Yup he is signed, on his twitter profile he has a picture of the new Astros logo, and it also says "Baseball - Houston Astro". I wonder for how much. Also do you think we sign guys like German and Nicely?
He's actually had that up since Monday. I figured that he had signed or had been close to signing. If the Astros didn't like their chances of signing Nicely, they wouldn't have taken him in the 1st 10 rounds. I also hope they can scrounge $280K together to entice German.
Oh I did not know about that. That's a good point. I guess it all really depends on how much we save (if any) from Appel.
If memory serves me right, nothing's going to start with Appel until after he walks and gets his diploma. Which I believe happens Monday.
Gregory signed for slot. http://www.astroscounty.com/2013/06/conrad-gregor-signing-bonus-announced.html
I would have assumed Gregory would sign for under slot considering he's done nothing in his regular season college career. Hoping Tony Kemp signed for under slot then... Really surprised Jason Martin signed for so little. Typical HS contracts include a clause where the team will pay for 4 years of college if the athlete ever goes back to attend, so might as well get your career started, get college paid for, and make a little money on the side.
His name is Gregor. He's done a lot. Not many players have a career .444 OBP. He just hasn't shown power in his collegiate career, only in the Cape Cod League. Tony Kemp referred to it as a lot of money, and the slot is only $300-something K, so doubtful.
It could be. I just doubt it is under slot. I figure between slot and $500k (I'm guessing closer to slot, but that is just a guess). Keep in mind they have almost $600k they can go over, so signing a guy like German is doable even without savings.
We better get Austin Nicely. I'd imagine his number is at least $750k to give up going to UVa. Would really like to see Appel sign for $6.7M or so.
Thurman to sign. http://brianmctaggart.mlblogs.com/2013/06/14/second-round-pick-thurman-set-to-sign-with-astros/
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Jeff Luhnow on potential signing of Mark Appel:"Mark graduates this weekend. So the current plan is to engage him next week."</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/statuses/345606478939439105">June 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>More Luhnow on potential signing of Appel: "I'm hopeful we can move quickly once we start to dialogue but there is no time frame yet."</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/statuses/345607069757472768">June 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Jacobs first day of work !!! Lol Jacob Nottingham <a href="http://t.co/gNQCqPj3nw">pic.twitter.com/gNQCqPj3nw</a></p>— Greg Nottingham (@GregNottingham1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregNottingham1/statuses/345584571456319488">June 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
