2011 Post-Draft Rumors/Signings

[Kaizen]

Signings will appear in BOLD


21 Beede, Tyler Lawrence Academy (MA) RHP R/R 6'04" 1993-05-23 HS
35 Anderson, Jacob Chino HS (CA) OF R/R 6'04" 190 1992-11-22 HS -- SIGNED; $990,000
46 Musgrove, Joe Grossmont HS (CA) RHP R/R 6'05" 1992-12-04 HS -- SIGNED; $500,000
53 Smith, Dwight McIntosh HS (GA) OF L/R 5'11" 180 1992-10-26 HS -- SIGNED; $800,000
57 Comer, Kevin Seneca HS (NJ) RHP R/R 6'03" 205 1992-08-01 HS -- SIGNED; $1,650,000
74 Norris, Daniel Science Hill HS (TN) LHP L/L 6'02" 1993-04-25 HS -- SIGNED; $2,000,000
78 Gabryszwski, Jeremy Crosby HS (TX) RHP R/R 6'04" 195 1993-03-16 HS -- SIGNED
108 Stilson, John Texas A&M RHP R/R 6'03" 200 1990-07-28 JR -- SIGNED; $575,000
139 Robson, Thomas Delta SS RHP R/R 6'04" 210 1993-06-27 HS -- SIGNED; $325,000
169 Chin, Andrew Buckingham Browne & Nichols (MA) LHP L/L 6'01" 1992-09-22 HS
199 DeSclafani, Anthony Florida RHP R/R 6'02" 195 1990-04-18 JR -- SIGNED
229 Lopes, Christian Edison HS (CA) SS R/R 6'00" 185 1992-10-01 HS -- SIGNED; $800,000
259 Biggs, Mark Warren East HS (KY) RHP R/R 6'03" 1993-05-10 HS -- SIGNED
289 Suarez, Andrew Christopher Columbus HS (FL) LHP L/L 6'02" 185 1992-09-11 HS
319 Garza, Aaron Galveston Ball HS (TX) RHP R/R 6'04" 160 1992-09-28 HS
349 Burns, Andrew Arizona SS R/R 6'02" 190 1990-08-07 JR -- SIGNED
379 Norwood, John Seton Hall Prep School (NJ) CF R/R 6'01" 1992-09-24 HS
409 Dean, Matt The Colony HS (TX) 3B R/R 6'03" 190 1992-12-22 HS -- SIGNED; $737,500
439 Wiper, Nicholas Newport HS (WA) RHP R/R 6'04" 185 1992-06-03 HS
469 Glenn, Cody Westbury Christian School (TX) LHP L/L 6'03" 185 1992-07-08 HS
499 Prigatano, Richard St Francis HS (CA) 1B R/R 6'03" 195 1992-09-24 HS
529 Dragmire, Brady Bradshaw Christian HS (CA) RHP R/R 6'00" 185 1993-02-05 HS -- SIGNED
559 Berti, Jonathon Bowling Green 2B R/R 5'10" 175 1990-01-22 JR -- SIGNED
589 Weaver, Luke Deland HS (FL) RHP R/R 6'01" 154 1993-08-21 HS
619 Seddon, Joel St Clair HS (MI) RHP R/R 6'01" 165 1992-07-13 HS
649 Mooney, Peter South Carolina SS L/R 5'06" 155 1990-08-19 JR -- SIGNED
679 Nola, Aaron Catholic HS (LA) RHP R/R 6'02" 170 1993-06-04 HS
709 Smith, K'Shawn Indian River State Col SS R/R 5'10" 165 1992-07-31 J1
739 Rollins, David San Jacinto College North LHP L/L 6'01" 195 1989-12-21 J3 -- SIGNED
769 Arce, Eric No School 1B L/R 5'09" 204 1991-11-29 NS -- SIGNED
799 Atkinson, Justin North Surrey SS SS -- SIGNED; $100,000
829 Loveless, Derrick Solon Sr HS (IA) LF L/R 6'01" 200 1993-03-07 HS -- SIGNED
859 Vega-Rosado, Jorge Miami Dade CC South SS -- SIGNED; $200,000
889 Cole, Taylor Brigham Young RHP R/R 6'01" 1989-08-20 SO -- SIGNED
919 Patterson, Kevin Auburn 1B L/R 6'04" 220 1988-09-28 SR -- SIGNED
949 Nola, Austin LSU SS R/R 6'00" 180 1989-12-28 JR
979 Pillar, Kevin Cal St Dominguez Hills CF R/R 6'00" 200 1989-01-04 SR -- SIGNED
1009 Champlin, Kramer Arizona State RHP R/R 6'06" 1990-03-08 JR -- SIGNED
1039 Munoz, Luis Northwestern St U C R/R 5'09" 185 1988-12-24 SR -- SIGNED
1069 Suiter, Jerrick Valparaiso HS (IN) RHP R/R 6'03" 1993-03-04 HS
1099 Sikula, Andrew Marshall U RHP R/R 6'01" 195 1988-12-21 SR -- SIGNED
1129 Williams, Leslie Northeastern RHP R/R 6'02" 220 1989-03-02 SR -- SIGNED
1159 Taylor, Nico Northwood University RF R/R 6'04" 215 1990-02-09 JR -- SIGNED
1189 Cox, Chris Canisius Col RHP R/R 6'01" 210 1988-10-03 5S
1219 Baligod, Nick Oral Roberts U OF L/R 5'11" 190 1987-09-28 5S -- SIGNED
1249 Bartlett, Cody Washington St U SS R/R 6'05" 180 1988-07-22 SR -- SIGNED
1279 Davis, Shane Canisius Col LHP L/L 6'02" 189 1988-04-19 SR -- SIGNED
1309 Eliopoulos, Jake No School LHP L/L 6'03" 185 1991-05-25 NS
1339 Broussard, Colby Faulkner University RHP R/R 6'04" 220 1989-05-08 JR -- SIGNED
1369 Coy, John Wichita St U 1B R/R 6'08" 225 1989-07-05 JR
1399 Farrell, Shane Marshall U RHP R/R 6'04" 225 1989-05-28 JR -- SIGNED
1429 Davis, Austin Central Columbia HS (PA) 3B L/R 5'10" 170 1993-04-26 HS
1459 Wakamatsu, Jacob Keller HS (TX) CF L/R 6'00" 180 1992-05-18 HS
1489 LaMar, Charlie Clearwater Central Catholic HS (FL) LHP L/L 6'00" 170 1992-08-23 HS
1519 Brown, Eric U British Columbia RHP L/R 6'01" 185 1989-02-23 SR -- SIGNED

