TwistedLogic

I wish, but then people on this board would fall for it and get their chubs moist, and I'd get crucified when they found out I posted fake info just to troll the other board.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/6/6/5786338/mlb-draft-grades-2014-first-round Best draft-related piece of the year. f***ing love Grant Brisbee.

Also, the Latz article said that he turned the "$1M" down on Friday night, which was actually before we drafted him. That means that he probably got a call from someone and told them he wouldn't sign for that much, and it doesn't necessarily mean that the Jays were the team making that offer, or that they even would offer him that much, or that they ever even had 1M to offer him in the first place. Still wouldn't take anything from that, just another thing to keep in mind. That probably explains why his LSU coach still isn't 100% convinced that Latz and Papi will make it to campus, but is "hoping" they make the right (wrong) choice.

Oh well, now I can steal their intel. McBro signed.

There's a guy named Stats01 on HFBoards that's lurking in this thread and taking everything we post here and re-posting it on their boards http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif Everytime something new gets posted here, it shows up there half an hour later. He even took Ang's terrible "Pimp-Foley" joke http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif

From the same site, McDaniel's writeups from his "Live Draft Reaction" blog: http://i.gyazo.com/7b94817bed21af33429b2b3d01f0ab7a.png http://i.gyazo.com/e46236773eb8192dccc619eaa3906dda.png

I don't think this has been posted yet, but based on Kiley McDaniel's draft rankings, Jays had a monster haul. Based on his Top 291 Draft Prospects: http://i.gyazo.com/818489c7a7146a2bacde2444010bd96b.png And he had a list of guys that didn't crack his Top 291 list, but he still considered Top 10 round talents, among which were: http://i.gyazo.com/e5bc11e9929d44c783ca880783ffb09e.png

Charleston falls to Texas Tech in Super Regional, ending successful postseason run 9 June 2014 | Posted by Jason Lutz | BaseballsportsSpring For the second straight game, the College of Charleston bats were silent when they needed a big hit. The Cougars were eliminated from the NCAA Baseball Tournament with a 1-0 loss to Texas Tech on Sunday afternoon, failing to score a run in either game against the Red Raiders in the Super Regional round. .... The Cougars will lose five seniors, including outfielder Brandon Murray and his career 28 home runs and 123 RBIs. They will also graduate pitcher Michael Hanzlik, who broke the Cougars’ single season record for saves, team captain Ryan Welke, Ben Boykin, and Blake Ross. Charleston will also be losing their leading hitter, junior Gunnar Heidt, who was selected by the Blue Jays in the 13th round of the MLB Draft. Heidt batted .329 on the season and was selected to the All-CAA first team. He concludes his career with 105 RBIs in 160 games. Charleston’s 44 wins were tied for the most in a single season under Lee. Their CAA Tournament championship was the program’s first conference postseason title since 2006. This season marked the Cougars’ sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the past ten years and first Super Regional appearance since 2006. They were just the fourth No. 4 seed to win a NCAA Tournament Regional, defeating No. 2 overall seed Florida before downing Long Beach State twice. Charleston was nationally ranked twice during the course of the season. They were ranked 29th in the March 3 edition of the national writers’ poll and 16th in the June 3 edition of both the USA Today coaches’ poll and the national writers’ poll. Looks like the Charleston Cougars season ended last night, which means that Heidt's signing should be made official in the near future. This also confirms the earlier speculation that Heidt is in fact signing; good news for the Jays, as he was one of the best players taken after the first 10 rounds.

Yeah I don't know how much we can trust that source, but if it's true, it's nice to know we have that much lying around to offer to guys outside of the first ten rounds. Surprises me, though, that he'd turn that much down. Tellez and Brentz both took significantly less.

