I really hope the kid makes it to the big leagues. It would be so awesome.
Paredes leads AL to All Star win
Two years ago today on DotF, Matt Carson homered for the second consecutive day to give Double-A Trenton it’s second consecutive 1-0 win.
Fifth rounder Caleb Cotham will join short Season Staten Island tomorrow, according to Robert Pimpsner. Also, make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.
Triple-A Scranton (10-5 win over Lehigh Valley)
Kevin Russo & John Rodriguez: both 1 for 3 – Russo walked twice & scored a run … J-Rod walked & K’ed
Colin Curtis: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI
Austin Jackson: 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Shelley Duncan: 3 for 5, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI – SHELLEY SMASH!!!
Juan Miranda: 1 for 4 R, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Yurendell DeCaster: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Reegie Corona: 2 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
Jason Hirsh: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 5-4 GB/FB – 58 of 88 pitches were strikes (65.9%)
Zach Kroenke: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-0 GB/FB – 16 of 22 pitches were strikes (72.7%)
Anthony Claggett: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 5-2 GB/FB – 21 of 37 pitches were strikes (56.8%)
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 8 of 9 pitches were strikes (88.9%)
2009 Draft: Oh yeah, the Yanks had a ‘budget’
Earlier this spring we found out from scouting director Damon Oppenheimer that he was given an actual budget to work with during this year’s draft, which promptly caused mass panic because, as we all know, the Yankees should have an unlimited budget for everything. Well, after last night’s last minute signing of 44th rounder Evan DeLuca for $500,000, the Yanks have spent at least $6.185M on this draft, and that doesn’t include the likely six-figure bonuses given to 12th rounder Brett Gerritse, 13th rounder DeAngelo Mack, and 14th rounder Graham Stoneburner among others. It’s not difficult to envision a scenario where the Yanks spent $7M on this draft.
$7M on one draft class is a ton of money, but just how much? The epiphany draft of 2006 – the one that landed Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain, Zach McAllister, Mark Melancon, David Robertson and Dellin Betances – cost $6.7M. Just seven clubs spent more than that last year, and almost all of them had to shell major bucks out to top ten picks. By no means did the Yankees go cheap this year.
2009 Draft: Strasburg signs record deal
Scott Boras asked the moon and the stars, and all he ended up getting Stephen Strasburg was a four year Major League deal worth $15.67M, according to Baseball America’s Aaron Fitt. It’s the largest deal in draft history, eclipsing the $10.5M guarantee the Cubs gave Mark Prior back in 2001. The Nats got a fantastic deal because they get a someone to stimulate their franchise at a “reasonable” price, but it’s also a great deal for Strasburg because he’s set for life based on how he pitched in college. There was no way this one wasn’t going to get done.
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I’m super busy over at MLBTR with the signing deadline and all, so I’m going to cop out and leave you with a bullet pointer for tonight. DotF kinda sucks without Jesus Montero anyway.
In case you missed it, Russ Ortiz opted out of his contract and became a free agent. Big whoop, no big loss. Sean Black was named NY-Penn League Pitcher of the Week.
- Triple-A Scranton: Austin Jackson threw three walks (!!!) and Mark Melancon threw two hitless innings.
- High-A Tampa (Game One): Damon Sublett doubled while Dan Brewer & Austin Romine took 0-fers. DJ Mitchell put nine guys on base in 4.2 IP.
- High-A Tampa (Game Two): Dan Brewer homered & drove in five while Jairo Heredia went the distance with 7 shutout innings
- Low-A Charleston: Taylor Grote doubled twice and Dan Kapala hung zeroes on the board for five innings in a spot start.
- Rookie GCL Yanks: Kelvin DeLeon & Judd Golson each drove in a run while Nik Turley struck out six and walked four in 3.2 IP.
Double-A Trenton had a scheduled off day, and Short Season Staten Island is off until Wednesday for the All Star break. Regular DotF comes back tomorrow.
2009 Draft: Yankees sign 16th rounder Bryan Mitchell
Via 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.”
Open Thread: 2009 Draft Signing Deadline Day
The deadline for teams to sign their draft picks is the stroke of midnight tonight, and you can expect most of the high picks to sign just a few minutes before that. You can read up on the Stephen Strasburg situation here; it’s not worth the bandwidth for me to regurgitate it all. I think he signs for something in the $18-22M range right before the deadline. That’s just too much money for him to pass up, and realistically his stock can’t get any higher.
The Yankees have already announced three significant signings today, landing first rounder Slade Heathcott for $2.2M, second rounder JR Murphy for $1.25M, and fifth rounder Caleb Cotham for $675,000. You can see all of the Yankees picks here, the names in bold are guys who have signed. As of right now, they’ve signed their top eight picks and 13 of their top 14.
My quick take: they definitely overpaid Heathcott, that’s 7th overall pick money. He’s just not that kind of talent, however the Yanks had their backs up against the wall because it was an unprotected pick. No complaints about the money given to the other two players, both are solid talents. I’m going to post my annual post-draft signing period top 30 prospects list on Wednesday, so be on the look out for that.
While we wait for some signings to be announced, use this sucker as an open thread to talk about all things draft. I’ll post more updates later as signings are announced.
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