2012 Draftees and Status

[cougar]

Per Keith Law's twitter, Ruiz signs for $1.85 million.  Doing some rough math from OSF's numbers, we are now about $200k over slot.  Well, both Virant and Hinojosa are out now, unless something very strange happens.  Time to get the CWS guys signed and go with what we've got.

[Duman]

Law is saying Ruiz will sign for 1.85 million dang beat me by seconds.

[cougar]

Yeah but you have the link, so you win.  My inability to adjust to social media is crippling.

[Navin R Johnson]

Some quick hits from the ESPN scouting Report on RUIZ

Ruiz has one of the smoothest, easiest swings in the draft....good hand-eye coordination and strong plate coverage....has great hands, an above-average arm and pretty good instincts, so he at least has a good chance to stay at third base. He's also a favorite of many scouts for strong makeup.

[austro]

Some quick hits from the ESPN scouting Report on RUIZ

Ruiz has one of the smoothest, easiest swings in the draft....good hand-eye coordination and strong plate coverage....has great hands, an above-average arm and pretty good instincts, so he at least has a good chance to stay at third base. He's also a favorite of many scouts for strong makeup.

After watching CJ go "sorry, bro" on the foul pop-up in last night's game, I anxiously await his replacement.

[jbm]

I was sort of hoping days, not year's. 

[Travis]

Still...we haven't had a third base prospect in quite a while, so that will be fun (though I like Meyer and I guess Johnson counted at some point). Who was the last one? Ensberg?

[OregonStrosFan]

2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Overall Signing Status: With the reported $1.85M signing of 4th round (129) pick Rio Ruiz (per Keith Law as noted in this MLBTR link), the Astros have signed 28 of their 41 2012 Draft picks and have signed 1 non-drafted free agent SS. The teams of all 4 Astros draftees who were playing in the College World Series have been eliminated, and these draftees are 'eligible' for signing.

Official Signings: none.

Unofficial Signings: 4th round pick Rio Ruiz.  See MLBTR link.

Astros $11,177,700 total 'bonus pool' information per Baseball America (LINK).  Referenced bonus pool 'slotting allotments' per pick via Baseball America (LINK).

'Actual' signing bonuses referenced links: Keith Law reports that the signing bonus for 4th round pick Rio Ruiz is $1,850,000 ($1,489,800 above the slotted value for that pick). LINK.

Per available information, the Astros are currently $193,400 above their bonus pool allotment for the picks signed to date.  This is calculated as follows (note: presently the Astros total bonus pool maximum of $11,177,700 is not 'at issue' as not all picks in the first 10 rounds have signed, hence the values noted below are only for picks: 1.1; CompA.41; 4.129, 3.96; 5.159; 6.189; 9.279; and 10.309): $10,041,800 (slotted value of signed picks) - $10,235,200 (actual signing bonus amounts) = $193,400 over slotted value.
Note: Even though the Astros are above their slotted value for the current top 10 round signees, they are not in danger of losing future draft picks for the current overage as it falls within 5% of their signed allotments (pick penalties do not occur unless a team goes >5% over their pick allotment per 1st ten round signees)..


2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Draftee Carlos Correa Lance McCullers Jr. Nolan Fontana Brady Rodgers Rio Ruiz Andrew Aplin Brett Phillips Preston Tucker Tyler Heineman Daniel Minor Joseph Bircher Hunter Virant Terrell Joyce Brian Holmes Jooel Sciafani Erick Gonzalez Dan Gulbransen Aaron West Ricky Gringras Austin Elkins Michael Clark Marc Wik Kenneth Long Travis Ballew Partick Blair Ryan Dineen C. J. Hinojosa Tanner Mathis Angel Ibanez Christian Garcia John Neely M. P. Cokinos Tyler Manez Mike Hauschild Jordan Jankowski James Sinatro Michael Martinez Michael Dimock Zachary Remillard Mitchell Traver Joe Shaw Non-drafted FA signings Brian Blasik

