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Originally Posted by thklein
Real teams used to do this all the time. The current rules wouldn’t allow it because any over slot money you give one player is money you can’t give other players. The team with the most money to spend in 2019 had just over $16 million for the whole draft. Only 19 teams had more than $10 million for the whole draft. So a player demanding $15 million to sign might as well plan on another year of school, because they aren’t getting drafted. Unless it’s Ken Griffey Jr.
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Yup, exactly. With the way the draft works now, these signing bonus demands aren't realistic. Last year in real life, Rutschman signed for $8.1m and that was a new record. Yet, here I am with a guy at $15m, $11m, $10, and like four others over $9m and 6 or so with "impossible" demands. I like the spirit of the changes to the draft in 21, but this particular detail needs tweaking.