the Tigers. Gotta hang that 12th round pedigree on this one, I guess.

Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 11:17 pm

Listened to a Xander interview, and wow did it sound like he'd been jammed up on the 2b switch. He was diplomatic about it, but his lack of even feigned enthusiasm is definitely noteworthy.

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 4:28 am

Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 7:09 pm

We sold Blake Dickerson for 500k international bonus money. I get we need it to cover DeVries, but this feels like a potential steal for the Tigers. Gotta hang that 12th round pedigree on this one, I guess.

Crap!

Had my eye on Dickerson…..wanted to see how he developed over the next couple years.

 

Quote from brent wolff on February 18, 2024, 4:17 pm

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 4:28 am

Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 7:09 pm

We sold Blake Dickerson for 500k international bonus money. I get we need it to cover DeVries, but this feels like a potential steal for the Tigers. Gotta hang that 12th round pedigree on this one, I guess.

Crap!

Had my eye on Dickerson…..wanted to see how he developed over the next couple years.

 

I think the extra money was to land Humberto Cruz, the top rated pitcher from Mexico.  I wondered how we had enough money to sign both DeVries and him, because it didn't add up.  The past two trades for $750,000 takes care of that.

Quote from Jeremy Hill on February 18, 2024, 6:33 pm

DeVries signed for 4.2m and Cruz was reported to be getting 700k. We had just over 4.65m in pool money. Those were the only signings I know of that were over the 10k threshold for counting towards the pool allotment. The first trade should have covered what we needed for Cruz. Unless he's getting more than what has been reported I think we're trying to make a play for someone else along with him.

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 8:40 pm

Quote from brent wolff on February 18, 2024, 4:17 pm

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 4:28 am

Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 7:09 pm

We sold Blake Dickerson for 500k international bonus money. I get we need it to cover DeVries, but this feels like a potential steal for the Tigers. Gotta hang that 12th round pedigree on this one, I guess.

Crap!

Had my eye on Dickerson…..wanted to see how he developed over the next couple years.

 

I think the extra money was to land Humberto Cruz, the top rated pitcher from Mexico.  I wondered how we had enough money to sign both DeVries and him, because it didn't add up.  The past two trades for $750,000 takes care of that.

So we basically traded Dickerson for Cruz.

I’m not one to doubt Prellers scouting abilities…..guess we’ll know in 3-4 years.

Quote from fenn68 on February 19, 2024, 2:09 am

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 8:40 pm

Quote from brent wolff on February 18, 2024, 4:17 pm

Quote from MrPadre19 on February 18, 2024, 4:28 am

Quote from sportwarrior on February 17, 2024, 7:09 pm

We sold Blake Dickerson for 500k international bonus money. I get we need it to cover DeVries, but this feels like a potential steal for the Tigers. Gotta hang that 12th round pedigree on this one, I guess.

Crap!

Had my eye on Dickerson…..wanted to see how he developed over the next couple years.

 

I think the extra money was to land Humberto Cruz, the top rated pitcher from Mexico.  I wondered how we had enough money to sign both DeVries and him, because it didn't add up.  The past two trades for $750,000 takes care of that.

So we basically traded Dickerson for Cruz.

I’m not one to doubt Prellers scouting abilities…..guess we’ll know in 3-4 years.

They had De Vries and Cruz covered with the base allocation and the Carillo deal. The better look is eventually seeing if any of the other > $10K signings end up better than Dickerson.

I liked the pick of Dickerson but any player picked that low (signed with 4th round money) is a long shot to make the ML let alone have a long productive career. With the added $500K the Padres can sign 5-10 very good international prospects … all also long shots. Better chance that one of the multiple international prospects make the ML than going with only one prospect in Dickerson.

But yeh, will have an idea if the moves worked in 3-5 years based on arrival in the ML.

Quote from BoosterSD on February 21, 2024, 9:37 am

So MLBTR has just reported that Hosmer has officially retired from MLB to take work in the media arena.

Question, does that mean SD is no longer on the hook for his salary since he has retired?

And if they are not, does that mean that SD has an additional $12M both under the CBT and salary for this season?

I mean I cant see Hosmer walking away from $25M+ in salary, even if he was getting a lot of media money. Did SD work a media services contract to "replace" his MLB salary and we will see him as a field reporter this season? Is that even allowed via MLBPA rules?

Quote from Jeremy Hill on February 21, 2024, 10:22 am

Quote from BoosterSD on February 21, 2024, 9:37 am

So MLBTR has just reported that Hosmer has officially retired from MLB to take work in the media arena.

Question, does that mean SD is no longer on the hook for his salary since he has retired?

And if they are not, does that mean that SD has an additional $12M both under the CBT and salary for this season?

I mean I cant see Hosmer walking away from $25M+ in salary, even if he was getting a lot of media money. Did SD work a media services contract to "replace" his MLB salary and we will see him as a field reporter this season? Is that even allowed via MLBPA rules?

He announced his retirement. That doesn't mean he actually formally filed for retirement. Filing retirement paperwork would mean he gives up what's left of his contract. That's almost certainly not going to happen. He's still going to get paid. They could in theory reach some kind of settlement that would allow him to formally retire. I don't think it's very likely.