We’ll use this post to track the day’s most notable signings from the first few rounds of the draft. Scouting reports and pre-draft rankings can be found courtesy of MLB.com, Fangraphs, Baseball America and ESPN’s Keith Law (the latter two available to subscribers only) …
- Marlins second-round pick Osiris Johnson has agreed to take the exact value assigned to the 53rd overall choice, Jim Callis of MLB.com tweets. Johnson, a shortstop from California, will forego his commitment to Cal State Fullerton for a $1,318,500 bonus. A consensus top-100 talent, he received his highest ranking from Law, who placed the youngster 58th on his board. A cousin of both Jimmy Rollins and Tony Tarasco, Johnson is viewed as a future infielder but isn’t seen as being particularly likely to remain at short for the long haul. Still, he is said to possess great hands with excellent bat speed and projectable power at the plate. The Fish have also agreed to a just-over-slot ($645K) deal with third-rounder Tristan Pompey, per Callis (on Twitter), which would give the team agreements with all of its selections from the first ten rounds.
- The Rockies have agreed to a below-slot bonus with 76th overall selection Mitchell Kilkenny, Callis also tweets. That choice, a supplemental second-round pick that the Colorado organization received as compensation when Greg Holland departed via free agency, came with a $787,200 allocation. After his physical showed that he’d require Tommy John surgery, though, the Texas A&M righty will settle with the Rox for $550K. MLB.com had the highest grade (83rd) on Kilkenny among outlets, calling him a high-floor hurler with a good chance of making it into a MLB rotation. Having just undergone a TJ procedure, of course, Kilkenny will get a delayed start to his professional career and may not even be able to join a Rockies affiliate until the 2020 campaign. With this move, the Colorado organization has also completed its dealmaking with the eleven players it picked in the first ten rounds of the draft.
I don’t know if this already exists on the site, but it would be nice to see a summary article with the notable remaining unsigned players for each organization, unless it’s too early for something like that.
There are like a thousand players that get drafted each year. I doubt they will post an article with all of that info.
He said “notable” players. Not all players.
You can find it on mlb.com
As far as who is drafted who wasn’t drafted and who isn’t signed yet but sometimes those that recently signed aren’t on there yet
Good point didn’t see that my bad
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here is the page
Love the idea..
Maybe a weekly updated series including unsigned 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounders (including comp picks)…Plus, a few other interesting latter picks, that could sign above slot..
Idk, just like the idea, and this is always my one stop shop for my baseball info..That would be a very sweet cherry on top..lol
One prospect named for a late Roman military leader and consul, a second an Egyptian god. Coincidence, or does Jeter have a classicist or two embedded with his scouting team?
I wonder about the parents…..