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1 11 Deck McGuire RHP Georgia Tech Ga.
1s 34 Aaron Sanchez RHP Barstow (Calif.) HS Calif.
1s 38 Noah Syndergaard RHP Legacy HS, Mansfield, Texas Texas
1s 41 Asher Wojciechowski RHP The Citadel S.C.
2 61 Griffin Murphy LHP Redlands (Calif.) East Valley HS Calif.
2 69 Kellen Sweeney 3B Jefferson HS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa
2 80 Justin Nicolino LHP University HS, Orlando Fla.
3 93 Christopher Hawkins 3B North Gwinnett HS, Suwanee, Ga. Ga.
3s 113 Marcus Knecht OF Connors State (Okla.) JC Okla,
4 126 Sam Dyson RHP South Carolina S.C.
5 156 Dickie Joe Thon SS Academia Perpetio Socorro, San Juan, P.R.
6 186 Sean Nolin LHP San Jacinto (Texas) JC Texas
7 216 Mitchell Taylor LHP Spring (Texas) HS Texas
8 246 Logan Ehlers LHP Nebraska City (Neb.) HS Neb.
9 276 Brandon Mims 2B Smith HS, Carrollton, Texas Texas
10 306 Tyler Shreve RHP Phelps County HS, Redlands, Calif. Calif.
11 336 Shane Opitz 3B Heritage HS, Centennial, Colo. Colo.
12 366 Omar Cotto CF Bonneville School, San Juan, P.R.
13 396 Tyler Painton LHP Centennial HS, Bakersfield, Calif. Calif.
14 426 Dayton Marze RHP Louisiana-Lafayette La.
15 456 Zak Adams LHP Flower Mound (Texas) HS Texas
16 486 Dalton Pompey OF Fraser SS, Mississauga, Ont.
17 516 Myles Jaye RHP Starrs Mill HS, Fayetteville, Ga. Ga.
18 546 Kris Bryant 3B Bonanza HS, Las Vegas Nev.
19 576 Travis Garrett RHP Cypress (Calif.) JC Calif.
20 606 Art Charles 1B Bakersfield (Calif.) JC Calif.
21 636 Chris Marlowe RHP Navarro (Texas) JC Texas
22 666 Aaron Westlake OF Vanderbilt Tenn.
23 696 Angel Gomez OF Maria Cruz Buitrago HS, San Lorenzo
24 726 Ronnie Melendez OF Cowley County (Kan.) CC Kan.
25 756 Brando Tessar RHP Chaminade HS, West Hills, Calif. Calif.
26 786 Jay Johnson LHP Texas Tech Texas
27 816 Eric Arce C Lakeland (Fla.) HS Fla.
28 846 Adaric Kelly RHP Trinity Christian Academy, Lake Worth, Fla. Fla.
29 876 Jonathan Jones OF Long Beach State Calif.
30 906 Steve McQuail 2B Canisius N.Y.
31 936 Luis Benitez RHP Ashworth HS, Carolina, P.R.
32 966 Andy Fermin 2B Chipola (Fla.) JC Fla.
33 996 Melvin Garcia OF Monroe HS, New York N.Y.
34 1026 Tyler Powell RHP Belmont-Abbey (N.C.) N.C.
35 1056 Dan Barnes RHP Princeton N.J.
36 1086 David Whitehead RHP Moeller HS, Cincinnati Ohio
37 1116 Chad Green RHP Effingham (Ill.) HS Ill.
38 1146 Pierce Rankin OF Washington Wash.
39 1176 Nick Vander Tuig RHP Oakdale (Calif.) HS Calif.
40 1206 Brandon Berl RHP St. Mary's Calif.
41 1236 Seth Conner 3B Logan-Rogersville HS, Rogersville, Mo. Mo.
42 1266 Drew Permison RHP Towson Md.
43 1296 Ronald Schreurs LHP Freedom HS, Orlando Fla.
44 1326 Mott Hyde 2B Calhoun (Ga.) HS Ga.
45 1356 Phil Diedrick OF Pickering HS, Ajax, Ont.
46 1386 Connor Smith RHP Blessed Trinity SS, Grimsby, Ont.
47 1416 Gabriel Romero RHP Roosevelt HS, Los Angeles Calif.
48 1446 Nick Studer C St. Michael's College HS, Toronto
49 1476 Matt Abraham 2B Eckerd (Fla.) Fla.
50 1506 Kelly Norris-Jones C Lambrick Park SS, Victoria, B.C.

Things not looking bright on 5th round pick SS Dickie Thon Jr.

Dickie Thon Jr., son of the former Houston Astros shortstop, who signed to play with the Owls, appears ready to pass on the pro game for now.

His father is clearly not happy with how things went in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

Dickie Thon Jr. was taken Tuesday in the fifth round by the Toronto Blue Jays and the two sides are not on the same page.

"Toronto wanted to take Joe (son also goes by Dickie Joe) in the compensatory round, but we couldn't agree (on the signing bonus)," Dickie Thon said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

"Joe is not a fifth-rounder and I don't like the way (Toronto) treated him during the draft. They kept calling to see if we were going to come down."