Rd/Pick           (1) 1 (Comp A) 41 (2) 61 (3) 96 (4) 129 (5) 159 (6) 189 (7) 219 (8) 249 (9) 279 (10) 309 (11) 339 (12) 369 (13) 399 (14) 429 (15) 459 (16) 489 (17) 519 (18) 549 (19) 579 (20) 609 (21) 639 (22) 669 (23) 699 (24) 729 (25) 759 (26) 789 (27) 819 (28) 849 (29) 879 (30) 909 (31) 939 (32) 969 (33) 999 (34) 1029 (35) 1059 (36) 1089 (37) 1119 (38) 1149 (39) 1179 (40) 1209 n/a

Signed     Yes   Yes     -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes     -     -   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes     -   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes    -    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -    -    -   Yes

Allotment      $7,200,000  $1,258,700    $844,100    $495,200    $360,200    $269,700    $201,900    $151,400    $140,400    $131,100    $125,000 [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000]

Signed for    $4,800,000  $2,500,000   (unsigned)    $495,200  $1,850,000    $220,000    $300,000   (unsigned)   (unsigned)     $50,000     $20,000         --         --    $100,000         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                       --

over/[under]  [$2,400,000]   $1,241,300         --              $0   $1,489,800     [$49,700]      $98,100         --         --     [$81,800]    [$105,000]         --         --             $0         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                   --

POS   SS RHP SS RHP 3B CF CF OF C RHP LHP LHP LF LHP SS RHP LF RP C 2B LHP CF LHP RHP SS SS SS CF 3B RHP RHP C LHP RHP RHP C 1B RHP 3B RHP RHP

Class      HS    HS    JR    JR    HS    JR    HS    SR    JR    JR    SR    HS    J2    JR    JR    J2    JR    SR    JR    JR    JR    J2    5S    JR    JR    JR    HS    JR    JR    J2    SR    JR    HS    SR    SR    HS    SR    SR    HS    HS    HS          SR

DOB     09/22/94 10/02/93 06/06/91 09/17/90 05/22/94 03/21/91 05/30/94 07/06/90 06/19/91 02/09/91 03/27/90 01/22/94 05/29/92 01/30/91 04/22/90 01/10/92 01/05/91 06/01/90 10/18/90 12/21/90 06/11/91 07/18/92 01/28/89 05/01/91 10/01/91 03/02/91 07/15/94 06/27/91 09/10/90 09/24/91 07/09/90 06/18/90 01/01/94 01/22/90 05/17/89 09/03/93 12/05/89 10/26/89 02/21/94 05/03/94 12/20/93      ??

Scouting Report links

[OregonStrosFan]

Per Keith Law's twitter, Ruiz signs for $1.85 million.  Doing some rough math from OSF's numbers, we are now about $200k over slot.  Well, both Virant and Hinojosa are out now, unless something very strange happens.  Time to get the CWS guys signed and go with what we've got.

Per my math, the Astros could spend a maximum of $1,601,385 in signing Fontana (2), Tucker (7), Heineman (8) and Virant (11) (or Hinojosa instead of Virant) without incurring a draft pick penalty. The math: $11,177,700 (bonus pool allotment) - $10,235,200 (current round 1-10 signing commitments) + $558,885 (5% of the Astros total bonus pool) + $100,000 (amount a player drafted in rounds 11-40 can sign for without impact on total bonus pool) = $1,601,385.

[Reuben]

Brownie just said Astros have signed Heineman. Don't see anything on the internets yet.

[bubba]

It's on Astro's website-

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120624&content_id=33839660&notebook_id=33839664&vkey=notebook_hou&c_id=hou


look to the bottom of the page.

[OregonStrosFan]

Brownie just said Astros have signed Heineman. Don't see anything on the internets yet.

It's on Astro's website- LINK

look to the bottom of the page.

Thanks y'all!  I'll update 'the list' as soon as I see bonus information.

[accougars]

Brownie just said Astros have signed Heineman. Don't see anything on the internets yet.

mlbdraftcountdown has a nice little write up on wha Heineman brings to the table. (I am having trouble linking it!)


He sounds a bit like a left handed hitting Jason Kendall.

