In general, I try to find a balance with HS/college pitchers/batters, but this time around we ended up with a lot of high end HS players and more pitchers than batters.
With our first selection (29th overall), we have chosen a HS starter named
Christian Little. His bonus demand of $7 million almost scared us off, but at the end of the day we didn't see anyone else we wanted at this spot.
With our second selection (35th overall), we have chosen a HS middle infielder (who can also play OF) named
Dorian Gonzalez. His bonus demand around $500k saves us a little bit of budget for other picks.
This pick was received as compensation for the loss of
Marcus Semien.
With our second round pick (66th overall), we have chosen a HS
two way player named
Christian Moore. His bonus demand isn't much higher than the slot amount and he could potentially develop in to a star!
With our third round pick (92nd overall), we have chosen another HS pitcher in
John Rizzo. His bonus demand is $1 million ($400k over slot).
With our fourth round pick (118th overall), we have chosen a HS reliever/catcher. I don't know if I have ever saw a combo player like this before and I didn't know who else to pick. His bonus demand lines up with the slot value.
We do not have any more draft budget space, so our fifth round pick was a high end catching prospect (Jayden Melendez) with an absurd bonus demand ($6 million). I just wanted to keep him away from possibly landing with a division rival.