4th Brailon Hyatt RHP U. of S. Carolina (Sumter) 6-4 205 Taylors, SC
5th Brandon Wikoff SS U. of Illinois (Champaign) 5-8 170 Peoria, IL
9th Ben Orloff SS U. C. Irvine 5-11 175 Simi Valley, CA
11th David Williams C Crowder College 6-0 190 Blue Springs, MO
15th Ryan Humphrey OF St. Louis C.C. Meramec 6-0 190 Blytheville, AR
16th Ronald Sanchez 1B Manuela Toro HS 5-10 180 Caguas, PR
17th Justin Harper RHP Oklahoma City U. 6-3 225 Pheoniz, AZ
18th James MacDonald RHP Boston College 6-2 190 Danvers, MA
19th Brian Kemp OF St. Johns U. 5-10 180 E. Rockaway, NY
20th Julio Martinez OF Nova Southeastern U. 6-3 210 Hollywood, FL
21st Barry Butera 2B Boston College 6-0 180 Madisonville, LA
22nd Mark Jones RHP Manheim HS 6-7 205 Lancaster, PA
23rd Robert Donovan RHP Stetson U. 6-5 215 Royal Palm Beach, FL
24th Mike Modica LHP George Mason U. 6-1 185 Sewell, NJ
25th Nicholas Stanley 1B Florida Southern 6-2 195 Largo, FL
27th Aaron Bay 3B U.N.C. Charlotte 6-0 180 Charlotte, NC
31st Travis Smink LHP Virginia Military Inst. 6-2 200 Dalmatia, PA
33rd Brenden Stines RHP Ball State U. 6-2 190 Granger, IN
34th Scott Migi RHP Texas A&M;6-3 190 Houston, TX
35th Jackson Hogue OF Mississipi State U. 6-0 190 Hattiesburg, MI

Mycal Jones (4), SS
Robby Hefflinger (7), OF
Aaron Northcraft (10), RHP
Casey Masters (11), LHP
Chris Lovett (12), SS
Jakob Dalfonso (18), 3B
Jeff Lorrick (20), LHP"

Thomas Berryhill (5), RHP
Matt Weaver (9), SS
Jordan Kreke (13), 3B
Cory Harrilchak (14), CF
Riann Spanjer-Furstenburg (16), 1B
Matt Crim (21), LHP
Lucas LaPoint (23), RHP
Derek Wiley (31), 1B
Andrew Wilson (36), RHP
Jamie Hayes (48), RHP

1 26 Eric Arnett RHP R/R 6-6 220 1/25/88 Pataskala, OH Indiana University 6/14 (Helena)
2 73 Maxwell Walla RF L/L 5-11 200 4/12/91 Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque Academy, NM 6/14 (Arizona)
3 105 Joshua Prince SS R/R 6-2 190 1/26/88 Sulphur, LA Tulane University 6/14 (Helena)
6 196 Hiram Burgos RHP R/R 6-1 210 8/4/87 Cayey, Puerto Rico Bethune-Cookman University 6/14 (Helena)
9 286 Jonathan Pokorny LHP R/L 6-2 225 4/4/88 Seven Hills, OH Kent State University 6/14 (Helena)
10 316 Tyler Roberts C R/R 6-2 210 10/25/90 Gray, GA Jones County HS (GA) 6/14 (Arizona)
11 346 Andre Lamontagne RHP R/R 6-5 215 3/24/86 Santa Maria, CA Oral Roberts University 6/14 (Helena)
13 406 Sean Halton 1B R/R 6-5 240 6/7/87 Fresno, CA Lewis-Clark State College 6/14 (Arizona)
14 436 Mike Brownstein 2B R/R 5-10 175 8/9/87 Tucson, AZ University of New Mexico 6/14 (Arizona)
17 526 Tyler Cravy RHP R/R 6-3 180 7/13/89 Vallejo, CA Napa Valley College 6/14 (Arizona)
18 556 Caleb Thielbar LHP R/L 6-0 200 1/31/87 Randolph, MN South Dakota State University 6/14 (Arizona)
19 586 Scott Krieger LF R/R 6-0 215 1/30/87 Towson, MD George Mason University 6/14 (Helena)
20 616 Franklin Romero CF R/R 5-11 180 6/24/88 Santo Domingo, DR Cerro Coso CC (CA) 6/14 (Arizona)
22 676 Michael Fiers RHP R/R 6-3 205 6/15/85 Pompano Beach, FL Nova Southeastern University 6/14 (Arizona)
24 736 Peter Fatse 2B L/R 5-10 170 8/3/87 Hampden, MA University of Connecticut 6/14 (Helena)
27 826 Ryan Platt RHP L/R 6-1 195 8/25/85 Chatsworth, CA UC Riverside 6/14 (Arizona)
30 916 Brandon Sizemore 2B R/R 6-0 210 12/10/86 Bryceville, FL College of Charleston (FL) 6/14
32 976 ChrisEllington RF R/R 6-1 195 11/30/85 Weatherford, TX Texas Christian University 6/14 (Helena)
35 1066 Matt Costello LHP L/L 6-1 190 12/17/86 West Barnstable, MA Valdosta St. University 6/14 (Arizona)
43 1306 Kyle Dhanani 3B R/R 6-3 195 9/6/87 Blaine, WA Thompson River University 6/14 (Helena)
-- Mitch Miller RHP R/R 6-3 195 11/15/84 Hokes Bluff, AL Jacksonville State University 6/14 (Arizona)
-- Connor Lind SS R/R 5-11 170 6/10/87 Burr Ridge, IL Furman University 6/14 (Arizona)"

