Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae reported this afternoon that the Blue Jays will sign their first round of Austin Martin voting pending a physical exam.
#BlueJays and Austin Martin, first-round draft draft, agree on a deal that is still pending, according to an industry source.
– Hazel Mae (@thehazelmae), July 3, 2020
There are no details yet for Martin’s signing bonus. His fifth total win was $ 6,180,700 in slot value. The Blue Jays have a total pool of $ 9,716,500 and the ability to earn an additional $ 485,824 without the worst penalties. Your upper limit is effectively $ 10,202,324.
They signed their second round player CJ Van Eyk for $ 1,800,000, third round player Trent Palmer for $ 850,000 and fifth round player Zach Britton for $ 97,500. If you do a bit of mental math, you’ll get a total of $ 2,747,500 in bonuses that have been handed out so far and a nice $ 6,969,000 in remaining. This gives them $ 7,454,824 in leeway that they can give Martin and quarter-finalist Nick Frasso without losing future draft picks by crossing their pool. This $ 7.45 million figure is between the second and third total slot bonuses.
Let’s play a game in the comments below. Guess Austin Martin’s signing bonus; The next one who doesn’t go beyond that will win 15,000 internet points. An accurate estimate wins 50,000 internet points.