Wow, McCullers touches triple digits. He is ranked as the 13th best player on MLB.com. He needs to sign. Not only do we lose his bonus money this year but isn't there no compensation next year for not signing a comp. pick?
The rules have changed isn't there limits now? Caps on overslot? I can't imagine the Astros would make the pick without a pretty good feeling he would sign.
MLB: Major League bloodlines are always a plus and the younger Lance McCullers has the chance to be much better than his father, who spent parts of seven seasons in the big leagues.McCullers is pure power. His fastball can easily touch the upper 90s and it has above-average movement in on right-handed hitters. When he stays on top of his slider it's an above-average, hard and tight breaking ball. He does have a changeup, but it's behind the other two offerings. He's got a feel for it, but doesn't need to use it much at this level. McCullers is fearless on the mound, with a closer-type mentality (and the stuff to match it).McCullers does struggle with his command at times, which keeps hitters from being too comfortable at the plate. He will need to refine that, along with his offspeed stuff, to be an effective starter at the highest level. But there's nothing to indicate he won't be able to do just that with time and experience. SI:Dave Perkin's Analysis: McCullers utilizes a classic, old fashioned "drop and drive" delivery, his right knee scraping the dirt as he follows through, ala Tom Seaver. Son of a former major leaguer, McCullers possesses big time stuff: A heavy mid to high 90's fastball coupled with a biting low 80's breaking ball. In his pitching motion, McCullers severely cocks his arm behind his back prior to releasing the pitch, raising concerns of a future shoulder injury. As a professional, McCullers could be an acceptable starter but he profiles best as an elite closer. Baseball America: Astros: Lance McCullers, rhp, Jesuit HS, Tampa: Son of big-league power reliever is physical and some scouts see two 80 pitches. No. 13 on BA 500.
This may be a n00b question, but why are people assuming we're saving money from Correa? Was it because he might be thankful for going #1, or is it because Appel is a Boras client?
In the first video you can hear his fastball pop. In the second video, he looks like he could hit the mascot on any give pitch. But he did have nice movement on his slider in the video too. I like. But he looks like he's a bit wild.
There is an assigned value for every pick but that is just a suggestion. The only limit is your total bonus pool, ours is 11.2 million for the first 10 rounds. Theoretically we could spend 11 million on Correa leaving us with 200k for the next 9 rounds. In that scenario we would have to start drafting extreme reaches that would agree to sign wayy under their suggested slot value. We might have to start reaching for picks to save money to make sure we can sign McCullers.
I don't know. The slot for Correa is $7.2M. They will try and sign him for less. McCuller's slot is $1,258,700. They will need to go over for him. Astros total for top 11 picks = $11.2M
What really sucks is, if we don't sign a player, we can't reallocate their bonus money to other spots. With no compensation if he doesn't sign, it is a huge risk.
I think we are assuming that correa will be signing for less than the 7.2 mil 1st pick slot value, based off of the previous twitter rumors.
Yea, which is why I can see us reaching for guys so we don't lose their entire slot value but can sign them way cheaper than that number. It's going to be interesting to see the strategy GMs use with this new system.
Villar must have gotten word that the Astros selected Arod with the number 1 pick. Dude hit a grand slam.
If anyone is wondering about the slot values of picks 2-10: Round 2, 61: $844,100 Round 3, 96: $495,200 Round 4, 129: $360,200 Round 5, 159: $269,700 Round 6, 189: $201,900 Round 7, 219: $151,400 Round 8, 249: $140,400 Round 9, 279: $131,100 Round 10, 309: $125,000
And with the final pick of Day 1, the Blue Jays select Tyler Gonzales, a RHP from Madison HS in San Antonio. See you tomorrow at 11 AM for Rounds 2-15.
So if we sign McCullers we could have a legitimate chance at having 7 of the top 100 players in the minors. Correa, Cosart, Folty, McCullers, Santana, Singletary, and Springer. That is pretty amazing when u think how thin our Minors system has been the last 5-10 years!
