***Official 2024 STL Cardinals Thread ***

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by raybec 4

They were trying to save money because they're afraid JJ will be an overslot signing. Why have they decided to never draft anyone out of high scool?

JJ was said to be an under slot possibility prior to the draft through the first 4 picks.

Slot at 7 is $6.8 million (and there's no penalty for going 10% over, IIRC). So the Cardinals could realistically paid him about $7.5 million without endangering the rest of their bonus pool. Almost exactly what he'd get at the 5 spot. And really, they could've offered him about 7.8 million without worrying since their overall bonus pool is about $10.2 million.

No, there's no justification for tanking your draft to sign Wetherholt. He's not going back to college and leaving as a 4-yr SR with no draft leverage and an injury history. He might get a little bit over slot, but not enough to worry about.

The Cardinals have half-assed the last 3-4 drafts. Nothing but high floor, low ceiling guys after their first pick. And honestly, I think it's because they realize how bad they are at this. They're just going to throw numbers at the problem and hope a couple of these high floor guys turn into 2-3 WAR players.

Because they know they can't scout or develop raw talent. This is just another example of a bad organization playing its slice.