[OregonStrosFan]

Neither here nor there, but the nickname of 19th round pick Austin Elkins appears to be "Catfish" (no explanation in the link).  I think we can all appreciate that! 

[BudGirl]

I'm just now seeing that Rui Ruiz signed today, yet OSF already has him on the list as signed.

Good work OSF.

ETA:  official now.

[OregonStrosFan]

FWIW, looks like there'll be another signing announced tomorrow.  The related GZ commentary on this is as follows:

was brownie saying the astros may sign another top pick tomorrow?

That's what I heard as well.  Though I haven't seen anything noted, I'd guess they'll be signing/announcing Rd. 2 pick Nolan Fontana (Florida).  And if they've signed Fontana, they could very well also sign Rd. 7 pick Preston Tucker (also from Florida, which was eliminated from the College World Series last week).  HOU signed Rd. 8 pick Tyler Heineman (UCLA) over the weekend (or it was announced over the weekend by Brownie & on Astros.com), and they could be introducing him, but I'd wager $1 or so that it'll be Rd. 2 and Rd. 7 picks Fontana / Tucker.  That's my $0.02 anyway...

[juliogotay]

FWIW, looks like there'll be another signing announced tomorrow.  The related GZ commentary on this is as follows:

Yes, but that's when it got confusing. After Brown mentioned the possible announcement of the signing JD asked if it was the 3rd baseman. Brown did not correct him and I thought JD was somehow thinking of Ruiz. There probably is an imminent signing but no clues given to who it may be. Surely a CWS participant.

[roadrunner]

With Ruiz, my hunch at the new top 10:

1. Correa
2. Singleton
3. Springer
4. McCullers
5. Cosart
6. Folty
7. Ruiz
8. DDS
9. Villar
10. Ovando

[pots]

With Ruiz, my hunch at the new top 10:

1. Correa
2. Singleton
3. Springer
4. McCullers
5. Cosart
6. Folty
7. Ruiz
8. DDS
9. Villar
10. Ovando

Can't see Ruiz being in the top 10 yet. 

[MusicMan]

Can't see Ruiz being in the top 10 yet. 

Yeah, if Ruiz is coming in ahead of DDS, then either he's the steal of steals, or DDS is already a bust.

[moriartp]

Berman says Fontana is in town for his physical, could sign today.

[Fynn]

Very nice overview of the 2012 draft and the farm system.

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jun/24/astros-building-something-special-2012-draft-class/

[MusicMan]

Tweet from Peter Gammons:

eter Gammons ‏@pgammo
AL Scouting Director:"Houston took its draft position and killed it like noone else. Correa, McCullers, Ruiz...they changed the franchise."

[Ron Brand]

Very nice overview of the 2012 draft and the farm system.

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jun/24/astros-building-something-special-2012-draft-class/

That was nice. Thanks.

[BizidyDizidy]

That was nice. Thanks.

TWSS

[OregonStrosFan]

Very nice overview of the 2012 draft and the farm system.

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jun/24/astros-building-something-special-2012-draft-class/

Thanks for posting that link.  Read it the other day, liked it, and completely forgot to post it...

[Ron Brand]

TWSS

Biz...on FIRE!

[Taras Bulba]

Stack good drafts on top of it in the next two years and they'll be tough.

[BizidyDizidy]

Stack good drafts on top of it in the next two years and they'll be tough.

Should have great position.

[Reuben]

Berman says Fontana is in town for his physical, could sign today.

Apparently he will, presser and the whole bit today. I really like what I've read about Fontana, seems like he could be a good slightly under-the-radar pick.

By the way, love McTaggart's math skills here:

The Astros signed No. 1 overall pick Carlos Correa, a shortstop from Puerto Rico, within hours after he was drafted to a $4.8 million bonus,
...
Houston signed Correa for $1.3 million less than the prescribed bonus of $7.2 million for the top pick.

[hostros7]

Per McTaggert

Baseball source tells http://MLB.com Astros second round pick Nolan Fontana got $875,000 bonus. Position value was $844,100.

There goes the thought he might potentially sign under slot.

[moriartp]

Fontana will go right into full-season ball and head to Lexington, reports The Media.