Robert Stock (C, 2nd round)
Virgil Hill (OF, 6th)
Alan Ahmady (1B, 11th)
Pat Daugherty (LHP, 12th)
Matt Carpenter (3B, 13th)
Ross Smith (OF, 14th)
David Washington (1B, 15th)
Jonathan Rodriguez (1B, 17th)
Anthony Garcia (C, 18th)
Travis Tartamella (C, 19th)
Scott Schneider (RHP, 20th)
Matthew Adams (C, 23rd)
Keith Butler (RHP, 24th)
Josh Squatrito (RHP, 25th)
Christian Beatty (OF, 26th)
Johnathan Fulino (RHP, 27th)
Justin Edwards (LHP, 28th)
Daniel Calhoun (LHP, 29th)
Tyler Bighames (SS, 31st)
Travis Lawler (RHP, 32nd)
Devin Goodwin (SS, 33rd)
David Kington (RHP, 34th)
Andrew Moss (RHP, 35th)
Justin Smith (RHP, 36th)
Richard Racobaldo (3B, 37th)
John Durham (LHP, 38th)
Jesse Simpson (RHP, 40th)
Cale Johnson (RHP, 41st)
Aaron Terry (RHP, 42nd)
Manuel De La Cruz (LHP, 43rd)
Kyle Heim (LHP, 44th)
Michael Thompson (RHP, 47th)
Jason Novak (RHP, 48th)

The Rangers signed six Draft picks from this week's First-Year Player Draft, including outfielder Ruben Sierra Jr.

Sierra Jr., the team's sixth-round pick, signed two days after being picked during Wednesday's portion of the Draft...

The Rangers also signed catcher Vincent DiFazio (12), right-handed pitcher Sam Brown (22), shortstop Danny Lima (23), shortstop Shon Landry (30) and third baseman Taylor Vail (40).

Hamilton, Billy SS Rd 2 GCL
Joseph, Donnie LHP Rd 3 Billings
Serrano, Mark RHP Rd 6 Dayton
Walczak, James RHP Rd15 Billings
Braun, Jason RHP Rd 29 Billings
Carlson, Shane SS Rd 32 Billings
Cannon, Forest RHP Rd 34 Billings
Burleson, Chris SS Rd 36 GCL
Wiley, Jake RHP Rd 41 GCL

Left-handers Robert McClain and Mitchell Herold, second basemen Jonathan Hee and Zach Gentile, and right-handers Seth Garrison and Alexander Hale will all report to Class A Lowell this week as the Spinners begin another season in the New York-Penn League.