Mainieri ‘confident’ recruiting class coming to LSU MATTHEW HARRIS June 09, 2014 At some point Friday night, Jake Latz reportedly turned down $1 million. The left-hander passed on the temptation thrown his way by a Major League Baseball franchise, and let LSU coach Paul Mainieri exhale. If anything, the past three days of the pro player draft haven’t left the Tigers’ elite recruiting class picked over clean. “I’m pretty confident about it,” Mainieri said Saturday of his recruiting class coming to Tigertown. “It’s relatively safe.” On Saturday, highly touted lefty Mac Marshall pulled into Baton Rouge to move into a dorm ahead of summer school, and the fact the Houston Astros tabbed him in the 21st round with the No. 616 pick may keep him there. “I’ll be down moving in this afternoon,” Marshall said during the final leg of Saturday’s drive. Projected as a top-70 pick, it appears suitors couldn’t match Marshall’s asking price, or those for 10 other incoming freshmen. Take Latz, the ace at Lemont (Ill.) High, who was projected as a mid-round pick. Toronto plucked him with the 324th pick, but Mainieri said the money that comes with being an 11th-round pick won’t sway him. “Latz turned down an awful lot of money,” Mainieri said. “We’ve just got to hope he sticks to his guns.” Right-hander Jake Godfrey, projected as third-to-fifth-round pick, went in the 21st round to Atlanta, while shortstop Grayson Byrd went to the Braves in the 39th round. None of them have given Mainieri much reason to wring his hands. “I know what these kids are asking for, and I just find it hard to believe with the way the draft rules are now that they would be able to meet the price of these players,” he said. The fact that six are already on campus for the start of summer classes Monday only girds that faith. If Latz and Papierski don’t arrive, it will be the result of Lemont’s state playoff run dragging into next weekend, Mainieri said. An interesting case may be current LSU closer Joe Broussard, a redshirt junior Mainieri considered likely to bolt once the season ended. But Broussard, a 10th-round projection, went later than expected when the Los Angeles Dodgers drafted him in the 15th round with the 459th overall pick. “I think Joe is rethinking it a little bit,” Mainieri said. He just might be right. The Dodgers haven’t told him what compensation package they’re willing to extend his way. The two sides plan to meet early this week to discuss it, and Broussard said he isn’t leaning in one direction or the other. “It’s really up in the air, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do,” Broussard said. “I don’t really know what their offer is, so I don’t have a clue either way.” LSU”s Sean McMullen and Nate Fury don’t face such a dilemma. Their careers at LSU ended with the bruising of a 12-2 loss to Houston on Monday in the regional round of the NCAA tournament. Yet McMullen was plucked in the 30th round by the Astros. The Brother Martin alum is set to report to their rookie affiliate in Greenville, Tennessee, on June 14. Fury went to Detroit in the 36th round. There’s no quibbling over contract figures, either. “It doesn’t at all have any disappointment,” McMullen said. “I’ve kind of been the underdog in baseball my whole life. I’m just excited to get this going.” Not looking good on the Jake Latz / Mike Papierski front. Still gotta see what happens, as it doesn't seem he's completely made his mind yet.

