Aug
17
2009 Draft: Yankees sign 16th rounder Bryan Mitchell
ByVia Jim Callis, the Yankees have signed 16th rounder Bryan Mitchell to an $800,000 bonus. It’s the third largest bonus given out by the Yankees so far this year (that I know of). Callis says the North Carolina high schooler “throws a lively 90-91 mph fastball and a hard slider.”
Nice pick.
I Like This signing a lot. He’s very good.
High School
2008
8-1, 63 innings, 38 walks, 96 strikeouts, .119 BAA, 1.67 ERA 3 CG
2009
5-2, 45.1 innings, 18 walks, 87 strikeouts, .113 BAA, 0.62 ERA, 5 CG
HS stats? Ugh
Would you prefer little league?
I guess that’s “life changing money.” Good for him. Look forward to following him for years to come.
http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/870067.html
“I would say that Bryan would be in the mix to come in and start [at UNC]. He just has good stuff – a good live fastball with movement and he’s got a killer curveball that really sets him apart from other pitchers in his ability to throw that good curve consistently for strikes. It is a pretty hard 12-6 curve; it is a real curve, you see a lot of guys that throw a right to left soft curve. This thing breaks knees. It is as good a curve as you will see.”
Physically his size and arm strength really set him apart – not too many guys at this level can throw the ball 92-93 miles per hour.
I am liking this pick because I think HS guys have higher ceilings.
I notice that Stoneburner hasn’t been officially announced yet. How sure are we that that’s a done deal?
They might just be waiting on the physical.
i asked that earlier but Axisa said that BA confirmed it.
Just checked, didn’t see it. The only time I saw it confirmed was on MLBTradeRumors.com but that was linking here which was linking Nomaas which linked some random newspaper. Haven’t seen it anywhere concrete. Once I see a bonus figure or the guy playing in games, I believe it.
the update i saw on nomaas last night said he spoke to damon and was told it was close but not done which was why i asked this morning in the first place.
I couldn’t find anything about him signing on BA. By most accounts they have agreed to the framework, but he hasn’t been signed until the results of his physical are available.
http://www.thestate.com/clemson/story/903433.html
Gotcha. Thanks for the help!
Actually, I just looked at BA’s list of draftees and Stoneburner’s name was bolded, which means he has signed.
Don’t take that as gospel quite yet. They don’t have Talerico in bold even though he has signed. Really you have to wait until midnight then we can begin to sort out who has in fact signed.
Mike, if you were to rank the top 7 signability guys by talents, how would it go?
talerico signed
link?
pete abe…UPDATE ON DRAFT SIGNINGS: 6:28 p.m.: The Yankees have agreed to terms with 16th round pick Bryan Mitchell ($800,000) according to Baseball America. I’ve also been told they have come to an agreement with 21st round pick Joe Talerico of New Jersey,
its on NoMaas quick update thing and yanks lohud site
there is no mention on nomaas of a deal with talerico.
I wonder if Interested Reader Abraham is checking nomaas
now lets get thompson and deluca done.
The money Mitchell received might just be it for this year’s signability class. dont know anything about this unc recruit but Opp must like him as much as Cotham.
well he must like him more since he coughed up another 125K which is what Mariel Checo got to sign, medchill too i believe.
I heard that DameOpp just had a nice dinner with a nice red wine and went to bed early. So no need to check about anymore signings, the Yankees are out of money.
haha ietc
Looking forward to seeing all these kids in 2010.
Actually, the Yankees’ draft was heavy on LHP, but the only LHP to sign so far are Sam Elam, Gavin Brooks, and Shaeffer Hall.
Aren’t they going to have to do better than that if they’re going to improve the LHP system depth?
I hope Sam Elam turns things around, his stats are ugly right now.
his face is ugly right now, too
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/sc.....46732.jpeg
He’s certainly got plenty of time.
I’m willing to bet someone who’s sucking it up in the minors now (Chris Smith, Brackman, Elam, or someone with a lower profile) will be a major part of the 2012 or 2013 team.
/stating the obvious
I would not be shocked to see Thompson signed (They liked him enough to have him meet the team in Anaheim). The funny thing is, that if Thompson and DeLuca are signed, the entire Yankee Draft signings will have almost occured as predicted: Bruno, Aplin, McKenzie & Stiles were too hard to sign. And they signed everyone they could hope to sign (Except substituting DeLuca and Chico for Lyons).
apparently the yankees are out of money and the budget has been reached. i’m kind of disappointed – i would have hoped that at least thompson had been signed as well but it seems murphy and heathcott broke the bank. i guess it’s not a terrible thing – i’d rather have 13 of our 14 top picks than signing all of the signability guys they took in the later rounds.
Pete Abe says Yanks signed DeLuca: http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200.....js-deluca/
yeah, that news was nice to wake up to this morning
Im pretty sure Bryan doesnt throw a slider.. Hes like 92-94 on the gun and his curve is ridiculous.