USF MLB Draft

[JoeB]

Looks like Kevin Merrell signed a minor league contract with the A's earlier today.  Not sure of the specifics yet.  Also, Joe Cavallaro signed with the Mets yesterday.  So our bullpen officially takes a major hit as he had one year of eligibility left.  I guess 24th round money was enough.  Congrats to both.  Still no word on Phoenix Sanders or Ryan Valdes signing yet.

[JTrue]

1 hour ago, JoeB said:

Looks like Kevin Merrell signed a minor league contract with the A's earlier today.  Not sure of the specifics yet.  Also, Joe Cavallaro signed with the Mets yesterday.  So our bullpen officially takes a major hit as he had one year of eligibility left.  I guess 24th round money was enough.  Congrats to both.  Still no word on Phoenix Sanders or Ryan Valdes signing yet.

Joe C. signing is the only real surprise. The Mets must have had some extra money to sweeten the deal. The projected bonus for that pick is well below $100k.

Edited June 20, 2017 by JTrue

[Apis Bull]

Sanders signed over the weekend

[JoeB]

1 hour ago, Apis Bull said:

Sanders signed over the weekend

Nope, the only signed player for the Rays at this point is Hunter Shryver out of this years drafted players

Edited June 21, 2017 by JoeB

[Apis Bull]

7 hours ago, JoeB said:

Nope, the only signed player for the Rays at this point is Hunter Shryver out of this years drafted players

" The Rays also signed eighth-round RHP Riley O'Brien, 10th-round RHP Phoenix Sanders (of USF) and 29th-round RHP Ryan Askew."

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/rays-journal-reward-for-second-rounder-michael-mercado-award-for/2327625

[JoeB]

Interesting, mlb doesn't show any of these signings for Tampa Bay.  Maybe they are waiting to release them all at the same time like the A's did yesterday.

[jg233]

23 hours ago, JTrue said:

Joe C. signing is the only real surprise. The Mets must have had some extra money to sweeten the deal. The projected bonus for that pick is well below $100k.

They can pay you nothing as a Senior bonus wise.  Odds of Cavallaro getting into the top 10 rounds next year would have been pretty slim so if he wanted any kind of bonus at all he would have had to sign now.  Something is better than nothing i guess.

[JTrue]

Just now, jg233 said:

They can pay you nothing as a Senior bonus wise.  Odds of Cavallaro getting into the top 10 rounds next year would have been pretty slim so if he wanted any kind of bonus at all he would have had to sign now.  Something is better than nothing i guess.

Not true at all. One of the reasons MLB instituted its slotting system. If they screwed him as a senior, legit screwed him, MLBPA would file a lawsuit on his behalf and it would cost the team 10x as much as a bonus.

[jg233]

15 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Not true at all. One of the reasons MLB instituted its slotting system. If they screwed him as a senior, legit screwed him, MLBPA would file a lawsuit on his behalf and it would cost the team 10x as much as a bonus.

The only rounds that are slotted are the top ten.  Max bonus after round 10 is $100k unless they want to dip into their bonus pool.  If you are picked after the 10th round you are not guaranteed a bonus and seniors have no leverage at all.

[JoeB]

MLB.com is now showing Phoenix being signed as of yesterday.  Must not have been submitted until today since I saw the Merrell listing yesterday but no Tampa ones.  But I was right about one thing Tampa waited and submitted all of their signings at the same time/date.