Blue Jays draft pick Max Pentecost ‘can’t wait to get up there and go play’ The Jays have failed to sign their first-round pick in two of the past three years, but they have nothing to worry about with the talented catcher from Kennesaw State University. By: Brendan Kennedy Sports reporter, Published on Sun Jun 08 2014 Max Pentecost has never been to Canada, but the 21-year-old Georgia native — and first-round draft pick of the Blue Jays — has heard it on radio and seen it on TV. “I've been to Massachusetts and Maine, that kind of area, and I've heard the radio stations talking in French,” Pentecost said this weekend on a conference call with reporters. “Besides that, I really don’t know much about it. I'm a huge outdoorsman, so I've always watched hunting videos, and I know Canada’s got good hunting and fishing, and that it’s a beautiful country. So I don’t think I’ll have one problem with it.” The Jays, who had two first-round picks this year after failing to sign their first-rounder last year, took Pentecost — considered by some to be the best “true” catcher in the draft — with the 11th overall pick. Toronto also had the ninth overall pick and with it they took East Carolina right-hander Jeff Hoffman, who was once in the mix to go first overall until he blew out his elbow in April and underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery. With Major League Baseball’s amateur draft wrapping up on Sunday, the Jays were already being hailed by some experts as the early winners. Jim Callis, who has covered the draft for 25 years and writes for MLBPipeline.com, ranked the Jays’ draft as the best, not only for the Pentecost and Hoffman picks, but for how they “stole” Florida high-school right-hander Sean Reid-Foley in the second round. Callis ranked Reid-Foley as the 18th-best player in the draft — while Hoffman was ranked 13th and Pentecost 19th — making the Jays the only club to draft three players from the top 20. Callis also praised Toronto’s third- and fourth-round picks, including high-school catcher Matt Morgan, who, the Jays announced Sunday, has already signed with the team. Pentecost, who grew up idolizing Jason Kendall and now tries to model his game after Buster Posey, is regarded as a highly athletic backstop who hits for a high average and has good speed for a catcher. His stock began to rise last summer when he was named the MVP of the Cape Cod League. “I think that was the whole reason I am where I am today,” he said. He was first drafted out of high school three years ago by the Texas Rangers in the seventh round, but elected instead to go to Kennesaw State University, the alma mater of Jays right-hander Chad Jenkins. The Jays have failed to sign their first-round pick in two of the last three years, but Pentecost said he’s eager to get the paperwork out of the way. “I can’t wait to get up there and go play,” he said. Toronto selected 41 players in all, and once again they loaded up on pitching, selecting 16 right-handers and six left-handers. Among position players, they drafted seven outfielders, five catchers, three second basemen, two shortstops and two first basemen. Twenty-seven of the players the Jays selected were college juniors or seniors, with 14 of their picks coming out of high school. The Jays drafted two Canadians — both right-handed pitchers from the Greater Toronto Area. Jordan Romano, a Markham native, was selected in the 10th round from Oral Roberts University, while Zachary Pop, a 17-year-old righty from Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School in Brampton, was selected in the 23rd round, 684th overall. Both Romano and Pop pitched for the Ontario Blue Jays summer team. The Jays have until July 15 to sign their remaining draftees. Should come as no surprise, but it looks like Pentecost is signing.

http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif Very well-formed response. Real eloquent.

Hell, let's trade for Gyorko. Young, controllable 2nd baseman, had a great year last year. We could really use his -1.1 wins more than a serviceable starting pitcher during that pennant race we're all dying to get to.

I don't understand why people get a boner for a player and then get permanent tunnel vision for him the rest of their lives. Franklin has been abysmal this year, and after 120 career games, he's got a total of 0.4 fWAR. He's got poor plate discipline, he's poor on the bases, he's poor on defense and his bat is horrific. Even Tolleson is a better option than him for the time being (which is all that matters in a contending year). I'd maybe understand there's even a shred of an argument if someone were building for the future, but the Mariners just optioned him to the minors, and if the Pirates or Jays were dumb enough to give them a 3-win player in Liriano or Rasmus for him in a year where all three teams plan on contending, Jack Z would laugh his bald dumb ass all the way to the bank and not think twice. JP Arencibia has several years of control left as well. Let's bring him back while we're at it. When you need a "#3 pitcher", you don't trade that away for a replacement level 2nd baseman that would be a downgrade on what you already have because he has "years of control". If teams were dumb enough to follow strategies like this, you guys wouldn't have to be speculating on these trades, they'd just happen, all the time.

Can I ask why, exactly?

It would, but I can see his side of it as well. A kid that talented, used to being told how good he is, I don't blame him for not acknowledging that he was selected in Round 38 of 40.

Yeah, that Davis guy looks friggin' jacked, is there any info on him? I know UFAs usually amount to nothing, but still wondering what his power is like.

lol, way to rub it in Keith. So uhh... just gonna put a "not signing" next to it and leave it at that.

