Dixon goes 304th to the A's.
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Dixon very likely was bypassed because some teams did not think he was a sure bet to come out and none of them want to waste a top 5 round pick on someone that is a maybe. The A's could easily throw higher round money at him (which happens all the time) and he would be gone. We'll see...but that is my prediction.
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I thought you could only get so much money through the 10th round and then after the 10th round they can offer you more $$ should some of their other prospects not sign etc.
I thought you were locked into a $ figure that you can exceed for the first 10 rounds. Maybe I am wrong on that issue though.
I thought you were locked into a $ figure that you can exceed for the first 10 rounds. Maybe I am wrong on that issue though.
I remember reading an article last year that Moore had asked not to be drafted after a certain round, so that they could negotiate more money. I thought it was the 13th round, but I can't remember for sure.
Baseball teams can do whatever the hell they want to with their draftees.
My gut feeling, based on nothing more than Dixon's quotes and a hunch, was that he'd probably be drafted in about the 10th round and go pro. I'm 1/2 right. Let's hope I'm not completely right.
My gut feeling, based on nothing more than Dixon's quotes and a hunch, was that he'd probably be drafted in about the 10th round and go pro. I'm 1/2 right. Let's hope I'm not completely right.
I bet Dixon comes to MSU now that he is capped on 10th round type of money. I bet he will try to increase his stock at MSU under whoever the new coach is. Good thing he didnt go in the 11th and beyond or he could negotiate for a good bit more money and would probably be gone.
But there's nothing in Wikipedia about a salary cap for draftees and with a Google search the only think resembling one is a rule that if a club pays a bonus over a certain amount, the player has to be carried on the 40-man roster. If anyone can find anything about a bonus scale, I'd like to see it.
<span class="storybody">"Just about all the schools in the SEC looked at me, but I knew I wanted to come here from the beginning, so I didn't show any interest in anybody else other than State," said Moore, whose dad play football at State and his mother was a Diamond Girl for the MSU baseball team. "I've always been a State fan and didn't want to play anywhere else but here."</span>
<span class="storybody">Although State beat out numerous colleges for his signature, they still had one major hurdle to overcome - the Major League Baseball draft.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I was drafted in the 32nd round, although I received calls asking about late second and early third," said Forrest Moore, who was drafted by the Detroit Tigers.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">But Moore had already thought long and hard about the ins and out of the draft and had a quick answer for the teams that called.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I asked to be drafted after the 10th round so that I could negotiate for more money," said Moore. "There's no clause after the 10th round preventing you from negotiating for more money."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">And, as you would expect, the Tigers were prepared to make a last ditch effort to sign him late in the summer after he turned down the first few offers.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"The Detroit scout that drafted me followed me around all summer and tried to make a last offer, but I told him I was going to go to school so there was no need to worry about it," explained Moore, who turned down an offer that was in the 100's of thousands of dollars.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Moore talked about what the pros saw in him that would generate that kind of money.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"They like my pitchability and my being able to get out of tough situations with what I have," said Moore. "And I was told coming out of high school that my curveball was a Major League plus curveball."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">He also has a Major League average fastball and an improving changeup to go along with his hammer curve.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"Since I've been up here, I've been at 86 to 87 (miles per hour) and have hit 89 to 90," said Moore. "That's about where I was in high school right before I got hurt. And I've gotten a lot better with my changeup since I've gotten here."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Although it was tough to turn down the pros, he's happy being at Mississippi State.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"It's been a great experience, although it's been a little different than high school ball," said Moore. "It took me a couple of outings to get adjusted. But I think I've made a pretty good adjustment on how I've dealt with everything. So, I'm pretty satisfied with my pitching and how many innings I'm getting in."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Mississippi State pitching coach Russ McNickle has been a major help with the adjustments.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I've been working with Coach McNickle a lot, trying to stay more downhill," said Moore. "I've done pretty good so far, so I'm happy about that."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Forrest has started a couple of games, but it's his relief pitching that has been the most impressive during the early going. In 16.0 innings he has given up just two runs (both earned) on 9 hits and 10 walks while striking out 17 for an earned run average of 1.13. Moore explained the reason for the success.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I go out with the same mindset, but in relief I don't have to pace myself," he said. "I can go out there thinking I'm going to throw just three innings instead of thinking I'm going to throw six or seven."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">With the success of freshmen like himself and others such as righthanded pitcher Michael Busby and position players such as Cody Freeman, Ryan Collins and Jason Nappi (a redshirt freshman), Forrest sees a bright future for Mississippi State baseball.