Rashun Dixon's bonus
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what with all her duties patrolling the mean halls of Terry High School, making all the students there act respectful and what not.
i think the chances are good of us seeing him in an MSU football jersey in a few years just because of how hard it is to actually make it to the majors, but i would have loved to see him in an MSU baseball jersey more than anything bc i think thats where his impact would have been the greatest in my opinion, and he could have gotten a better signing bonus after 3 years if he lived up to his potential. I just hope he didn't sale himself short.
It doesn't matter what the ninth round pick got. I'm not sure about 480k; that's a number I only saw on the OM board and I haven't heard anyone say it locally. I know you want to down the kid for going back on his word and signing for a lot less than he said he would, but there is an actual possibility that you are wrong and he got a pretty decent amount.
of the business...He didnt get anywhere close to what he was asking...If he even got 100K, i can assure you it wasnt much more than that. Especially since the A's new he wanted to play baseball a helluva lot more than he wanted to go to college...
These things were talked about before the draft. Thats why he probably slid to the 10th round, because he wanted too much money and they werent sure they could sign him- so the A's dont waste an early round pick. They wait till the 10th round, because now if he doesnt sign, its ok. If they were going to pay him 450K, they would have drafted him in the 3rd or 4th round
These things were talked about before the draft. Thats why he probably slid to the 10th round, because he wanted too much money and they werent sure they could sign him- so the A's dont waste an early round pick. They wait till the 10th round, because now if he doesnt sign, its ok. If they were going to pay him 450K, they would have drafted him in the 3rd or 4th round
was coming out and saying he wanted to go in x- round and make x-amount of money. MLB teams will low ball you in a minute.
In football and basketball, signing bonuses and salaries pretty much follow a straight line. In baseball, signing bonuses can vary wildly. A swing of $75,000 for a 9th round pick to $480,000 for a 10th round pick wouldn't be unprecedented. Last year one 9th round pick got $600,000 and another got $6,000. HS players generally cost more than college players and Dixon was the 1st HS player the A's drafted. Since they didn't need as much money to sign their 1st 9 picks, there may have been more available to sign their 10th pick (who would have surely been drafted higher if not for the football scholarship). Not saying I think he got $480,000, just that it's not at all unthinkable.
This happened to us with Scott Van Slyke. He asked for I believe 6th round money. He didn't get drafted until the 17th round, but the team that drafted him gave him 6th round money to get him signed.
I don't know what happened with Oakland's draft class, but occasionally if a team fails to sign a few higher draft picks, they'll funnel that money down to a guy that they believe is a better talent than the draft position.
They may think that Dixon is a Top 3 round talent, but his money demands kept him from getting drafted that highly. However, if the team ends up with some extra money, they might give it to a lower pick like Dixon to get him to sign. I know that the spot where he got drafted usually doesn't command that much, but you'll sometimes see a signing bonus for one or two prospects that's way out of whack with the normal amount at that spot.
Van Slyke was that way. I doubt Dixon got $600K, but I could definitely have seen him getting $200K or $300K depending on the circumstances, which could've been enough.
I don't know what happened with Oakland's draft class, but occasionally if a team fails to sign a few higher draft picks, they'll funnel that money down to a guy that they believe is a better talent than the draft position.
They may think that Dixon is a Top 3 round talent, but his money demands kept him from getting drafted that highly. However, if the team ends up with some extra money, they might give it to a lower pick like Dixon to get him to sign. I know that the spot where he got drafted usually doesn't command that much, but you'll sometimes see a signing bonus for one or two prospects that's way out of whack with the normal amount at that spot.
Van Slyke was that way. I doubt Dixon got $600K, but I could definitely have seen him getting $200K or $300K depending on the circumstances, which could've been enough.
Robertson confirmed he got almost 500k.....I'm betting his sources are infinite more connected than you. Just deal with the fact that you may be wrong, but deal with it internally.
8Dog said:
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Exactly. Paul was saying he wouldn't sign for less than $1 million out of high school. He had been projected as a 4th round talent out of high school, but he didn't get drafted until the 17th. However, because he was a better talent than the round drafted (due to his pre-draft statements, much like Dixon), they offered him more money than your average 17th rounder.
Obviously Paul made the right decision in his case in coming to State, as I think he was drafted 8th overall and signed for about $2.5 million after his junior year at State, if I remember correctly. However, you never know if Dixon would've been another Rontae Langs. Langs chose Juco instead of signing out of high school, and he never got drafted again. He was a 2 sport athlete as well, so he probably would've been better taking the money out of high school, playing for a few years, getting cut and coming back to college to play football.
I am with you on this one Coach.
We will never know what he got, but no way it is over $400K.
We are talking about the Oakland A's here, not the New York Yankee's.
They are cheap and if you fools knew anything about MLB you would know they play Billy Beane "moneyball".
They don't shell out big bucks for un-proven players, it's a fact, read the damn book.
Other teams draft may differently and might pay a 10th rounder $600K, but not the Oakland A's.
We will never know what he got, but no way it is over $400K.
We are talking about the Oakland A's here, not the New York Yankee's.
They are cheap and if you fools knew anything about MLB you would know they play Billy Beane "moneyball".
They don't shell out big bucks for un-proven players, it's a fact, read the damn book.
Other teams draft may differently and might pay a 10th rounder $600K, but not the Oakland A's.
They are big on bringing people up through the minors. If they don't have a big prospect at Dixon's position, they might throw more money at him. People are right about baseball being totally different than other drafts. It purely depends on how bad the club wanted him.
That comes from a someone close to him who wouldn't throw a BS number out to make it look better.
As much as Coach and others want to throw him under the bus, he'll see over 400k after taxes.
If someone offered me 400k+ two months before I turned 18, I wouldn't turn it down, regardless of what anyone on a message board would think of me.</p>
As much as Coach and others want to throw him under the bus, he'll see over 400k after taxes.
If someone offered me 400k+ two months before I turned 18, I wouldn't turn it down, regardless of what anyone on a message board would think of me.</p>
GINASFS said:
Actually, more like $300K after taxes. Still a lot of money and he can get a college degree later if baseball doesn't work out. Not a bad deal at all. I'd take it in a heartbeat and 99% of the people on this message board would too.</p>
that is being shown on this page is the video and not his bonus, right? Other than that I don't see anywhere on that page about him getting 400k.
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picked players got.I bet he did'nt get $150,000 even. http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/draft/2008/bonuses/signing_bonuses_08.aspx
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