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Originally Posted by moon
There have been a few guys that have dropped 1-4 spots because teams didn't want to pay them but the big market teams aren't up there in those spots to take advantage of them.
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You're talking like its an NFL rookie salary structure, that's just not the way it is.
A prospect that would grade out as a mid 3rd rounder hires Boras as his agent and makes it clear that any team that signs him will have to pay him 1st round money. Therefore, his "actual" value is much lower than his "true" value and he doesn't get picked until the 5th round by a big market team that is willing to overpay for the talent.
The small market team that could have drafted the player in the 3rd round instead drafts 5th round talent because they can sign him for 5th round money.
Apply that to ten rounds of draft picks for ten years and this incremental over/under slotting has an appreciable effect.