Levine also says Luhnow expects they'll have to pay a bit in overage tax, but they won't approach the 5% mark.

[Jacksonian]

Per McTaggert
There goes the thought he might potentially sign under slot.

Astros should be over value for the allotted first 10 round money.  However, it's going to be less than what would require them to give up a first round pick.  They'll end up paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 in tax.

[chuckd]

How old is Fontana? thxs

[Jacksonian]

How old is Fontana? thxs

Go to page 1 of this thread.  OSF has you taken care of.

[OregonStrosFan]

2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Overall Signing Status: With the reported signings of 2nd round (61) pick Nolan Fontana and 8th round (249) pick Tyler Heineman, the Astros have signed 30 of their 41 2012 Draft picks and have signed 1 non-drafted free agent SS. Only 7th round pick Preston Tucker remains unsigned from the Astros 11 picks in rounds 1-10.

Official Signings: 2 (61) Nolan Fontana (LINK); 8 (249) Tyler Heineman (LINK (final bullet point at bottom of the page)).

Unofficial Signings: none.

Astros $11,177,700 total 'bonus pool' information per Baseball America (LINK).  Referenced bonus pool 'slotting allotments' per pick via Baseball America (LINK).

'Actual' signing bonuses referenced links: Fontana $875,000 ($30,900 above $844,100 slot value) (Astros.com LINK); Heineman $125,000 ($15,400 below slot value) (BA Draft Database LINK).

Per available information, the Astros are currently $208,900 above their bonus pool allotment for the picks signed to date.  This is calculated as follows (note: presently the Astros total bonus pool maximum of $11,177,700 is not 'at issue' as not all picks in the first 10 rounds have signed, hence the values noted below are only for picks: 1.1; CompA.41; 2.61 4.129, 3.96; 5.159; 6.189; 9.279; and 10.309): $11,026,300 (slotted value of signed picks) - $11,235,200 (actual signing bonus amounts) = $208,900 over slotted value.
Note: Even though the Astros are above their slotted value for the current top 10 round signees, they are not in danger of losing future draft picks for the current overage as it falls within 5% of their signed allotments (pick penalties do not occur unless a team goes >5% over their pick allotment per 1st ten round signees)..


2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Draftee Carlos Correa Lance McCullers Jr. Nolan Fontana Brady Rodgers Rio Ruiz Andrew Aplin Brett Phillips Preston Tucker Tyler Heineman Daniel Minor Joseph Bircher Hunter Virant Terrell Joyce Brian Holmes Jooel Sciafani Erick Gonzalez Dan Gulbransen Aaron West Ricky Gringras Austin Elkins Michael Clark Marc Wik Kenneth Long Travis Ballew Partick Blair Ryan Dineen C. J. Hinojosa Tanner Mathis Angel Ibanez Christian Garcia John Neely M. P. Cokinos Tyler Manez Mike Hauschild Jordan Jankowski James Sinatro Michael Martinez Michael Dimock Zachary Remillard Mitchell Traver Joe Shaw Non-drafted FA signings Brian Blasik

Rd/Pick           (1) 1 (Comp A) 41 (2) 61 (3) 96 (4) 129 (5) 159 (6) 189 (7) 219 (8) 249 (9) 279 (10) 309 (11) 339 (12) 369 (13) 399 (14) 429 (15) 459 (16) 489 (17) 519 (18) 549 (19) 579 (20) 609 (21) 639 (22) 669 (23) 699 (24) 729 (25) 759 (26) 789 (27) 819 (28) 849 (29) 879 (30) 909 (31) 939 (32) 969 (33) 999 (34) 1029 (35) 1059 (36) 1089 (37) 1119 (38) 1149 (39) 1179 (40) 1209 n/a

Signed     Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes     -   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes     -   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes    -    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -    -    -   Yes

Allotment      $7,200,000  $1,258,700    $844,100    $495,200    $360,200    $269,700    $201,900    $151,400    $140,400    $131,100    $125,000 [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000]

