WR Monte Harrison

PaulCrewe said:
Omaha-Husker said:
Slot money doesn't guarantee that is what he will get offered, just keep that in mind. It is possible that if a team underdrafted a prospect higher in the draft and made a deal with that prospect to sign for below the slot money they can then overdraft later and give larger bonuses to prospects further down the draft.
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This. Everyone that thinks signing bonuses are set in stone in set ranges per round need to read this.
MH didn't go 45th so he can come on to Lincoln for all I care now.
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They do have a pool though they can't go over without penalties, some as stuff as forfeiting draft picks.

This article explains things pretty well

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/2014-draft-assigned-pick-values-for-top-10-rounds/

 
Good news is a small market team like the brewers probably won't be willing to pay fines to pay him higher than his slot. He's also their third pick, so we can hope the first two negotiate for more than their slots, leaving less for Monte.

In all likelihood though, he'll have a choice between (roughly) a million dollar signing bonus and going to school. I don't love our odds, though they are better than what most people were predicting.

 
Will be interesting to see if they try to push for more money with the threat of formal and claiming he was drafted lower than he should have gone.

 
I think one of the biggest differences between Harrison and Starling is that Starling didn't have a favorite sport, but in one of the articles by the world herald clearly stated that his first love is Baseball. Now he could decide to try his hand in 3 years, but I have a feeling he's been gone for a while and that's one of the main reasons we went after Stringfellow.

 
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