2016 MLB Draft Talk

[go birds]

seems to me we should have broken the bank and forfeited any drafts picks necessary to sign Murders based on his name alone.

[a_smith]

seems to me we should have broken the bank and forfeited any drafts picks necessary to sign Murders based on his name alone.

If only we still had pujols around we could get a double play of

Wong Murders Pujols

[Tim]

So it appears that we did very well this draft.

[MrCrowesGarden]

seems to me we should have broken the bank and forfeited any drafts picks necessary to sign Murders based on his name alone.

If only we still had pujols around we could get a double play of

Wong Murders Pujols

Could've kept Zack Cox around too.

Cox Wong DP would've been something.

[jack76]

Brady Whalen is an athletic kid. He's long at 6-4, has a loose frame with athleticism. Skinny, at what looks like 180 right now. He's really got smooth feet and hands. I think he'll probably grow into a 3B, but there is a shot to stay at SS longterm.

Switch hitter. Great feel for hitting and has the bat speed to hit velocity. Wiry with developing power. Great swing plane. Tools aren't loud, but the ceiling is of a starting SS on a good club. Athleticism gives options on the diamond, which is something I love. Good arm, can play just about anywhere if SS doesn't work and the bat will play anywhere but 1B/LF.

To get BOTH Killichowski and Whalen to sign is one of those things that means the Cards played their hand perfectly. Sign the Spartanburg Juco and you have drafted at least seven players with major league upside in this draft, and maybe closer to ten. Add to that players always emerge for the Cards and you can see the reason for the optimism with this draft.

This has kind of gotten the juices flowing for a long draft recap post. To the lab!

Are you referring to Tyler Lancaster from Spartanburg Methodist Col? Viva el Birdos have him as already signed. Their accounting leaves about 185K of bonus money before we forfeit a draft pick. I'd have to imagine that some of those remaining high schoolers would consider signing for 285K rather than to to college -- that's 6th round money. Maybe we'll get lucky on one more true prospect.

[phins]

Are you referring to Tyler Lancaster from Spartanburg Methodist Col? Viva el Birdos have him as already signed. Their accounting leaves about 185K of bonus money before we forfeit a draft pick. I'd have to imagine that some of those remaining high schoolers would consider signing for 285K rather than to to college -- that's 6th round money. Maybe we'll get lucky on one more true prospect.

Yup, the same school Kep Brown went to and crushed the hearts of Canes fans everywhere.

285k is not an insignificant number, so if the Birds believe some of these guys to be worth it, they should be able to get them to sign.

Rob Rains has them with less than 100k though:

Pat Krall is an excellent college pitcher, and will be doing so again in college next year. A mid-80's lefty, he has the upside of a LOOGY, so he might as well enjoy college as a star player.

[cardsfantx]

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball ... d29dd.html

perez, 3-5 in his debut (with a triple)

The Cardinals have signed their first 16 picks, including all 12 of their picks from the first 10 rounds of the draft. They have also eclipsed their bonus limit and will pay a dollar-for-dollar tax on that overage.

Here's a rundown of who signed, for what, and how it compared to the slot:

Delvin Perez, SS (23rd overall), $2,222,500 bonus, slot.
Dylan Carlson, OF (33rd), $1,350,000, under.
Dakota Hudson, RHP (34th), $2 million, over.
Connor Jones, RHP (2nd round), $1.1 million, over
Zac Gallen, RHP (3rd), $563,100, slot.
Jeremy Martinez, C (4th), $600,000, over.
Walker Robbins, OF (5th), $450,000, over.
Tommy Edman, SS (6th), $236,400, slot.
Andrew Knizner, C (7th), $185,300, slot.
Sam Tewes, RHP (8th), $100,000, under.
Matt Fiedler, OF (9th), $100,000, under.
Danny Hudzina, 3B (10th), $3,000, under.
John Kilichowski, LHP (11th), $200,000, over.
Brady Whalen, SS (12th), $475,000, over.
Shane Billings, OF (13th), under.
Vincent Jackson, OF (14th), under.
J.D. Davis, 2B (15th), not eligible yet to sign.

The Cardinals entered the draft with a bonus limit of $9,143,300. According to various sources, Post-Dispatch research, and other reports, the Cardinals have spent now $9,385,300.

[MrCrowesGarden]

[go birds]

call him up

[go birds]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/internat ... wpqdmRx.97

The international signing period is afoot and i'm hoping the cardinals spend big