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2012 Aggregate Bonus Pools
Posted Feb. 20, 2012 11:05 am by Jim Callis
Filed under: Draft Dope
As part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, teams are now assigned an aggregate signing bonus pool for their picks in the first 10 rounds of the draft. Each has a predetermined value, from $7.2 million for the No. 1 choice to $125,000 for pick No. 300 and any subsequent .
Raul Ibanez has agreed to a contract with the Yankees, all but finalizing the draft order. Derrek Lee is the lone potential compensation free agent remaining on the market, but he won't generate a compensation pick if he signs a minor league deal, as expected. Unless Lee gets a major league contract, the aggregate bonus pools below are set in stone.
The pools range from $12,368,200 for the Twins (who own the No. 2 choice and added three selections for the loss of free agents Michael Cuddyer and Jason Kubel) to $1,645,700 for the Angels (who forfeited their first two picks to sign free agents Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson). The sum of all the pools is $189,903,500, a slight reduction from the $191,876,250 clubs spent on the first 10 rounds of the loaded 2011 draft.
Any team that exceeds its bonus pool by 0-5 percent must pay a 75 percent tax on the overage. The penalties escalate, with a 75 percent tax and the loss of a first-round pick for a 5-10 percent overage; a 100 percent tax and the loss of first- and second-rounders for a 10-15 percent overage; and a 100 percent tax and the loss of two first-rounders for an overage of 15 percent or more.
Below are the bonus pools for each club, along with how much it spent last year on draft bonuses, both in the first 10 rounds and in total.
Team Picks Bonus Pool 2011/Top 10 2011/Total
Twins 13 $12,368,200 $5,072,300 $5,902,300
Astros 11 $11,177,700 $4,705,800 $5,545,800
Padres 14 $9,903,100 $10,345,600 $11,020,600
Cardinals 14 $9,131,100 $4,055,000 $4,554,000
Blue Jays 14 $8,830,800 $8,990,000 $10,996,500
Athletics 13 $8,469,500 $2,612,300 $3,067,300
Mariners 11 $8,223,400 $9,840,000 $11,330,500
Cubs 12 $7,933,900 $6,559,950 $11,994,550
Mets 12 $7,151,400 $5,070,000 $6,782,500
Red Sox 12 $6,884,800 $10,048,700 $10,978,700
Orioles 10 $6,826,900 $7,282,400 $8,432,100
Brewers 12 $6,764,700 $6,793,300 $7,509,300
Reds 12 $6,653,800 $3,701,400 $6,378,900
Rockies 12 $6,628,300 $3,709,900 $3,967,900
Rangers 13 $6,568,200 $3,021,500 $4,193,000
Pirates 11 $6,563,500 $16,445,700 $17,005,700
Royals 10 $6,101,500 $11,405,000 $14,066,000
White Sox 11 $5,915,100 $2,126,300 $2,786,300
Dodgers 11 $5,202,800 $2,978,800 $3,509,300
Marlins 10 $4,935,100 $3,655,000 $4,135,000
Phillies 12 $4,916,900 $3,855,300 $4,689,800
Indians 10 $4,582,900 $6,362,500 $8,225,000
Nationals 10 $4,436,200 $14,551,100 $15,002,100
Yankees 11 $4,192,200 $4,202,500 $6,324,500
Giants 10 $4,076,400 $5,021,000 $6,266,000
Braves 10 $4,030,800 $2,522,200 $3,735,700
Rays 10 $3,871,000 $11,309,400 $11,482,900
D-Backs 10 $3,818,300 $11,161,500 $11,930,000
Tigers 9 $2,099,300 $1,815,200 $2,878,700
Angels 8 $1,645,700 $2,656,600 $3,318,100
Total 338 $189,903,500 $191,876,250 $228,009,050
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