Another three -- outfielder Andrew Frezza, shortstop Thomas DiBenedetto and right-hander Jeremy Kehrt -- will head to the Gulf Coast League to begin their professional careers.

Three of the signees will be with rookie-level Casper – left-handed pitcher Josh Hungerman, 17th-round, Cleveland State; left-handed pitcher David Born, 22nd-round, Long Beach State, and outfielder Dave DiNatale, 28th-round, Miami (Fla.).

The others will join Wheeler in Tri-City, including outfielder Kent Matthews, a fourth-round pick out of Alabama, who led NCAA Division I with 28 home runs and was the SEC Player of the Year, and third baseman Joseph Sanders, a fifth-round draft choice out of Auburn.

Others with Tri-city include left-handed pitcher Thomas Musick, ninth-round, Houston; right-handed pitcher Charles Ruiz, 10th-round, Long Beach State; right-handed pitcher Richard Testa, 18th-round, Lamar; catcher William Tarleton, 20th-round, Elon; right-handed pitcher Rhett Butler, 26th-round, Virginia Tech; right-handed pitcher Daniel Perkins, 27th-round, Delaware State; right-handed pitcher Eric Federico, 39th-round Cal State Stanislaus, and third baseman Matthew Sanders, 41st-round, Clemson.Three of the signees will be with rookie-level Casper – left-handed pitcher Josh Hungerman, 17th-round, Cleveland State; left-handed pitcher David Born, 22nd-round, Long Beach State, and outfielder Dave DiNatale, 28th-round, Miami (Fla.).

10th round selection Geoffrey Baldwin, a first baseman from Grand Junction High School in Colorado
11th round selection Ryan Wood, a shortstop from East Carolina University
12th round selection Nicholas Wooley, a right-handed pitcher from William Woods University
16th round selection Eric Diaz, a left-handed pitcher from New Mexico Junior College
20th round selection Patrick Keating, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Florida
25th round selection Richard Folmer, a right-handed pitcher from Stephen F. Austin State University
30th round selection Josh Worrell, son of former Major Leaguer Todd Worrell, a right-handed pitcher from Indiana Wesleyan University

"The Angels have signed nine of the 54 players they selected in last week's draft, including pitchers Tyler Kehrer and Patrick Corbin, their fifth and sixth picks.

1. Egan Smith (Position: LHP, Round: 7)
2. Bryson Mamba (3B, 12)
3. Matthew Morgal (RHP, 13)
4. Lance Durham (1B, 14)
5. David Sever (RHP, 16)
6. Kevin Nolan (SS, 20)
7. Matt Fields (RHP, 22)
8. Brad Glenn (OF, 23)
9. Matt Nuzzo (SS, 24)
10. Sam Strickland (LHP, 25)
11. Lance Loftin (RHP, 26)
12. Brian Justice (RHP, 27)
13. Zach Anderson (RHP, 29)
14. John Murphy (C, 31)
15. Ryan Shopshire (RHP, 32)
16. Jonathan Fernandez (SS, 34)
17. Evan Teague (LHP, 35)
18. Alex Pepe (LHP, 36)
19. Shawn Griffith (RHP, 37)
20. Yudelmis Hernandez (1B, 38)

C Cameron Garfield, Murrieta Valley (CA) HS (2nd round)
RHP Robert Currie, Tusculum College (12th round)
RHP Jose Oviedo, Miami Dade CC (31st round)

The team signed sixth round pick first baseman Ben Carlson from Missouri State, tenth round pick pitcher Brent Brach from Monmouth, eleventh round pick pitcher Kirk Wetmore from Bellevue Community College, and fourteenth round pick infielder Kyle Smith from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The Indians announced Wednesday the signing of five draft picks, bringing the total to nine. The latest to sign are RHP Austin Adams (fifth round, Faulkner University); RHP Cory Burns (eighth round, Arizona); RHP Preston Guilmet (ninth round, Arizona); RHP Dale Dickerson (16th round, Nicholls St) and RHP Tyler Sturdevant (27th round, New Mexico State).

