With a little more than $16 million to spend, the Diamondbacks have the largest draft bonus pool in baseball, meaning they have a chance to make waves when the draft gets underway on Monday night.
How they plan to wield that clout is something that’s to be determined, Assistant General Manager Amiel Sawdaye said.
“I can’t tell you that,” Sawdaye said on Sunday. “And not that I can’t tell you for strategy purposes, I can’t tell you because I don’t know. I think a lot of it just depends on how the board plays out. You can play it straight and still have a really good draft.