Bump #5 Status as of July 2 Bold: player has signed or given indications that he will sign Name stricken through: player will not sign or has given indications that he will not sign Signing deadline is July 12. Round 1, #32 overall: Korey Lee, C, Cal (JR) - signed for $1,750,000 Round 2, #68 overall: Grae Kessinger, SS, Ole Miss (JR) - signed for $750,000 Round 3, #106 overall: Jordan Brewer, CF, Michigan (JR) - signed for $500,000 Round 4, #136 overall: Colin Barber, CF, Pleasant Valley High School (Chico, California); committed to Oregon /s- signed for $1,000,000 Round 5, #166 overall: Hunter Brown, RHP, Wayne State (JR) - signed for $325,000 Round 6, #196 overall: Matthew Barefoot, CF, Campbell (redshirt JR) - signed for $150,000 Round 7, #226 overall: Blair Henley, RHP, Texas (JR) - signed for $150,000 Round 8, #256 overall: Luis Guerrero, CF, Miami Dade College (JUCO SOPH); committed to South Florida - signed for $150,000 Round 9, #286 overall: Peyton Battenfield, RHP, Oklahoma State (JR) - signed for $148,400 Round 10, #316 overall: C.J. Stubbs, C, USC (redshirt JR) - signed for $85,000 Round 11, #346 overall: Ryan Gusto, RHP, Florida Southwestern State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Western Kentucky - signed for $421,699 Round 12: #376 overall: Garrett Gayle, RHP, Rice (JR) Round 13, #406 overall: Kevin Holcomb, RHP, Glendale College (CA) (JUCO SOPH); committed to UCLA - signed for $150,000 Round 14, #436 overall: Derek West, RHP, Pittsburgh (redshirt JR) Round 15, #466 overall: Cole McDonald, RHP, Iowa (SR) Round 16, #496 overall: Dexter Jordan, 2B, Pearl River Community College (JUCO FR) Round 17, #526 overall: Danny Cody, RHP, Baldwin-Wallace College (SR) Round 18, #556 overall: Justin Campbell, RHP, Simi Valley High School (Simi Valley, California); committed to Tulane Round 19, #586 overall: Tyler Krabbe, C, Montevallo (SR) Round 20, #616 overall: Alex Palmer, RHP, Stephen F. Austin (JR) Round 21, #646 overall: Davis Vainer, RHP, Alabama (redshirt JR); transferring to Arizona to play as a grad transfer Round 22, #676 overall: Shea Barry, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (JR) Round 23, #706 overall: Zach Biermann, 1B, Coastal Carolina (SR) Round 24, #736 overall: Preston Pavlica, CF, Grand Canyon (SR) Round 25, #766 overall: E.P. Reese, CF, Winston-Salem State (redshirt SOPH) Round 26, #796 overall: Chandler Casey, RHP, Lubbock Christian (SR) Round 27, #826 overall: Kevin Dickey, LHP, Seminole State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Texas Tech Round 28, #856 overall: Bryan Arias, 2B, Texas-San Antonio (SR) Round 29, #886 overall: Whit Drennan, LHP, Rollins College (SR) Round 30, #916 overall: Michael Horrell, RHP, Campbell (SR) Round 31, #946 overall: Peyton Plumlee, RHP, Mississippi State (SR) Round 32, #976 overall: Oscar Carvajal, RHP, Fresno State (redshirt SOPH) Round 33, #1006 overall: Bryan Martinez, LHP, Connors State College (JUCO SOPH) Round 34, #1036 overall: A.J. Lee, SS, Maryland (SR) Round 35, #1066 overall: James Nix, RF, College of Central Florida (JUCO FR); committed to South Carolina Round 36, #1096 overall: Chandler Murphy, RHP, Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona); committed to Arizona Round 37, #1126 overall: Max Dias, 3B, Porter High School (Porter, Texas); committed to New Orleans Round 38, #1156 overall: J.C. Correa, SS, Lamar (JR) Round 39, #1186 overall: Brock Rudy, C, Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California); committed to Utah Round 40, #1216 overall: Dillon Plew, 1B, Washington State (JR) Undrafted Free Agents N/A The First 10, with Slot Values 1-32: Korey Lee ($2,257,300) - signed for $1,750,000 = +507,300 2-68: Grae Kessinger ($953,100) - signed for $750,000 = +203,100 3-106: Jordan Brewer ($549,000) - signed for $500,000 = +49,000 4-136: Colin Barber ($410,100) - signed for $1,000,000 = -589,900 5-166: Hunter Brown ($306,800) - signed for $325,000 = -18,200 6-196: Matthew Barefoot ($239,000) - signed for $150,000 = +89,000 7-226: Blair Henley ($188,900) - signed for $150,000 = +38,900 8-256: Luis Guerrero ($160,300) - signed for $150,000 = +10,300 9-286: Peyton Battenfield ($148,400) - signed for $148,400 = slot value 10-316: C.J. Stubbs ($142,200) - signed for $85,000 = +57,200 Overslot signings after 10th round The maximum slot after the 10th round is $125,000. Ryan Gusto - $421,699 = -296,699 Kevin Holcomb - $150,000 = -25,000 Original bonus pool: $5,355,100 Pool spent: $5,580,099 Over pool by $224,299
That takes the Astros under their bonus pool (unless there are unreported bonuses greater than $125k after the 10th) by my count, so they should have another ~$250k to play with that would only cost them money to use.
FWIW, BA has updated their tracker to have everyone except Brewer. Only Gusto and Holcomb got overslot. Dickey and Gayle got the full $125k Jordan got 90k, Palmer got $80k, West and Barry got $75k, Reese got $25k, and everyone else who signed so far got $1k.
Round 35, #1066 overall: James Nix, RF, College of Central Florida (JUCO FR) wants $300K (from the previous page) If the Astros have $250K left before penalties, they could offer Nix $300K ($125K slot + $175K pool).
I guess that’s probably a wrap. Although I would imagine Plumlee will sign, and if they like Plew at all I don’t why he wouldn’t sign for $125k, since he’s a JR and it’s doubtful he could play himself into the top 3 rounds.
They can offer roughly the same deal to Campbell (or any of the other unsigned players) but not much more.
$250K is a good deal, if you consider that MiLB should accelerate their development and puts them at least a year closer to MLB FA.
And that $250k doesn’t include money the team can give the player for college. Far more often than not, it makes sense for any underclassmen to accept a bonus of $125k+. In order to do much better than that, they have to play themselves into the top 10 rounds in their junior year. And like you said, beginning their pro careers sooner gets them to the potential big payday a year or two earlier.
You can't get college back though (which has plenty of non-monetary value). Never know what team is actually offering either. Doesn't help minor league baseball doesn't pay much of anything despite tough travel and working every day. If I was a junior, it would be tough because you may not get anywhere close to 6 figures the next year, but I'd probably be like Nix when it comes to passing up the money. You do it if you feel the situation is right for you.
I don’t know, I feel like a 24 year old former professional baseball player with an education stipend and six figure bank account could have a pretty sweet college experience.
So 5 guys have reportedly signed but are not on a roster: 3 OF Jordan Brewer 11 RHP Ryan Gusto 19 C Tyler Krabbe 33 LHP Bryan Martinez 35 OF James Nix And (barring a late announcement) 9 guys did not sign: 18 RHP Justin Campbell 21 RHP Davis Vainer 31 RHP Peyton Plumlee 32 RHP Oscar Carvajal 36 RHP Chandler Murphy 37 IF Maxwell Dias 38 IF JC Correa 39 C Brock Rudy 40 1B Dillon Plew I’m surprised Plumlee didn’t sign since he’s a senior. I was hoping they’d have money for Campbell and Plew. But signing 7 underclassmen after round 10 is a nice haul.
I'm pretty sure Plumlee signed, they just didn't announce it. The only reason we know Nix signed is that he and Callis tweeted it. Callis isn't going to tweet about every late senior sign, so if Plumlee doesn't tweet it, we wouldn't know until he shows up on a roster.