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Not sure whether the Astros are so terribly managed that they misallotted their funds or just found a way to back out
Either way, not good for anyone involved
Nothing to do with that IMO. He has an elbow issue. His ucl (I think) is very small or something. It's explained in depth elsewhere. Does he think he will get more money when he re enters in the draft? No way does he get more. Bad mistake by him.
Pushes the Astros back as well in the development stage.
They could only sign nix if they DID sign Aiken.Deadspin's article basically says that the Astros miscalculated their allotments for each pick and if they would have signed Aiken and another pick, they would have been over their total signing bonus number which would lead to them being penalized
Deadspin's article basically says that the Astros miscalculated their allotments for each pick and if they would have signed Aiken and another pick, they would have been over their total signing bonus number which would lead to them being penalized
They upped the offer to 5 million. If he accepted they would've signed both. Aiken is going to regret not signing for 5 million dollars.Deadspin's article basically says that the Astros miscalculated their allotments for each pick and if they would have signed Aiken and another pick, they would have been over their total signing bonus number which would lead to them being penalized
Exerpt: "...with Close, who believes that the Astros are using this apparent physical issue as an excuse to game the entire draft system. The team is trying to pressure Aiken into accepting a deal for $3.1 million, and Close believes that they are using another one of his clients, fifth-round pick Jacob Nix, as leverage. The Astros had already agreed to a $1.5 million deal with Nix, but now they are threatening to rescind the deal if Aiken doesn't sign at a reduced rate.
The Astros are doing this because they are trying to dance around baseball's draft rules. Each team is assigned a "bonus pool" by the league before each draft, a total dollar amount that teams are allowed to spend on draft-pick bonuses. This year, the Astros' pool was $13,362,200, but if they fail to sign Aiken, his $7.9 million slot value gets lopped off the top of that. If the Astros were then to honor Nix's $1.5 million deal, they would end up spending more money than was in their pool, and would be penalized by losing at least one future draft pick. This is also why the Astros are offering Aiken exactly $3.1 million—as long as they offer Aiken least 40 percent of his slot value, they will get the second overall pick in the 2015 draft if he ends up not signing."
They upped the offer to 5 million. If he accepted they would've signed both. Aiken is going to regret not signing for 5 million dollars.
Aiken and his agent both say his arm is fine.
Why should he accept an offer well below the alloted slot?
Will he regret not taking it, probably, since chances are he will not be picked 1st again, but he shouldn't feel bad for turning down the Astros games
don't they have until August 15?
So someone explain this: Apparently if they are forced to sign Nix, they might lose their next two first round picks. WTF?