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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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Ah, yes, I glossed over the fact this is relatively new. I do actually like the limitation somewhat -- like the strategy of drafting Player A over Player B because Player A's demand is less, which lets you have room to draft Player C the next round.
But definitely the bonus demands need tweaking in a patch. I didn't even realize Rutschman "only" got $8 million last year. No way should anyone be asking for even $10 million if that's the case.