2009 draft signings

[nykgeneralmanager]

You know the deal, green = sign and red = not going to sign

1 Slade Heathcott OF Texas HS, Texarkana, Texas $2.2 million
2 J.R. Murphy C Pendleton School, Bradenton, Fla. $1.25 million
4 Adam Warren RHP North Carolina $675,000
5 Caleb Cotham RHP Vanderbilt
6 Robert Lyerly 3B Charlotte
7 Sean Black RHP Seton Hall
8 Samuel Elam LHP Notre Dame
9 Gavin Brooks LHP UCLA
10 Tyler Lyons LHP Oklahoma State
11 Neil Medchill OF Oklahoma State
12 Brett Gerritse RHP Pacifica HS, Garden Grove, Calif.
13 Deangelo Mack OF South Carolina
14 Graham Stoneburner RHP Clemson
15 Shane Greene RHP Daytona Beach (Fla.) CC
16 Bryan Mitchell RHP Rockingham County HS, Hamlet, N.C. $800,000
17 Chad Thompson RHP El Toro HS, Lake Forest, Calif.
18 Hector Rabago C Southern California
19 Luke Murton 1B Georgia Tech
20 Thomas Keeling LHP Oklahoma State
21 Joe Talerico OF Brookdale (N.J.) CC
22 Richard Soignier SS Louisiana-Monroe
23 Kevin Mahoney 3B Canisius
24 Isaac Harrow 2B Appalachian State
25 Shaeffer Hall LHP Kansas
26 Stephen Bruno SS Gloucester Catholic HS, Gloucester City, N.J.
27 Jeffrey Farnham C New Mexico State
28 Aaron Meade LHP Missouri State
29 Scott Matyas RHP Minnesota
30 Kyle McKenzie RHP Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass.
31 Judd Golson OF Mountain Brook (Ala.) HS
32 John Ebert 1B South Carolina
33 Andrew Aplin OF Vanden HS, Fairfield, Calif.
34 Jacob Petricka RHP Indiana State
35 Brett Bruening RHP Grayson County (Texas) JC
36 Ken Ottoson LHP South Mountain (Colo.) CC
37 Justin Milo OF Vermont
38 Adam Bailey OF Nebraska
39 Cody Stiles RHP Taravella HS, Coral Springs, Fla.
40 Ben Watkins RHP Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
41 Mariel Checo RHP Thomas HS, New York
42 Danny Black SS Feather River (Calif.) JC
43 Isaiah Brown OF Paradise Valley (Ariz.) CC
44 Evan DeLuca LHP Immaculata HS, Somerville, N.J. $500,000
45 Jeremy Baltz OF Vestal (N.Y.) HS
46 Tony Plagman 1B Georgia Tech
47 Shane Brown C Central Florida
48 Patrick White OF West Virginia
49 Xavier Esquivel RHP Loyola Marymount
50 Stephen Kaupang 1B Cypress (Calif.) JC

[PR07]

Yes!!!! I was waiting for this.

Isn't Sean Black a lock to sign?

[nykgeneralmanager]

Yes he has said he will definitely be signing

[VirginiaKnickFan]

Nice list thanks for posting.

[No. 12]

From Pete Abraham:
UPDATE, 6:45 p.m.: The Yankees finally announced the draft picks they have signed:

3B Robert Lyerly (6th round); LHP Gavin Brooks (9th); OF Neil Medchill (11th); OF Deangelo Mack (13th); RHP Shane Greene (15th); C Hector Rabago (18th); 1B Luke Murton (19th); 3B Kevin Mahoney (23rd); 2B Isaac Harrow (24th); LHP Shaeffer Hall (25th); C Jeffrey Farnham (27th); OF Justin Milo (37th); RHP Ben Watkins (40th) and OF Isaiah Brown (43rd).

[Jakespeare]

What's the deal with Adam Bailey? I don't know much about him, but why won't he sign?

[moocow007]

What's the deal with Adam Bailey? I don't know much about him, but why won't he sign?

He was apparently upset about not being drafted earlier than 38th round. He's told Nebraska he'll be coming back for his senior year.

[bishnykfan]

Any update on this, did Heathcott sign?

[nykgeneralmanager]

Not yet, but he and Murphy are likely done deals. However, since they are overslot the commissioner's office is keeping them on his desk for approval until the deadline which is in less than 10 days.

[cmaff051]

3 days away from the deadline, and we still haven't signed Heathcott?

[nykgeneralmanager]

Selig loves to hold the overslot deals on his desk until the deadline.

Heathcott and Murphy are signed

Stoneburner has signed

Looks like Cotham may be signed

Lyons may be returning to Ok St., which would suck since he is a power lefty arm and dominated the Cape Cod League

Aaron Meade looks like he will not be signing

[nykgeneralmanager]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1608

The Yankees have signed Vanderbilt righthander Caleb Cotham for $675,000. His bonus is $5,000 short of the highest in the fifth round this year (Jeff Malm, Rays) and is more than four times MLB’s $149,400 recommendation for his draft slot (No. 165).

A draft-eligible sophomore, Cotham boosted his stock by not allowing a run in 13 innings this summer with the Cape Cod League’s Brewster Whitecaps. After being bothered by a sore knee during the spring, he pitched at 91-94 mph with his fastball and flashed a plus slider on the Cape.

[nykgeneralmanager]

Heathcott signed for $2.2 million
Murphy signed for $1.25 million

[Wade2k6]

Well, at least the Yanks didn't let this 1st rounder go.

[nykgeneralmanager]

The list is updated and final, the Yankees signed 27 of the 50 draftees.


Here is a breakdown of the signed players
6 college RHP - Warren, Cotham, Black, Stoneburner, Greene, Watkins
3 college LHP - Elam, Brooks, Hall
3 HS RHP - Gerritse, Mitchell, Checo
1 HS LHP - DeLuca
5 college OF - Medchill, Mack, Talerico, Milo, Brown
2 HS OF - Heathcott, Golson
2 college catchers - Rabago, Farnham
1 HS catcher - Murphy
1 college 1B - Murton
1 college 2B - Harrow
2 college 3B - Lyerly, Mahoney


DeLuca was an awesome signing, 44th round pick not expected to sign being a HS lefty, but the Yankees won him over with a $500,000 bonus. He throws in the mid 90s already and has a lot of potential, definitely one to watch.

[nykgeneralmanager]

http://blog.imgacademies.com/2009/08/17 ... h-yankees/

Murphy will report to the Gulf Coast League Yankees and play for the team through the regular season and any playoff games. He’ll then return home before reporting to Instructional League in the middle of September. After a few weeks in the league, he’ll travel with some other recent signees of the Yankees to a winter league in the Dominican Republic.

[moocow007]

http://blog.imgacademies.com/2009/08/17/img-baseball-academys-jr-murphy-signs-with-yankees/

Murphy will report to the Gulf Coast League Yankees and play for the team through the regular season and any playoff games. He’ll then return home before reporting to Instructional League in the middle of September. After a few weeks in the league, he’ll travel with some other recent signees of the Yankees to a winter league in the Dominican Republic.

He's listed as a catcher but it seems like the plan was for him to play OF at Miami had he not signed with the Yanks. So I'd imagine he's not necessarily going to be a catcher going forward is he?