The first day of the draft has come and gone. The draft has taken a few odd turns, but for the most part 7 Sports Group’s prospects are looking like they get drafted higher than expected. One prospect we have has been the topic of several conversations between the Houston Astros and 7 Sports Group. He is projected to be chosen in the 8th through 12th round and the Astros have been consistent with maintaining communication with us every couple of hours after the first round concluded. I know that money was talked about and whether or not our prospect would sign for the offered amount. Ryan mentioned that our asking price was about $100,000 over what they were offering. But Ryan also stated that we must start high to come down to the figure in which we think our prospect will comfortable with agreeing to. The toughest part of this process is that everything is hear-say. Nothing can be put in writing yet and we must take the scouts word for what it is worth, and apparently the scouts word is not worth much from what I take. Apparently the Astros have offered $350,000 and our prospects asking price is $450,000. If we can come to an agreement, then the Astros can draft our prospect in a later round knowing that there has been an agreement on the signing bonus offered. This allows the Astros the room to draft another player who they have not come to an agreement with and that they think will not be around to draft in later rounds. Let’s see how the second day goes with the 2nd, supplemental round, and 3rd round to happen.
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