It works both ways too. MLB teams tell a kid they plan on drafting him in x round and offer him way above slot. Then on draft day they call and say their plans have changed and they reduce their offer a whole bunch. So kid tells them he will go the college route instead and doesn't get drafted. Saw that happen a lot last year.
Exactly so if an NIL deal is comparable to better than the signing bonus he’s not forfeiting anything financially other than a year of pro ball and the $40k salary, potentially. If the combined signing bonus and salary are just say $140k and you get that in NIL for 1 year you’re no worse off financially. That may be rich from an NIL perspective but I will say a UF 247 guy said on their board yesterday that BA got $200k and Peebs got $75k for coming here. I’m not taking it as gospel but BA did come down to us and UF so the 247 guy may have an idea of what UF presented to him and extrapolated out that if he signed with UT he must’ve gotten more. IF those kinds of values are out there then it’s competing with rounds 8-10. Now a guy below round 10 isn’t getting that from the draft so he’s not likely worth that at the NIL level either.
It will be interesting to see how much of an impact winning the NC has on NIL for UT baseball. The sport as a whole is exploding in popularity and of course, in no place is it growing more in popularity than in Big Orange Country. We know LSU has no problem buying an All Star team out of the portal. It might be that some UT boosters start to see baseball as our showcase sport.
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Inside Niagara transfer Eric Rataczak's recruitment, decision to commit to Tennessee baseball
GoVols247 details Niagara transfer Eric Rataczak's recruitment and decision to commit to Tony Vitello's Tennessee baseball program.
I would think DD gets above slot value for the “double leverage” he has being a SO. I think he can improve his draft stock by coming back and potentially wind up in the 40-60 range pretty easily but risking a guaranteed $1M-$1.5M is that; a big risk. If he was to sustain a serious injury he might never see that kind of money again.
