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Sam Carlson was fairly committed to attending the University of Florida
 Sunday, June 3rd 2018, 4:58 AM;  214;  0;  +0 | 0 | -0
Sam Carlson was fairly committed to attending the University of Florida, which could be the reason why he wasn’t signed earlier. Upon seeing that he was still available 54 picks into the draft, the Mariners jumped in on signing the right-handed hurler. The M’s signed Carlson for $2,000,000, though the pick’s value was only $1,206,900. I can see how a high school pitcher who peaks at 96mph and has above average command of his secondary pitches would be a desirable target in the 2nd round, but I still feel iffy about high school draftees in general. Pitchers can easily burn out if not taken care of, and the Mariners have been careful with their use of Carlson. He’s pitched three innings of Arizona ball, facing thirteen batters, allowing four hits, one run, and striking out three, and has not faced a batter since July of last year. He does, however, have 18.5K followers on Instagram, if you’re into that.
With the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (and by new, I mean the 2011 variety) came changes to the amateur draft, and paramount among them was the institution of a quasi-“hard-slotting” system. Instead of teams getting a recommended slot value and then ultimately using their money to divvy it up as they saw fit, the league made sure that a team could offer no more than the total Signing Bonus Pool, meaning that if you had $5 million to spend and spent it on your first pick, then you are not allowed to sign any more players www.lolga.com .
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