8: Nate Freiman, 1B
9: Chris Fetter, RHP
12: Brayden Drake, 3B
13: Matt Vern, INF/OF
16: Griffin Benedict, C
19: Chris Tremblay, INF
22: Cody Decker, INF/OF
23: Jeff Ibarra, LHP
25: Ty Wright, OF
26: Kevin Winn, INF
28: Vince Belhome, INF
30: Wande Olabisi, OF
31: Matt Jackson, RHP
32: David Erickson, RHP
33: Jon Berger, RHP
38: Kyle Loretelli, OF
39: Chris Ahearn, INF
40 Tom Porter, RHP
43: Chadd Hartman, OF
44: Ryan Skube, 2B
49: Brett Holland, RHP
50: Brett Basham, C

2-75 Kelly Dugan, OF
5-167 Matt Way, LHP
12-377 Nicholas Hernandez, LHP
13-407 Ryan Sasaki, LHP
15-467 Austin Hyatt, RHP
17-527 Michael Dabbs, OF
18-557 Carl Uhl, OF
20-617 Darin Ruff, 1B
21-647 Chase Johnson, RHP
22-677 Kyle Lafrenz, C
23-707 Evan Porter, SS
27-827 Marlon Mitchell, C
29-887 Mark Doll, RHP
32-977 Kevin Angelle, LHP
35-1067 Phil Aviola, C
36-1097 Matt McConnell, 2B
38-1157 Cory Wine, 1B
50-1517 David Hissey, OF

The Rays announced the signings of 14 selections from the 2009 First-Year Player Draft on Monday. Among the signings were center fielder Brett Nommensen from Eastern Illinois, drafted in the eighth round, and right-hander Andrew Bellatti from Steel Canyon High School in Calif., whom the team took in the 12th round.

The Royals signed 10 more players from last week's First-Year Player Draft, including their sixth-round selection, Mathiew White, a right-handed pitcher from the University of New Mexico....

The newest signees include seventh-round selection George Baumann, a left-handed pitcher from Missouri State, ninth-round pick Benjamin Theriot, a catcher from Texas State, 18th-rounder Brendan Lafferty, a left-handed pitcher from UCLA, and 19th-rounder Ryan Stovall, a third baseman from Thomas University.

Kansas City also signed 21st-rounder Marvin Cooper, a center fielder from Belhaven College, 22nd-round choice Ryan Dennick, a lefty from Tennessee Tech, 23rd-rounder Scott Kelley, a righty from Penn State, 27th-rounder Gabriel MacDougall, a left fielder from Lynn University, and 33rd-rounder Claudio Bavera from Cochise College.

The Twins announced Wednesday the signing of two more Draft picks, including second-round selection Billy Bullock.

Also signing Wednesday was Nick Tindall, a high school catcher from O'Fallon Township (Ill.). Tindall was Minnesota's 17th-round pick, taken 522nd overall....

Other Draft picks that have signed include infielder Derek McCallum (University of Minnesota), catcher Tobias Streich (West Virginia), left-handed pitcher Tony Davis (Florida), right-handed pitcher Dakota Watts (Cal State Stanislaus), pitcher Kane Holbrooks (Texas State), catcher Stewart Monroe (Florida) and catcher Trayvone Johnson.

Matt Hobgood, the Orioles' first-round pick in Tuesday's amateur draft, expects to take a physical exam in Baltimore in two weeks, and barring any unforeseen developments, will sign a contract on June 27.

"That's the plan. We've pretty much got [the contract] set," said Hobgood, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound right-handed pitcher from Norco High in suburban Los Angeles. "Nothing is final, but they [the Orioles] presented us a deal and we'll work something out. I'll for sure sign on that Saturday."

3B Robert Lyle (sixth round), LHP Gavin Brooks (ninth), OF Neil Medchill (11th), OF Deangelo Mack (13th), RHP Shane Greene (15th), C Hector Rabago (18th), 1B Luke Murton (19th), 3B Kevin Mahoney (23rd), 2B Issac Harrow (24th), LHP Shaeffer Hall (25th), C Jeffrey Farnham (27th), OF Justin Milo (37th), RHP Ben Watkins (40th) and OF Isaiah Brown (43rd).

