balsamlaker

Hard to blame the kid (Knaak) or family on this one unless they sought out Clemson after agreeing to the deal with Milwaukee. Where he was drafted and what he was going to get offered was not a huge surprise. The Clemson folks could have put their offer together before the draft and no one would have been the wiser and the Brewers would have taken someone else (maybe even his teammate - LeGuemic).

Great to see Maiorana sign! When Hart's $ number came in and there was still space, I had hope another one was coming as sometimes the Brewers come within dollars of maxing their 105% and it looks like they did it again this year. I agree with Narwhal's take that this seems like a shortsighted move for the Clemson program that had a really tough year in the ACC last year.

It is hard to blame NIL on this one, as no other college player in the top 10 rounds is doing this same "strategy".

I agree with CheeseheadInQC (and not just because I was in the Quad Cities last weekend). You (the Brewers) don't take a risk in the 5th round, as there is no reward other than saving money. Unless Knaak has a great personal and/or academic reason, I do not get this decision from a professional standpoint. The Brewers have been described as a "pitching factory" and he has regressed during his time at Clemson. Secondly, when the draft comes around next year, he will be close to 23 y/o. Looking at this year's top five rounds, only two players were this age that were selected in the top 5 rounds. Riojas was taken in the third and signed for under 80% of the pick slot and Jelkin was taken in the compensatory round after the fourth and signed for around pick value. Since I always thought Knaak was signing around slot value, it only costs you about $20,000 more in signing your other picks.

With the Brewers current strategy, there are always going to be some players that sign for big money in following years, but for every Cijntje, Hajjar, or Workman there seems to be 5-10 drafted players by the team that don't get redrafted. Regarding Coil, he probably wasn't getting more than 150K this year and maybe still gets it next year like Parker did this year after passing on the Brewers last year.

I get the point of not liking leaving money on the table, but if Holden would have signed for just over a million or Roupe and him would have split the money left, I wouldn't have blinked an eye.

Shout out to the SE area scouts for securing three late round picks.

Any chance any of the 2025 group went over the $150K threshold? I feel like Bonet may be the strongest sign at this point.

Is there money for Roupe and another?

Parker got the $150K this year that likely he would have been offered last year.

Is everyone ready for "Brewers Day" otherwise known as the draft signings deadline day? The Brewers unique strategy they have used over the last number of years makes them the focus of the deadline. Annually only about 5-10 players in rounds 11-20 sign for over $500K and the Brewers tend to have about a quarter of them.

If the past is a predictor, the remaining picks likely aren't announced until Monday. Sign on the line high schoolers and hang around to watch Miz pitch against the Cubs. Sounds like a great day!

Disappointing to see Underwood not coming to Milwaukee, but still a number of lottery tickets out there to throw money at. Roupe, if the signing is confirmed, could be getting a chunk as he was definitely one of the top high school prospects in SC.

I would agree that Bentley and Holden are likely backup plans, but sometimes backup plans happen. There were probably a number of players in recent memory that may have been the same - Dubanewicz and Renz last year probably got Levonas' overslot amount and a combination of Vire, Low, and Avina probably got Riggio's overslot in 2021. The impressive thing is they are carrying a larger number ($) to the second half of the draft this year after signing the entire first half (don't have the Levonas' overslot coming down).

Hayden wasn't considered a top-300 prospect, so it isn't shocking although I thought being a high schooler would get him a little closer to slot. Basically a player that the Brewers gave a 11th - 20th round grade to which is fair with the $150K signing figure, but made a priority for them drafting him in the first ten rounds.