Hokies slugger Carson Demartini went to the Phillies in the 4th.
Wyatt Parliament went to the Yankees in the 7th and Eddie Micheletti went to the Blue Jay's in the 8th.
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Let's go to the next level!
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I doubt it happens but I believe Demartini went late enough (which wasn't expected) to come back next season if he wanted
He was projected to be the 93rd pick with a slotted bonus of $788K and was selected 103th pick with a slotted bonus of $545K. That's probably not enough of a difference to go back to VT. And the Phillies could pay him over-slot to make up some or all of that $230K difference.
Maybe a rich Go Hokies guy will give him a million in "NIL" to come back?
Hope so. Would hate to have to root for a Phillie.
I mean given Realmuto is 33, he probably only has a few more years left and its not like Marchan lit it up while platooning in his absence. There are worse places for Demartini to end up than in the Phillies farm given the timeline in which they'll likely need a new catcher. And he could absolutely rake in Citizens Bank Park.
I'd rather see him rake elsewhere, thankyouverymuch. ;^)
Juniors rarely come back for senior years after drafted. They lose money in most scenarios.
Jordan Little went to the Reds in the 15th.
Christian Martin went to the Cardinals in the 18th.
I realize the MLB draft has a million rounds, but 5 players drafted seems really good. Is that by any chance a Virginia Tech record?
Tied for 3rd most with 2022 and 2023.
2010 there were eight Hokies drafted.
2013 there were six.
https://hokiesports.com/hokies-in-the-mlb-draft
The MLB draft is also really weird in the sense that where you're drafted and whether you're drafted may not be an reflection of your talent, but your willingness to sign a lower bonus. This is especially true for college juniors and seniors that would not be considered top-MLB prospects.
Teams have two incentives that may result in someone less talented being drafted over someone more talented: (1) they just need bodies to fill out their minor league rosters and (2) because there is only a limited amount of money for bonuses, teams will only draft players that agree to take a negligible bonus, saving bonus money to try and lure other draftees that do not intend to play professional baseball yet (typically because they want to play college ball).
For example, the Nationals' 9th and 10th round draftees have each signed their contract with a $2K bonus, but the slotted bonus amount was about $150K for each draft pick, saving $148K on each draft pick. The Nationals will also sign several other draftees with super low bonuses to save more bonus money. The Nats drafted a high school graduate MLB prospect in the really late rounds that has already declared his intent to go to college and not to the MLB. The Nats will use all the saved bonus money they have to try and lure that HS prospect to forgo college and sign a contract with a bonus probably nearing $1M.
Rockies gave Charlie Condon a record $9.25M bonus to sign today. Wonder how many other Colorado picks got short changed to let them drop that bag.
Slot value was just over $9m, so not too much of an over slot.
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-draft-2024-bonus-pick-values
The slot value was set at $9.07M, so only $180K over. And getting "short-changed" is accurate, but also the way the draft is done. Some player that just want to be drafted to have a shot at MLB was probably short-changed, but that player probably isn't drafted otherwise (or at least at that high of a slot).
It's different from the Strasburg and Harper days. Strasburg signed a $15M MLB contract, inclusive of a $7.5M signing bonus. Harper signed $9.9M MLB contract, inclusive of $6.25M. Those signings had no effect on any of the other drafted players. Shortly after in 2012, the CBA changed the draft contract and bonus rules with slotting values and total bonus amount, and no MLB contracts. The gamesmanship of manipulating draft bonus has evolved to the current system in which Teams mostly care about their total bonus amount and draft players based on how much they can underslot the bonus such that they can assure they sign their high talent (regardless of draft position) with the appropriate bonus value for the talent.
And it sucks for mid-tier collegiate players because their only option to try for professional baseball is to take one of an underslot bonus that will cover 3 months of rent.
Brady Kirtner signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Yankees.