So It would appear playing college baseball at Rice will be the immediate future for Dickie Thon Jr.

"Our commitment is very high to Rice and it is going to take a lot for him to go to Toronto," Dickie Thon said.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/ ... ed-to-rice

2nd round pick LHP Justin Nicolino looks like a done-deal to sign.

The moment didn't occur as Justin Nicolino dreamed it would, but he'll take it nonetheless.

"It's funny. I was actually at a car shop getting my engine looked at when I found out," the University High graduate said of getting the phone call Tuesday that the Toronto Blue Jays took him in the second round of the baseball draft. "My advisers told me what was going on. It's just now starting to sink in."

Nicolino, a 6-foot-2, 155-pound left-hander, was taken with the 80th overall pick. He was the first Central Florida high school player taken this year and headlined several area prospects chosen on Day 2.

Projected to go in the third or fourth round, Nicolino, a University of Virginia signee, said being picked higher negates his college plans.

"I'm going pro now," Nicolino said. "The opportunity is there and I feel great about it, but I won't be satisfied until I make it to The Show. That's my goal now."

http://varsity.orlandosentinel.com/os-h ... 2624.story

Compensatory 3rd round pick OF Marcus Knecht looks like a done-deal to sign.

After batting .453 at Connors State college in Oklahoma, the 18-year-old North York native expected to be drafted somewhere in the second round. But as day two of the three-day draft wore on, Knecht (pronounced “connect”) watched selection after selection without receiving a call himself. Each time a team selected someone else, Knecht would let his head droop, then perk up with the next pick.

Finally, just after the end of the draft’s third round, Knecht received a call from Blue Jays scouting director Andrew Tinnish, asking if he’d like to be drafted by the hometown team. Knecht says he gave Tinnish a two-word answer.

Heck, yeah.

“It was amazing. It was a dream come true,” said Knecht, who has also played for the Canada’s junior national team. “A perfect way to start my pro career, with my favourite team.”

http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/ ... -come-true

-MetA4- wrote:Things not looking bright on 5th round pick SS Dickie Thon Jr.

Dickie Thon Jr., son of the former Houston Astros shortstop, who signed to play with the Owls, appears ready to pass on the pro game for now.

His father is clearly not happy with how things went in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

Dickie Thon Jr. was taken Tuesday in the fifth round by the Toronto Blue Jays and the two sides are not on the same page.

"Toronto wanted to take Joe (son also goes by Dickie Joe) in the compensatory round, but we couldn't agree (on the signing bonus)," Dickie Thon said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

"Joe is not a fifth-rounder and I don't like the way (Toronto) treated him during the draft. They kept calling to see if we were going to come down."

So It would appear playing college baseball at Rice will be the immediate future for Dickie Thon Jr.

"Our commitment is very high to Rice and it is going to take a lot for him to go to Toronto," Dickie Thon said.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/ ... ed-to-rice

Get real, Dad. Heaven forbid a team would stay in close contact and give you several chances to re-evaluate your position. I must have failed to notice the 29 other teams that decided to draft your kid in the top 50 and offer a 7 figure deal...

Thanks for the information. I agree with Sharone- Dickie Thon Sr. needs to give his head a shake. Lets hope his kid doesnt blow a knee this fall and lose all his value. This approach is so short-sighted. If his kid plays half of the seasons his dad played, he will get back the bonus difference several times over.

Just brutal.

Sanchez appears like he is signable as well:

http://www.desertdispatch.com/sports/ml ... layer.html

Sister wrote:Sanchez appears like he is signable as well:

http://www.desertdispatch.com/sports/ml ... layer.html

“I was kind of expecting to go in the first round, but this is amazing. Getting picked by the Angels as a California kid would have been great, but everything happens for a reason. I just want to start playing.”

“It would have been nice if he could have gone to a team that played a little bit closer,” Lynn said.

Man, that article make Sanchez and his family seem ungrateful. Nitpicking about when he got drafted, what team drafted him, and how far away it is. Suck it up jerk off, you just got drafted by a pro team and are going to sign for some serious coin.

kelso wrote:Thanks for the information. I agree with Sharone- Dickie Thon Sr. needs to give his head a shake. Lets hope his kid doesnt blow a knee this fall and lose all his value. This approach is so short-sighted. If his kid plays half of the seasons his dad played, he will get back the bonus difference several times over.

Just brutal.

Nah...it's just a bit of posturing as i see it. Trying to bring some emotion into it as part of a negotiation tactic. 'We've been done wrong, and you'll really have to pay now because we're upset!'

The Jays did the right thing though as they wanted to be sure this year that all the 1st and 2nd rounders were signable after last year's fiasco. So if dad was negotiating too hard, the Jays had to back off. The 5th pick was probably one of the first picks the Jays felt they could affort to lose the selection if they couldn't sign him. I'm sure most of the guys selected before him they felt confident about.

If they want Dickie Jr, a bit of soft talking, a few apoligies, an explanation of the draft strategy, and then some reasonable money will get it done. Assuming dad is not off the charts loco like Boras, hopefully the asking price is not to steep. So it wil come down to how much $ is left in the budget when the jays sign all the other key guys, and then who's left to spend that money on.