Signed for    $4,800,000  $2,500,000    $875,000    $495,200  $1,850,000    $220,000    $300,000   (unsigned)    $125,000     $50,000     $20,000         --         --    $100,000         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                       --

over/[under]  [$2,400,000]   $1,241,300       $30,900              $0   $1,489,800      [$49,700]       $98,100         --      [$15,400]      [$81,800]    [$105,000]         --         --              $0         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                   --

POS   SS RHP SS RHP 3B CF CF OF C RHP LHP LHP LF LHP SS RHP LF RP C 2B LHP CF LHP RHP SS SS SS CF 3B RHP RHP C LHP RHP RHP C 1B RHP 3B RHP RHP

Class      HS    HS    JR    JR    HS    JR    HS    SR    JR    JR    SR    HS    J2    JR    JR    J2    JR    SR    JR    JR    JR    J2    5S    JR    JR    JR    HS    JR    JR    J2    SR    JR    HS    SR    SR    HS    SR    SR    HS    HS    HS          SR

DOB     09/22/94 10/02/93 06/06/91 09/17/90 05/22/94 03/21/91 05/30/94 07/06/90 06/19/91 02/09/91 03/27/90 01/22/94 05/29/92 01/30/91 04/22/90 01/10/92 01/05/91 06/01/90 10/18/90 12/21/90 06/11/91 07/18/92 01/28/89 05/01/91 10/01/91 03/02/91 07/15/94 06/27/91 09/10/90 09/24/91 07/09/90 06/18/90 01/01/94 01/22/90 05/17/89 09/03/93 12/05/89 10/26/89 02/21/94 05/03/94 12/20/93      ??

[Taras Bulba]

Who's left unsigned that would be a good considered a good get?

[Jacksonian]

Who's left unsigned that would be a good considered a good get?

Virant.  Hinojosa.  The Astros will get neither.  Not enough money left.

[jbm]

Any word on Tucker?  I think OSF's table has him as a senior.  If true, seems as though he would have been signed a day after the Kent State loss. 

[Reuben]

Any word on Tucker?  I think OSF's table has him as a senior.  If true, seems as though he would have been signed a day after the Kent State loss. 

I'm curious about that as well. Also, any word on where Heineman has/will be assigned? I figured Tri-City but have not seen him on the roster.

[moriartp]

I'm curious about that as well. Also, any word on where Heineman has/will be assigned? I figured Tri-City but have not seen him on the roster.

ValleyCats just tweeted about him joining them today. Don't know where he's been, but he should be playing soon.

[Taras Bulba]

Virant.  Hinojosa.  The Astros will get neither.  Not enough money left.

Curious that both are listed as signed on the chart.

[jbm]

Might be your browser.  Looks that way on my IPad, but not on my computer.  Anyways, neither are signed.

[OregonStrosFan]

Curious that both are listed as signed on the chart.

Just corrected a formatting issue that might've been causing an issue on iPads/smaller screens.  Work better now?

[Ebby Calvin]

Just corrected a formatting issue that might've been causing an issue on iPads/smaller screens.  Work better now?

On my iPad, yes. Thx.

[Reuben]

Just corrected a formatting issue that might've been causing an issue on iPads/smaller screens.  Work better now?

Yeah, had looked funny on my Macbook before but perfect now. Thanks for all the work!

[cougar]

First of all, thanks for all the hard work OSF.  Lot of hard work went into this imagine.  That being said, has anybody heard anything about Preston Tucker?  I thought he would have signed fairly quickly after the CWS since he's a senior.  Anybody heard of any reason for the delay?

[OregonStrosFan]

Not sure this'd been posted re: Rio Ruiz, so if not, here ya go... MiLB.com 'Before and after: A draftee's decision'

[chuck]

Not sure this'd been posted re: Rio Ruiz, so if not, here ya go... MiLB.com 'Before and after: A draftee's decision'

A little deeper in the piece you'll find:

Prospect Down
"Disappointing" continues to be the most appropriate word to describe No. 80 prospect Matt Dominguez (Marlins) in the batter's box. Though we're far from "lost" being the operative adjective -- he doesn't turn 23 until August -- Dominguez is batting .227 through 55 games in the PCL after batting .258 in 87 games there last year. He's also not getting on base (14 walks) regularly or driving the ball (16 extra-base hits) and even a Gold Glove-caliber third baseman (10 fielding errors) with his abilities needs to do one or the other. When will he figure it out?

