re: MLB 2022 Draft Thread

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overslot, underslot, compensatory picks, all of it really

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so the way the draft works is that each pick has whats called a "slot". Think of it as how much money you can offer the player you draft. When you hear "underslot" the team is saving money by paying less than the value of the slot at that pick. Overslot means they are paying more than the value of the slot at that pick

Now there are rules when it comes to that. Each team has a total pool of money that it can offer and it cant go over that. So teams will draft "signable" players at certain picks knowing they can offer an underslotted bonus to save money and use that to offer another player at over their slot


Compensatory picks are picks received by teams for compensation on a team signing one of their players in free agency. Teams can offer players these things called qualifying offers. The player can either take that, or they can decide to hit free agency. If they reach free agency, and are signed by a different team, the team who offered the qualifying offers receives the draft pick from the other team. Where that pick falls is dependent on a) how much money the player signed for and b) what market size the team has