Will Carter Stewart and or JT Ginn come to Mississippi State?

Stewart is the #8 overall pick with Ginn as the #30 overall pick. The deadline to sign is friday and neither have signed yet. Both are Pitchers.

MLB is reporting that Stewart is having a dispute with the Braves involving a signing bonus. He wants in the neighborhood of 5 million but the Braves are looking at 4 million. Apparently there are injury concerns from the Braves standpoint.

MLB is also reporting that the Dodgers are going to have trouble keeping their salary cap by signing their 1st and 2nd round picks to their slot value. At this point the Dodgers are probably going to pour their money on either Ginn or the 2nd round guy. The article also mentions that Ginn would be eligible for the MLB draft following his sophmore season rather than after his junior year. The slot value for Ginn is 2.75 Million.

My prediction is that neither come to State. I think the statistic is that in the last 10 years, 2% of High Schoolers drafted in the 1st round go to college. If I were to pick between the two I think Ginn is more likely to come to State. But I would still be very surprised if he came. I don't see any chance Stewart comes. And I obviously would be floored if both came.

I think it would be a pretty big deal for Lemonis if one of these guys comes to college. He could put his "recruiting hype" talk into action. Would've been nice to have locked up an incredible pitching coach by now so we could convince both to stay. But as I said in the other thread, I don't expect a big time pitching coach and I don't expect either to sign here. I guess I'm very negative about baseball rn. I'm just trying to be real haha.