The Rays’ 14th-round pick, Zack Quate, a righthanded reliever from Appalachian State, is another draftee sent to Dutchess Stadium.

Quate had 11 saves this season, along with a 3-1 record and an earned run average of 1.09. He struck out 55 batters while walking 14 and allowing 24 hits in 41 innings.

Gabe Cohen, the Rays’ 29th-round selection out of UCLA, is also a Renegade this season. Cohen, an outfielder, hit .274 with five home runs, 28 RBI, 24 runs scored and five stolen bases.

Lefty starter Aaron Dott, the Rays’ 35th-round pick, was also assigned to Hudson Valley.

Are a lot of teams left scrambling to fill rosters if they don't sign enough guys?

Boston signs 22nd round P Justin Flasher

29th round OF ZeErika Hall

* 3rd round pick - Jerry Sullivan, RHP from Oral Roberts
* 5th round pick - Luke Hagerty, C from the University of Miami
* 7th round pick - Miles Mikolas, RHP from Nova Southeastern

Besides Jackson, five other players from the team's first 10 picks have reached deals. They include shortstop Wesley Darvill (fifth round), who has played for Brookswood Secondary School and the Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League in Canada. Only 17 years old, Jackson is currently playing for the Canadian National Junior Team.

The other top-10 signees are infielder Blair Springfield (seventh), right-handed pitcher Robert Whitenack (eighth), catcher Richard Jones (ninth) and third baseman Charles Thomas (10th).

dodgers signed their 5th round draft pick, Catcher Jeremy Wise out of Oklahoma

He went 2 for 4, 2 singles and a strikeout for ogden rookie level

by matthewmafa on Jul 5, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs

Peter Gammons blog a week ago stated that Bud Selig is threatening to not give KC the 2012 All-Star Game if they proceed to sign Wil Myers and another guy (Aaron Crow?) over-slot.

Braves sign first round pick P Mike Minor - $2.42 million bonus

Two sources said that Minor could have signed months earlier if not for interference from MLB. Minor and the Braves agreed in principle on the $2.42 million bonus before the draft—but before Atlanta received official word that the slots were reduced. The commissioner’s office pressured the Braves not to make the above-slot deal official so they wouldn’t hurt the Reds in their attempt to sign Arizona State righthander Mike Leake, the No. 8 pick, to a below-slot bonus.

MLB’s recommendation for the No. 8 pick is $2,043,000.

Minor’s bonus is the highest in club history and the highest ever for a No. 7 pick.

3rd overall pick OF Donovan Tate, selected by the Padres reports to football camp at UNC

As for Owings: This is Chris Owings, a high school shortstop out of South Carolina whom the Diamondbacks selected No. 41 overall in the June draft. Reportedly, he will receive a $950,000 signing bonus, which Jim Callis at Baseball America says is $134,600 over slot.

...

We hear there has been no movement on the negotiations with top pick Bobby Borchering, to the point where negotiations practically have not even begun. The last specific piece of info we heard was that the club had offered $1.5 million, but that was two weeks ago.

It sounds like Borchering’s side is waiting until more of the picks around him have come to terms, so this could be one that takes up until the deadline, which this year is Aug. 17.

Genske said put the chances of Stassi signing at 50-50. It's believed that the A's have budgeted first-round-level money for Stassi, but only to a certain point; the sum still has to make sense from a baseball standpoint, according to a team source.

Last week, Reds general manager Walt Jocketty was optimistic Cincinnati could soon sign first-round Draft pick Mike Leake.

This week? Not as much....

The Braves' signing of their seventh overall pick, lefty pitcher Mike Minor, to a $2.42 million bonus was above this year's slot recommendation by Major League Baseball and equal to last year's.

"That didn't help us," Jocketty said. "

The Orioles have cut off negotiations and withdrawn their offer to supplementary pick SS/P Mychal Givens

ba: rays say they won't sign either their 1st or 2nd rounders. i'm a little surprised as i thought both were overdrafts (sparq be damned).

Mariners sign Dustin Ackley, the No. 2 overall pick, per the Seattle Times, for 9.5 million over 5 years

What does "over 5 years" mean? Don't all these contracts involve exactly six years of team control?