Twins Appear to Trend Towards Pool Savings on Day 2

6 minutes ago, chpettit19 said:

Who do you think they were calling during that time? Just random agents to confirm that the numbers the agents already told them are still accurate just in case Prielipp fell 20 picks more than they thought he would? That's not how it works. They collect all of that info before the draft. They run scenarios for all kinds of different possibilities of guys falling to different spots and who that means they can take later. 

I literally just told you Jud Fabian did it last year. I gave you the numbers and everything. He turned down 2 million US dollars because he thought he should've gone higher and wanted 3 million US dollars. He had been picked #40 overall by the Boston Red Sox.

2 agents,  Lee confirming they had a good number and Prielipps to verify he was still willing to be picked by the Twins and what number would be reasonable.  Calls happen during the draft.  They can't call a hundred players or agents but the can definitely call a handful.   

Just now, chpettit19 said:

At what point do they decide to call Prielipp? After pick 30? 40? How do they decide he's the one they want to call? How do they decide to call him and the "handful" they choose to call, and not the other guys who will be available around pick 48? MLB's 48th ranked player went 20th overall. Every team has a vastly different board from the others. Each has different bonus pool situations. Were they taking into account Texas taking Rocker 3rd and targeting Porter later and not Prielipp? Did the Twins call Porter as well when he was falling? Or did he not make the cut? MLB's 65th ranked guy went 24th. Did they call him after pick 20 to see if he'd still be willing to be taken at 48 and thus wasted one of their handful of calls?

Do you have inside information that calls happen during the draft or are you guessing because it makes sense to you? Not trying to be rude, honestly asking. If you have inside info I'd be fascinated to hear more.

after pick 8  -  I agree with you I think they were planning to take him 8.  When Lee fell they probably reconfirmed numbers.  This would have first occurred after calling and confirming with Lee's agent.  Then they likely called Schobel agent after they selected Prielipp.  

On 7/19/2022 at 2:21 PM, chpettit19 said:

Yeah, going to have to agree to disagree. I'm quite certain they didn't call Prielipp after pick 8 and say "hey, if you're still there in 40 picks are you still asking for $X?"

They don’t say “if you are there 40 picks later, are you asking for this”

they ask “what number do you need to get to, to get signed?”

they say “3 million” for example and twins agree.

then the players agent tells other teams that “$3m is the amount it will take for the player to sign” and if they don’t want to pay that, he falls the extra picks.  
 

that is how Brock porter fell.  He agreed to a number and the rangers were only one that could get to the number because they saved on rocker up front.