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"We have a strong core of freshmen that came in here; me, Michael Busby, Ryan Collins, Cody Freeman and Paxton Pace and Shawn Marquardt who are both redshirting," said Moore. "And with the class that we have coming in, we should have a pretty strong team the next year or two."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">But Moore does have one regret and that is that current head coach Ron Polk, who is retiring at the conclusion of this season, won't be around for the ride.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"It's tough because he was a big factor in why I came here, but it is a great experience to have at least one year with him," said Moore.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Although State beat out numerous colleges for his signature, they still had one major hurdle to overcome - the Major League Baseball draft.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I was drafted in the 32nd round, although I received calls asking about late second and early third," said Forrest Moore, who was drafted by the Detroit Tigers.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">But Moore had already thought long and hard about the ins and out of the draft and had a quick answer for the teams that called.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I asked to be drafted after the 10th round so that I could negotiate for more money," said Moore. "There's no clause after the 10th round preventing you from negotiating for more money."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">And, as you would expect, the Tigers were prepared to make a last ditch effort to sign him late in the summer after he turned down the first few offers.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"The Detroit scout that drafted me followed me around all summer and tried to make a last offer, but I told him I was going to go to school so there was no need to worry about it," explained Moore, who turned down an offer that was in the 100's of thousands of dollars.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Moore talked about what the pros saw in him that would generate that kind of money.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"They like my pitchability and my being able to get out of tough situations with what I have," said Moore. "And I was told coming out of high school that my curveball was a Major League plus curveball."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">He also has a Major League average fastball and an improving changeup to go along with his hammer curve.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"Since I've been up here, I've been at 86 to 87 (miles per hour) and have hit 89 to 90," said Moore. "That's about where I was in high school right before I got hurt. And I've gotten a lot better with my changeup since I've gotten here."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Although it was tough to turn down the pros, he's happy being at Mississippi State.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"It's been a great experience, although it's been a little different than high school ball," said Moore. "It took me a couple of outings to get adjusted. But I think I've made a pretty good adjustment on how I've dealt with everything. So, I'm pretty satisfied with my pitching and how many innings I'm getting in."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Mississippi State pitching coach Russ McNickle has been a major help with the adjustments.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I've been working with Coach McNickle a lot, trying to stay more downhill," said Moore. "I've done pretty good so far, so I'm happy about that."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">Forrest has started a couple of games, but it's his relief pitching that has been the most impressive during the early going. In 16.0 innings he has given up just two runs (both earned) on 9 hits and 10 walks while striking out 17 for an earned run average of 1.13. Moore explained the reason for the success.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"I go out with the same mindset, but in relief I don't have to pace myself," he said. "I can go out there thinking I'm going to throw just three innings instead of thinking I'm going to throw six or seven."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">With the success of freshmen like himself and others such as righthanded pitcher Michael Busby and position players such as Cody Freeman, Ryan Collins and Jason Nappi (a redshirt freshman), Forrest sees a bright future for Mississippi State baseball.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"We have a strong core of freshmen that came in here; me, Michael Busby, Ryan Collins, Cody Freeman and Paxton Pace and Shawn Marquardt who are both redshirting," said Moore. "And with the class that we have coming in, we should have a pretty strong team the next year or two."</span></p>
<span class="storybody">But Moore does have one regret and that is that current head coach Ron Polk, who is retiring at the conclusion of this season, won't be around for the ride.</span></p>
<span class="storybody">"It's tough because he was a big factor in why I came here, but it is a great experience to have at least one year with him," said Moore.</span></p>
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Will Dixon have to go to MSU for 3 years before he can go pro in baseball? Since he's on a football scholarship and 0 baseball scholarship, seems like maybe that rule wouldn't apply to him. He could play here for a year or 2, improve his stock, and move on.
MLB has issued guidelines referred to as "slot money" for how much they think each draft pick in the first few rounds should be paid. They want everybody to voluntarily abide by it, but there is no penalty for paying more than the amount slotted for that pick so teams ignore it whenever they want to.
He's not coming to state. I'm hoping he was just upset about being chosen so late and will be in pads next season.. but as of today. He'll be Oakland bound.
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...while he's downhere in Jackson. A six-figure salary is too much for anyone to turn down, much less an 18 year old. However, I think it'd behoove Coach Cohen to give it a shot.
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