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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I'm not an expert on money matters in MLB but isn't another advantage for big market teams their ability to pay the high draft picks what they want thus opening up a wider talent pool on draft day for them? Other teams avoid certain prospects because they aren't sure they can sign them.
Or do I am not understanding how it works?
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It doesn't quite end up working that way, more of a case of the smallest/cheapest teams don't always pick the top guy because of what it will cost. i.e. Pittsburgh passes on Wieters and then Baltimore gets him (not the Yanks or Boston.)
It isn't so much that the big market teams get guys they want as the smallest market teams sometimes avoid guys who may be more talented, but those guys still go to small market teams.
In fact a big market team like the Mets are notorious for being very cheap when it comes to draft picks.