Wexler made it sound like we've offered his asking price and it's all in German's court. Is today the deadline for all signings?
And the Stros have ~1.6M in their bonus pool to play with before any penalties kick in. It'll come down to whether German wants to go to college or not. Very tough decision for a kid.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Yes. <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesatgsu">@jamesatgsu</a>: Do you think <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a> get German deal done? Seemed likely early on. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mlbdraft&src=hash">#mlbdraft</a></p>— Jim Callis (@jimcallisBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisBA/statuses/355725250228531201">July 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a> land 11th-rder Devonte German for $300k. Nevada HS RHP, 6-5/240, 90-93 w/more velo to come, feel for spin, Nevada commit. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mlbdraft&src=hash">#mlbdraft</a></p>— Jim Callis (@jimcallisBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisBA/statuses/355793428342255616">July 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
WOOHOO!!!!!!! @jimcallisBA: #Astros land 11th-rder Devonte German for $300k. Nevada HS RHP, 6-5/240, 90-93 w/more velo to come, feel for spin, Nevada commit. #mlbdraft
For the same dollar amount reported since day 1. Wonder which side took the hard line? Wish he was already playing. I guess he'll go to the GCL. Seeing Tellez sign makes me really wish we had drafted him. Could have afforded him with the money we have left.
Update, as of 7/12 Bold = signed, or has indicated that he will sign Italics = will not sign, or has indicated that he is unlikely to sign 1st Round: Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford (SR); signed for $6.35 million ($1,440,400 under slot recommendation) 2nd Round: Andrew Thurman, RHP, UC-Irvine (JR); signed for $1,397,200 (slot recommendation), to Tri-City 3rd Round: Kent Emanuel, LHP, North Carolina (JR); signed for $747,700 (slot recommendation), to GCL for now, Tri-City later 4th Round: Conrad Gregor, 1B, Vanderbilt (JR); signed for $481,900 (slot recommendation), to Tri-City 5th Round: Tony Kemp, 2B, Vanderbilt (JR); to Tri-City, signed for $250,000 ($110,800 under slot recommendation) 6th Round: Jake Nottingham, C, Redlands HS, Redlands, CA (committed to Oklahoma); to GCL, signed for $300,000 ($29,800 over slot recommendation) 7th Round: James Ramsay, CF, South Florida (JR); to Tri-City, signed for $175,000 ($27,300 under slot recommendation) 8th Round: Jason Martin, CF, Orange Lutheran HS, Orange, CA (committed to Long Beach State); to GCL, signed for $159,700 (slot recommendation) 9th Round: Brian Holberton, C, North Carolina (JR); to Greeneville, signed for $150,000 ($800 over slot recommendation) 10th Round: Austin Nicely, LHP, Spotswood HS, Grottoes, VA (committed to Virginia); signed for $610,000 ($470,600 over slot recommendation), to GCL, also received $150,000 towards his college education 11th Round: Devonte German, RHP, Bishop Manogue HS, Reno, NV (committed to Nevada); signed for $300,000 ($200,000 over cap for 11th-40th rounders, so $200K will be subtracted), to GCL 12th Round: Chase McDonald, 1B, East Carolina (JR); to Greeneville 13th Round: Kyle Westwood, LHP, North Florida (SR); to Tri-City 14th Round: Chris Cotton, LHP, LSU (SR); to Tri-City 15th Round: James Farris, RHP, Arizona (JR) 16th Round: Dillon Newman, RHP, Baylor (JR) 17th Round: Alex Schick, RHP, Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego (committed to Cal) 18th Round: Adam Nelubowich, 3B, Washington State (RS JR); to Tri-City 19th Round: Jake Rodriguez, C, Oregon State (JR); to Tri-City 20th Round: Daniel Pinero, SS, Western Technical-Commercial School, Toronto (committed to Virginia) 21st Round: Jon Kemmer, LF, Brewton-Parker College (Georgia); says he's heading to Tri-City 22nd Round: Sebastian Kessay, LHP, Scottsdale CC (Arizona) (2nd-year JUCO); to Greeneville 23rd Round: Thomas Lindauer, SS, Illinois (JR); says he's heading to Tri-City 24th Round: Nathan Thornhill, RHP, UT (JR) 25th Round: Albert Minnis, LHP, Wichita State (JR); says he's going to Tri-City 26th Round: Austin Chrismon, RHP, Christopher Newport University (Virginia) (JR); to Greeneville 27th Round: Pat Christensen, RHP, La Salle (SR); to Tri-City 28th Round: Jordan Mills, LHP, St. Mary's (California) (JR); to Greeneville 29th Round: Randall Fant, LHP, Arkansas (SR); to Tri-City 30th Round: Jorge Perez, RHP, Seminole State College (Oklahoma) (2nd-year JUCO); to GCL 31st Round: Scott Burke, RHP, Glendora HS, Glendora, California (committed to UCLA) 32nd Round: Zach Morton, RHP, Northwestern (5th-year SR); to Tri-City 33rd Round: Tyler White, 3B, Western Carolina (SR); to GCL 34th Round: Brett Booth, C, Alabama (SR); to GCL 35th Round: Kacy Clemens, RHP, Memorial HS (Houston) (committed to UT) 36th Round: J.D. Osborne, LHP, Wofford (5th-year SR); to Greeneville 37th Round: Josh Melendez, CF, New Mexico (SR) (not subject to deadline) 38th Round: Ronnie Mitchell, CF, Dallas Baptist (SR); to Tri-City 39th Round: Juan Carlos Santos, RHP, Arlington Country Day School, Jacksonville (committed to Jacksonville); to GCL 40th Round: Tyler Brunnemann, RHP, Hardin-Simmons (SR); to Greeneville Undrafted Free Agents Jack Mayfield, 2B, Oklahoma; to Greeneville Troy Scribner, RHP, Sacred Heart; to GCL Ryan Connolly, RHP, Coastal Carolina; to Greeneville Parker Hipp, IF, New Mexico State; to Greeneville Tanner Mathis, OF, Ole Miss; to Greeneville Kevin Ferguson, LHP, Northeastern; to GCL Brett Clements, C, Nova Southeastern; to GCL Alex Melendez, OF, Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School; to DSL Chris Munnelly, RHP, North Carolina; to GCL
Really not cool to be left holding over a million dollars. Not sure if that's Jim Crane being cheap or Mike Elias miscalculating his first draft though. Oh well.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>So whats the weather like in Florida?</p>— Devonte German (@DevonteGerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevonteGerman/statuses/355795705375371264">July 12, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
1st Round: Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford (SR); signed for $6.35 million ($1,440,400 under slot recommendation) Do the math. Looks like they presumed Mark Appel would be a slot sign.
He's not being cheap. They went into the penalty last year. This year they must not have seen the player there that they wanted that they felt was legitimately able to sign. No sense in offering $1M to a guy you think is worth $100K.
I doubt the assumed that, but they probably did feel they had more uncertainty in this draft than the last. Still could throw that money at any undrafted player if they choose too. I don't think the team budgets to use the 5% overage penalty. I think they prefer to use it purely as a buffer.
Well, good luck with your senior seasons, Dillon Newman, James Farris, and Nate Thornhill. Good luck at Cal, Alex Schick, and good luck at UCLA, Scott Burke. Let's try this again in 3 years? And good luck at Virginia, Daniel Pinero. See you in 2015???
My guess is that they had a tentative understanding of what Appel would sign for prior to the draft. Even if they did not, they still could have had other contingency plans in case additional money opened up. For instance, they could have drafted someone like Tellez, Ryan Boldt, or Wil Crowe, instead of the likely org college players (or Kacy Clemens) they drafted in the 20s and 30s. They apparently like Crowe enough to offer him 1.2 million at pick 10.1. They could have pick him with one of the 20th round picks and put together a package close to his demands.
We could have drafted one more top talent in the first 10. Oh well, I like the haul we got. It has provided a ton of depth for the system and allows for Luhnow to look solely for top talent in trades.