Draft Signings: Twins, Royals, Rangers, D’Backs, Cubs By Charlie Wilmoth [June 7, 2014 at 9:14pm CDT] Here’s a roundup of today’s key news regarding signings from the draft. The Twins have agreed to a slightly below-slot bonus with 9th rounder Matt Murphy, tweets Callis. The Bradley outfielder will get $130K, just over $20K below his slot amount. A few more drafted players have agreed to terms with the Royals, per Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star (Twitter link), though bonus amounts have not yet been reported. High school shortstop Dawon Burt (fourth round; $420K slot) and Texas A&M righty Corey Ray (fifth round; $314K slot) are both in agreement, joining sixth-rounder Logan Moon (see below). The Rangers have agreed to terms with fourth-rounder Brett Martin on a $475K deal, MLB.com’s Jim Callis tweets. The deal comes in $67K above the $408K bonus pool value of the pick. The lefty Martin hails from a Tennessee junior college. The Rangers have also agreed to terms with tenth-rounder and Abilene Christian catcher Seth Spivey for $10K, tweets MLB Daily Dish’s Chris Cotillo. The signing would allow the Rangers to save about $128K against their bonus pool, which would appear to help them balance their budget after the Martin signing is complete. The Diamondbacks have signed third-rounder Matt Railey, the outfielder himself tweets. Railey, a Florida high-schooler, had a commitment to Florida State. There is no immediate word on his bonus, but the pool value of the pick is $603K. The Cubs have agreed to terms with third-rounder and Virginia Tech catcher Mark Zagunis for $615K, Cotillo tweets. The deal saves the Cubs about $100K against the draft pool value of the pick. The Astros have agreed to terms with eighth-rounder Bobby Boyd, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart reports. There is no immediate word on a bonus for the junior outfielder from West Virginia University, but pool value for that pick is around $163K. McTaggart also reports that the Astros have agreed to terms with tenth-rounder Jay Gause, a junior pitcher from Faulkner University. The pool value for Gause’s pick is $142K. Georgia high school lefty Mac Marshall plans to head to LSU rather than going pro, the pitcher himself tweets. MLB.com had ranked Marshall the No. 66 prospect in the draft, but he was not taken until the 21st round by Houston, surely due in large part to teams’ awareness of his reluctance to sign. The Reds have agreed to terms with fifth-rounder Tejay Antone, a tall righty from a Texas community college, at the bonus-pool figure of $308K, Cotillo tweets. Antone had planned to head to Auburn next year if he didn’t end up signing. The Royals have agreed to terms with sixth-round pick Logan Moon, Cotillo tweets. The senior outfielder from Missouri Southern will get less than the bonus pool value of about $235K.

"We talked money before the draft and they gave me what I was looking for," Heidt said. "I'm not ready for my college career to end just yet." Wait so he got what he's looking for, but is also not ready for his college career to end? What does that even mean? I guess I'll put him down as signing for now.

Well it says that he's planning on playing in college next season, but I wouldn't say that's completely definitive. The Jays have probably yet to talk to him. Plans change. Rowdy's did. Let's wait to see what ends up happening when the dust settles. Hilarious. Does this mean that Isaacs is signing?

This is a common misconception, so I thought I'd just clear it up. If you fail to sign one of your picks, you can't use that money elsewhere. You'll lose that portion of your slotted budget. Your only viable option for these cases is to sign someone significantly below their slot, and then allocate the leftover slot dollars on another player. They probably made this rule to prevent teams from abusing their budgets. An example: someone punts the top overall pick by drafting a no-named JuCo kid at 1.1 and then uses 8 million dollars to sign six 1st-2rd round talents.

Made the final updates. Full draft results posted in OP#1, fully updated BA 500 (basically only useful to show who went undrafted at this point) in OP#2, along with the updated graphic for MLB.com TOP 200. On to the signings thread, and a month of nail biting to see who latches on and who brutally rejects us via text.

I'm pretty sure this thread is the monthly hive mind circle jerk. http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x18/redjeans_mg/heart_emoticon.gif

I hope so http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif http://i.imgur.com/ILGOjcJ.gif