It's a wait and see game now.

Andy Seiler:

Expect Cotto to sign. Also expect 2 of 3 of Adams, Taylor, and Ehlers to sign. Mims will sign, and probably Opitz, too. Painton's up in the air, as are the rest.

Actually, the 5th round pick was one of the first that they couldn't afford to lose, with the exception of our unprotected picks. Had we taken him 34th, 41st, 61st, 80th, 93rd and he didn't sign, we'd get a pick next year as compensation. That isn't the case with a 5th rounder.

If they want Dickie Jr, a bit of soft talking, a few apoligies, an explanation of the draft strategy, and then some reasonable money will get it done.

No, it won't. He has a very strong commitment to Rice...unless we're offering something in excess of $1m as a bonus, he isn't signing.

Keith Law's post-draft thoughts on the Jays

"The Blue Jays opened up it a little more on Day 2 after taking slot guys on Day 1. Command lefty Griffin Murphy doesn't have a big fastball but has good feel and a chance for three average pitches. Center fielder Kellen Sweeney, Ryan's brother, has a similar tool set and has bounced back well from 2009 Tommy John surgery. Atlanta-area shortstop Chris Hawkins is a favorite of mine who won't stay at shortstop but has good bat control and plate discipline. Righty Sam Dyson has a good arm but a medical the size of a phone book. Tenth-rounder Tyler Shreve might be an easier sign now that Utah suspended his football scholarship after he had a fight with his baseball coach (although I'm told both sides shared responsibility for the altercation). Tougher signs include 18th-rounder Kris Bryant, almost certainly headed for the University of San Diego now; and Florida State commit Eric Arce."

Seiler says it will take about $1.25 to 1.5 mil to sign Thon. They had to have known that, so that may be one pick where they open the wallet. Bryant will also take somewhere in that range to draft; so that may be an option if they dont end up getting it done with Thon.

John Sickels has these preliminary thoughts on the draft: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/6/8 ... y-thoughts

He's currently putting up team by team reviews

-MetA4- wrote:Seiler says it will take about $1.25 to 1.5 mil to sign Thon. They had to have known that, so that may be one pick where they open the wallet. Bryant will also take somewhere in that range to draft; so that may be an option if they dont end up getting it done with Thon.

All things being equal, which would you prefer?

Schadenfreude wrote:

-MetA4- wrote:Seiler says it will take about $1.25 to 1.5 mil to sign Thon. They had to have known that, so that may be one pick where they open the wallet. Bryant will also take somewhere in that range to draft; so that may be an option if they dont end up getting it done with Thon.

All things being equal, which would you prefer?

Haven't thought about it too much. 1B with questionable hitting and a ton of power vs. a solid all-around SS?

I suppose if the "Thons" have a specific dollar amount in mind, you can see why the Jays were prepared to wait until the 5th... Same financials regardless of round - and it allowed them to load up on the signable arms they had targeted earlier in the draft. They can still offer Thon the money he wants if they think he's worth it, and they didn't miss out on their target arms that might have been off the board if they had waited until the 5th... Nevertheless, I'm still quite amazed by the apparent chip on Dad's shoulder against the first team willing to draft his son.

-MetA4- wrote:Haven't thought about it too much. 1B with questionable hitting and a ton of power vs. a solid all-around SS?

Yeah, same...I'm intrigued by both (and if I had my druthers, we'd throw $3m at them combined for the hell of it), but I'm not sure that I'm in love with one over the other. So I'm waiting for someone to tell me which I should want, so that I can be angry when they don't sign.

Schadenfreude wrote:

-MetA4- wrote:Haven't thought about it too much. 1B with questionable hitting and a ton of power vs. a solid all-around SS?

Yeah, same...I'm intrigued by both (and if I had my druthers, we'd throw $3m at them combined for the hell of it), but I'm not sure that I'm in love with one over the other. So I'm waiting for someone to tell me which I should want, so that I can be angry when they don't sign.

I dont think you really lose with either over the other. I may slightly prefer the combination of premium position and bloodlines that Thon brings. I think he's also a safer bet given that he's already fairly solid in a lot of aspects, but obviously doesn't have the one standout tool like Bryant does.

I'm thinking we get one of them signed. From Dickie Sr's account it sounds like they made it fairly obvious what their price was and that they wouldn't go under it; so for them to draft him in the 5th regardless makes me assume they are prepared to go fairly near that number, otherwise that is a pure blunder. Seiler actually said that Bryant would cost around $1.5 mil (more than the $1.25 - $1.5 he listed for Thon).

I can't find much info on this Dickie Joe Thon kid -- only this: http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/Vie ... ticle=4757 -- but reading that and the gushing over Bryant, I want both. I mean, just look at some of this stuff: http://baseballbeginnings.com/tag/kris-bryant/. He's getting comps to Glaus, Dunn, and Sexon. He's graded as a future 80 in the power category. If we can sign both, in addition to the non-McGuire pitchers, Hawkins, and some of the others, I think I like this draft very much. If only they took Skole or Sale at 11. Kinda surprising how Skole is one of the first draftees to sign considering all the leverage he had.