i love twitter...... and pirates fans.. atleast today my fellow stros fans are responding to these jokers..
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a> have signed 10th-round pick Austin Nicely, a left-handed pitcher from Spotswood High School in Penn Laird, Va. <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisBA">@jimcallisBA</a></p>— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/statuses/347744487105249281">June 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>LHP Austin Nicely, 18, the Astros' 10th round pick out of Virginia, signed today. <a href="http://t.co/lCVtgS3Pir">pic.twitter.com/lCVtgS3Pir</a></p>— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/statuses/347742123266822144">June 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Now let's get German! Jim Callis (@jimcallisBA): #Astros sign 10th-rder Austin Nicely for $610k. Virginia HS LHP, projectable 6-2/175 w/promising fastball & curve, UVA commit. #mlbdraft
Phenomenal job by Luhnow and crew on getting all of these guys signed. All we have left to sign out of our top 10 are Emanuel and Holberton and both should get done after the CWS. Not only could we get German but we could get one or two more HS guys with the rest of the money. Maybe we go hard after Clemens.
Man, buying into our minor league hype lol. Can't wait for our guys to start contributing in the big leagues.
$139,400. The reported Appel signing left over enough to make a nice run on Nicely and German. I believe the slot for German and all other players taken after the 10th round is 100k, if I remember correctly.
Indeed. Nicely got 3rd round money. The number I've seen with German is $300k, so we have plenty of money to get him, as we have $1.65M we could pay over slot without losing a 1st round pick.
BOOM! Awesome job. Would have thought Nicely would get more than that, but man this has been a pretty exciting draft now that we've signed these guys.
Updated, as of 6/22 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) 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) 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) 12th Round: Chase McDonald, 1B, East Carolina (JR) 13th Round: Kyle Westwood, LHP, North Florida (SR); to Tri-City 14th Round: Chris Cotton, LHP, LSU (SR) 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) 19th Round: Jake Rodriguez, C, Oregon State (JR) 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) 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
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I also think that when someone signs for more than $100K, his actual bonus is subtracted by $100,000, and the difference is subtracted from the bonus pool. Example: Devonte German signs for $325,000. That's $225K over the slot for 11th-40th round picks, and so $225,000 is subtracted from the pool. I'm also not sure when Santos signed, but I saw his name on the GCL roster. I was surprised that he even considered signing, to be honest.
EDIT-Thanks for clearing that up for me, tellitlikeitis. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So I just saw that Berman tweeted this about 45 minutes ago: Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Agent Adam Groff says LHP Austin Nicely, Astros 10th-round pick, gets a bonus of $610K plus $150K for school.</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/statuses/347806370805993472">June 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Agent Adam Groff on LHP Austin NIcely, Astros 10th-round pick,getting $150K for school."The Astros went above & beyond what they had to do."</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/statuses/347807339237224448">June 20, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> He words it as if Nicely will get that 150k on top of his signing bonus. Does that mean he'll count as 760k towards our bonus pool, or is that 150k something separate?
150K for school? that's a lot. Could it be possible the astros lower the signing bonus and give more "school money" to save more of our draft budget? (Talking in general, not what they did to nicely)
Glad to see the Astros got their 5-star special! Just eyeballing it, there's about $1m left to go over-slot. I'd assume Emanuel and Holbertson get around slot - though you may have go a bit above since Holbertson has been hitting well since the draft it seems. Just a WAG: German gets 4-500K, and go after Schick, Pinero, and Burke for 2-300K each?
