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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1282297, member: 837"]
It's much more rare these days because teams that want to invest in the draft are hindered by the signing bonus cap. Prior to 2012 it happened quite a bit more often I was making a list of guys who turned down big money that I could remember off the top of my head (Tyler Beede, Matt Harvey, Matt Harrington, Alex Meyer, Ryne Stanek, Mark Appel) but then I stumbled upon [URL='http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=20903']this article[/URL].

Bottom line -- it happens fairly often in MLB and remember, turning down a signing bonus in MLB often means you're not eligible again for three years AND that even if you do sign then you've still got to work your way through the minors, a process that rarely takes less then ~3 years or so.

Regardless, I'm fine with Grant going for the coin if that's what he wanted. I simply don't buy the fact that he couldn't have improved his draft stock and been in a better spot heading into the '15 draft and beyond.
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