(Updated 8/2/2022) 2022 MLB Draft and Roster Management Discussion Thread

#101
#101
mad4vols said:
If a player gets drafted but decides to play another year in college, how long does that MLB team own the rights?
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Rules have changed a few times over the years. But now teams have something like a 2 or 3 week window to sign their draft picks. The draft and follow rule has also been reinstated. If a drafted player elects to attend a JUCO, the team retains his rights and can sign that player between the end of his JUCO season and the start of next year's draft. Any bonus amount over $225K would count against the teams bonus pool.
 
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#102
#102
TheMookieMonster said:
I think the first 5 picks are a complete crapshoot. It all depends on what the unpredictable Orioles do. I’m going to guess they go underslot and take Temarr Johnson just to be different.

In regards to our Vols, I’m going to make a few bold predictions. Gilbert is the only first round pick. Both Blade and Beck go in the compensatory round from 31-39.
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I keep seeing everyone say Johnson is a “generational bat!”
 
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#104
This past spring, University of Tennessee right-hander Ben Joyce did two things his veteran pitching coach had never seen before. The first was that 105-mph fastball, which took the internet by storm, and the barrage of 103- and 104-mph fastballs that followed for a whole magical season.

The second was something Frank Anderson, who has spent nearly four decades coaching, didn’t think was physically possible: Twice, Joyce generated so much torque with his lower body while delivering a fastball that he broke his belt — snapped it, just like that. “That was pretty crazy. It just tells you the force and power he has when he rotates. I had never seen that ever, and he’s doing it all the time,” said Anderson...

That unbelievable power has turned Joyce into one of the more interesting case studies in recent MLB draft history. He pitched a little more than 50 college innings, is a year removed from Tommy John surgery and does exactly one thing better than every other amateur pitcher in the country. In a baseball era dominated by velocity, Joyce might find himself as an early round draft pick almost exclusively because of that one attribute — because he can throw harder than anyone ever has.
Ben Joyce’s belt-breaking velocity turned him into an MLB draft case study
 
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#107
Volprofch05 said:
I poked around some when you first asked, but had a hard time finding anything. I'm kind of surprised how little information there is out there on JUCO commitments.
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Just now reading this. Thanks for poking around @Volprofch05. I share your surprise. One would think that JUCO info would be much easier to find.
 
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#120
Without being biased towards your favorite MLB teams, which are some of the clubs that are best run and help players with their development? Which are the worst?
 
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