[devilskup]

when does the period for signing of draft picks start??

[Bigdaddy1980]

when does the period for signing of draft picks start??

I believe it already has begun

[Santoki]

I can't believe there are over 1500 players drafted each year...seems like overkill.

[Schad]

I can't believe there are over 1500 players drafted each year...seems like overkill.

It is, to some extent...hence why you'll see things like the Rangers and Astros drafting paralyzed kids (which is a great gesture).

However, if you're the Jays and have three short-season teams to fill, it's kinda necessary; they have a fair number of kids in extended spring training, but they also need probably 40 or more players to fill out those rosters.

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Tweet from Matt Eddy (Baseball America):

According to info relayed by MLB, the first ’11 draft pick to sign is Blue Jays supp 1st rd (46th) Joe Musgrove, prep righty from Calif.

Sweeeeeeeeet

[-MetA4-]

Tweet from Matt Eddy (Baseball America):

According to info relayed by MLB, the first ’11 draft pick to sign is Blue Jays supp 1st rd (46th) Joe Musgrove, prep righty from Calif.

Sweeeeeeeeet

Awesome. We should actually get to see him pitch this year.

[There There]

Tweet from Matt Eddy (Baseball America):

According to info relayed by MLB, the first ’11 draft pick to sign is Blue Jays supp 1st rd (46th) Joe Musgrove, prep righty from Calif.

Sweeeeeeeeet

Awesome. We should actually get to see him pitch this year.

Yeah... it's too bad that most of the other early round guys who could go higher than slot will probably not be officially announced until the last hour.

Regardless if there is a hard slotting system or not next year, the signing period needs to be dramatically reduced so that these kids can actually get some playing time after the draft, as opposed to waiting almost a year.

This policy of Selig's of holding off official announcements of over slot signings until the last hour is ridiculous.

[Schad]

This policy of Selig's of holding off official announcements of over slot signings until the last hour is ridiculous.

The one upshot (and it's a very small one, because the policy is entirely idiotic) is that we know that Musgrove has signed at slot or below slot. So, probably around $750-800k.

[sonn]

So if the Jays agreed to a large bonus with Norris today it won't be announced until August?

[-MetA4-]

So if the Jays agreed to a large bonus with Norris today it won't be announced until August?

Nope. Large over-slot bonuses are held from being made official until late for fear of them influencing other draftees.

[Schad]

So if the Jays agreed to a large bonus with Norris today it won't be announced until August?

Nope. Large over-slot bonuses are held from being made official until late for fear of them influencing other draftees.

Officially, yeah; in reality, because everyone knows what above-slot bonuses are coming down the pipe long before, the primary accomplishment is to allow Bud to stick it to the teams that don`t stick to his slotting recommendations.

[SharoneWright]

So if the Jays agreed to a large bonus with Norris today it won't be announced until August?

Nope. Large over-slot bonuses are held from being made official until late for fear of them influencing other draftees.

It is kinda funny... MLB assumes agents can't remember a year ago.

[SharoneWright]

So if the Jays agreed to a large bonus with Norris today it won't be announced until August?

Nope. Large over-slot bonuses are held from being made official until late for fear of them influencing other draftees.

Officially, yeah; in reality, because everyone knows what above-slot bonuses are coming down the pipe long before, the primary accomplishment is to allow Bud to stick it to the teams that don`t stick to his slotting recommendations.

Good point. The vindictive commish!

[There There]

Good point. The vindictive commish!

That one fits right along side the senile commish.

Seriously, how can this man still be the head ( or perhaps figurehead is more suitable in this case ) of a major professional sporting league when he is the same guy who had to look at his cue cards not once but twice mid sentence to say that Joe freakin Torre was going to be leading the supplemental round Monday night.

edit... although with respect to vindictive specifically, remember, this is the same guy who launched a personal crusade against one of the greatest hitters this sport has ever seen, clean or not, just to cover up his own failings in controlling baseball's PED problem.

Selig should have been the poster boy for baseball's PED issues from the get-go, not Bonds.

[luenell]

According to info relayed by MLB, the first ’11 draft pick to sign is Blue Jays supp 1st rd (46th) Joe Musgrove, prep righty from Calif

[-MetA4-]

28th round pick, JUCO SS Chino Vega (Jorge Vega-Rosado) has apparently been offered $200k and will sign tomorrow.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/sports/baseball/2011/06/10/whats-in-a-name-as-jays-draft-vega.html

[TheBunk]

Also will be playing in Vancouver this year.

Didn't think he'd get that much money as I can't really find much on the guy and he wasn't on PG or BA's Florida preview.

[Schad]

Wow, that's...generous.

[Avenger]

that's gotta be some sort of a record for a 28th rounder, if we're throwing that much money that late then we might be hitting that 20 million mark.