[OregonStrosFan]

2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Tomorrow is the final day for draft signings, so I would expect to see an announcement or two from the Astros, including 7th rd. pick Preston Tucker (I've seen nothing definitive on him, but my WAG was that he was waiting to receive the ESPY last night on behalf of Florida).  In the interim though... Saw on the BA transaction sheet for this week that the Astros signed NDFA Lance Day (RHP) from UT Arlington (had a 5-game stint with the independent league Grand Prairie Air Hogs).  

Overall Signing Status: none.

Official Signings: Lance Day (via BA July 3-9 Transactions article)

Unofficial Signings: none.

Astros $11,177,700 total 'bonus pool' information per Baseball America (LINK).  Referenced bonus pool 'slotting allotments' per pick via Baseball America (LINK).

'Actual' signing bonuses referenced links: none.

Per available information, the Astros are currently $208,900 above their bonus pool allotment for the picks signed to date.  This is calculated as follows (note: presently the Astros total bonus pool maximum of $11,177,700 is not 'at issue' as not all picks in the first 10 rounds have signed, hence the values noted below are only for picks: 1.1; CompA.41; 2.61 4.129, 3.96; 5.159; 6.189; 9.279; and 10.309): $11,026,300 (slotted value of signed picks) - $11,235,200 (actual signing bonus amounts) = $208,900 over slotted value.
Note: Even though the Astros are above their slotted value for the current top 10 round signees, they are not in danger of losing future draft picks for the current overage as it falls within 5% of their signed allotments (pick penalties do not occur unless a team goes >5% over their pick allotment per 1st ten round signees)..

[Note: the Preston Tucker signing (underlined below) was added well after this post to finalize the draft numbers.  Calculations above do not reflect this signing].

2012 DRAFT SIGNING STATUS AND 'BONUS POOL' IMPLICATIONS

Draftee       Carlos Correa Lance McCullers Nolan Fontana Brady Rodgers Rio Ruiz Andrew Aplin Brett Phillips Preston Tucker Tyler Heineman Daniel Minor Joseph Bircher Hunter Virant Terrell Joyce Brian Holmes Jooel Sciafani Erick Gonzalez Dan Gulbransen Aaron West Ricky Gringras Austin Elkins Michael Clark Marc Wik Kenneth Long Travis Ballew Partick Blair Ryan Dineen C. J. Hinojosa Tanner Mathis Angel Ibanez Christian Garcia John Neely M. P. Cokinos Tyler Manez Mike Hauschild J. Jankowski James Sinatro Michael Martinez Michael Dimock Zach Remillard Mitchell Traver Joe Shaw Non-drafted FA signings Brian Blasik Lance Day

Rd/Pick              (1) 1    (Comp A) 41    (2) 61    (3) 96    (4) 129    (5) 159    (6) 189    (7) 219    (8) 249    (9) 279    (10) 309    (11) 339    (12) 369    (13) 399    (14) 429    (15) 459    (16) 489    (17) 519    (18) 549    (19) 579    (20) 609    (21) 639    (22) 669    (23) 699    (24) 729    (25) 759    (26) 789    (27) 819    (28) 849    (29) 879    (30) 909    (31) 939    (32) 969    (33) 999    (34) 1029    (35) 1059    (36) 1089    (37) 1119    (38) 1149    (39) 1179    (40) 1209 n/a n/a

Signed     Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes     -   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes    -    -   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -   Yes   Yes    -    -    -   Yes   Yes

Allotment      $7,200,000  $1,258,700    $844,100    $495,200    $360,200    $269,700    $201,900   $151,400    $140,400    $131,100    $125,000 [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000] [<$100,000]

Signed for    $4,800,000  $2,500,000    $875,000    $495,200  $1,850,000    $220,000    $300,000    $100,000    $125,000     $50,000     $20,000         --         --   $100,000         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                       --         --

over/[under]  [$2,400,000]   $1,241,300     $30,900        $0   $1,489,800    [$49,700]     $98,100   [$51,400]    [$15,400]    [$81,800]   [$105,000]         --         --         $0         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --         --                   --         --

POS   SS RHP SS RHP 3B CF CF OF C RHP LHP LHP LF LHP SS RHP LF RP C 2B LHP CF LHP RHP SS SS SS CF 3B RHP RHP C LHP RHP RHP C 1B RHP 3B RHP RHP SS RHP

Class      HS    HS    JR    JR    HS    JR    HS    SR    JR    JR    SR    HS    J2    JR    JR    J2    JR    SR    JR    JR    JR    J2    5S    JR    JR    JR    HS    JR    JR    J2    SR    JR    HS    SR    SR    HS    SR    SR    HS    HS    HS          SR    SR

DOB     09/22/94 10/02/93 06/06/91 09/17/90 05/22/94 03/21/91 05/30/94 07/06/90 06/19/91 02/09/91 03/27/90 01/22/94 05/29/92 01/30/91 04/22/90 01/10/92 01/05/91 06/01/90 10/18/90 12/21/90 06/11/91 07/18/92 01/28/89 05/01/91 10/01/91 03/02/91 07/15/94 06/27/91 09/10/90 09/24/91 07/09/90 06/18/90 01/01/94 01/22/90 05/17/89 09/03/93 12/05/89 10/26/89 02/21/94 05/03/94 12/20/93      ??      ??

[Jacksonian]

Seniors like Tucker are not subject to the signing deadline.

[OregonStrosFan]

Seniors like Tucker are not subject to the signing deadline.

I'd just presumed that'd been done away with in the new CBA... Makes sense though...

[OregonStrosFan]

In any event, sounds like Tucker is going to sign in the near future...  (LINK w/HT to AstrosCounty):

What is next for you now that you have attended the ESPYs?

"I am going back home for however many days I have left of summer. Then I am going out to play professional baseball. It shouldn't be too long (but) I am going to enjoy the next couple of days at home and then get right back into playing ball."

[OregonStrosFan]

No deadline signings for the 'Stros (Levine via Twitter):

@zacharylevine
Astros didn't sign any more draft picks by today's deadline. 7th-rounder Preston Tucker still has time as a college sr.

[BizidyDizidy]

Appel staying at Stanford

[pots]

Appel staying at Stanford

Brass cahones to turn down 3+ million. 

[Ron Brand]

Brass cahones to turn down 3+ million. 

Isn't that the low end of what a Stanford degree is worth?

[BizidyDizidy]

Isn't that the low end of what a Stanford degree is worth?

My guess is he was graduating either way, most baseball guys are on that track.

[Jacksonian]

Brass cahones to turn down 3+ million. 

3.8.  Knowing how well Houston did in drafting a high end caliber talent at #1 and being able to sign far under slot and then racking up 2 more would be first round talents later, I would think Appel and Boras would see more teams following that path in the future.  I'd expect teams to go for kids who are worth that high a pick but willing to take less as pretty much the standard mode of conduct.  I do not expect to see Houston take Appel at #1 next year however, as a senior and from now on essentially, he loses leverage.

[hostros7]

Isn't that the low end of what a Stanford degree is worth?

True, but have you ever calculated the present value of money?  Stanford degree won't get you that this soon unless you monetize a start-up.  Appel may be gambling that the draft is weaker next year.  Graduate, enjoy college, sleep with a few more non road beef breezies and make more next year? 

[OregonStrosFan]

Tucker has signed (Levine Twitter LINK): With signing of Preston Tucker, Astros have now signed all picks in the top 10 rounds (11 players)

I'll do a final update to the signing and status charts over the next couple of days.

[jbm]

The whole thing with Tucker is strange.  First, we have a guy who, it would seem to me at least, should have signed right after Florida was eliminated. He didn't, and then waited a long time to sign, signed for under the allotted amount, and now, the day he signs, he is in the lineup in Albany.

[OregonStrosFan]

The whole thing with Tucker is strange.  First, we have a guy who, it would seem to me at least, should have signed right after Florida was eliminated. He didn't, and then waited a long time to sign, signed for under the allotted amount, and now, the day he signs, he is in the lineup in Albany.

Meh, I didn't really think anything of it frankly.  Not that I have ANY clue what actually happened, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were something along these lines (and wouldn't have an issue with that/read anything in to it...):

Florida is eliminated late in the CBWS and Houston calls. Tucker tells HOU that he REALLY wants to sign and start his pro baseball career.  He's willing to sign immediately, but lets HOU know that he has been asked to represent his college/team at the ESPYs if he hasn't signed by X.  He tells HOU he is a team player and will follow HOUs wishes whatever they ask, but that if HOU doesn't believe it will hurt the team or his development (or his status in HOUs eyes), that he'd like the honor/opportunity to represent his university and take 3-4 days off to get ready to move to up-state NY.  HOU, realizing that 7-10 days isn't squat (especially considering he'd have had another month under the old system last year), tells the kid they'd be happy to have a (soon to be) member of the organization representing his team on national TV and that it'd be no harm/no foul in their eyes.

[astrosfan76]

Meh, I didn't really think anything of it frankly.  Not that I have ANY clue what actually happened, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were something along these lines (and wouldn't have an issue with that/read anything in to it...):

Florida is eliminated late in the CBWS and Houston calls. Tucker tells HOU that he REALLY wants to sign and start his pro baseball career.  He's willing to sign immediately, but lets HOU know that he has been asked to represent his college/team at the ESPYs if he hasn't signed by X.  He tells HOU he is a team player and will follow HOUs wishes whatever they ask, but that if HOU doesn't believe it will hurt the team or his development (or his status in HOUs eyes), that he'd like the honor/opportunity to represent his university and take 3-4 days off to get ready to move to up-state NY.  HOU, realizing that 7-10 days isn't squat (especially considering he'd have had another month under the old system last year), tells the kid they'd be happy to have a (soon to be) member of the organization representing his team on national TV and that it'd be no harm/no foul in their eyes.

Wasn't he in a wedding (brother's?) this month, also?  Or was that someone else?

[jbm]

I wasn't implying anything about Tucker's character or anything.  It may be what you describe, although every other player they drafted in his situation apparently wanted to get right into the mix in the org, get experience and get on the road to their goal.  

Maybe he was price flexible and the Astros didn't want to sign him until all the possibilities with Virant, etc. were exhausted, or maybe they were quibbling over price, although that seems doubtful given the announced price.  The time to signing was strange, but appearing in NY the day he signed was even stranger.  All of the other signees either went to EST, or to their clubs and spent some time preparing to play.  He jumped right in on the day it was announced.  It is almost like they had already signed him, or had a strong agreement days ago, but waited until yesterday to announce.  It just didn't follow any pattern I had seen in this years draft.  

[Reuben]

What did Tucker sign for vs. slot?

[moriartp]

What did Tucker sign for vs. slot?

~$50k under.

[Navin R Johnson]

Considering how much under slot Tucker signed for, maybe he and his agent were simply holding out for slot.  Then finally realized they were never going to get it, so he decided to take the final offer.

[OregonStrosFan]

Per BA, the Astros have signed another NDFA (LINK): RHP Gera Sanchez (NDFA—New Mexico).  I'll add Gera to the chart in the next couple of days as well.

[OregonStrosFan]

And another NDFA signing per BA:

Houston Astros
Signed: C Jon Carnahan (NDFA—Delta State (Miss.))

[astrosfan76]

Unsigned 39th-round pick:

Mitchell Traver ‏@Mitchell_Traver

Friends, I'll make this short: Next Friday I'll be undergoing TJ Surgery to repair a ligament that was injured because of throwing with TOS.

[austro]

Unsigned 39th-round pick:

What's TOS?

[Lefty]

What's TOS?

http://web.usabaseball.com/events/events.jsp?ymd=20110617&content_id=20624380&vkey=event_usab#top

[austro]

http://web.usabaseball.com/events/events.jsp?ymd=20110617&content_id=20624380&vkey=event_usab#top

Thanks.