2018 MLB Draft

I sense a trend.

 

The last 6 picks are HSers who are likely long shot signs:

This may project that the Astros will have a smaller than normal incoming Class of 2018.

Likewise, the Astros may not be that active in the Undrafted Free Agent market, due to losing 2 of their farm teams.

 

You da man.

 

Any chance little Cruz signs? Is he really good?

 

I doubt any of the HS draftees except Schroeder sign. Only chance for an overslot signee would be Lyle Lin. But you never know.

For now my guess is that 28-32 sign, plus another 2-3 UDFA. With the addition of these 40, there are 100 players assigned to EST waiting for the GCL and Low A seasons to start.

 

Draft Redux:

 

The slot for round #11-#40 is $100,000 (or maybe that has recently increased?). I don't see the Astros offering Lin (Pick #882) more than that. We will see.

 

Astros wanted to make it fun by drafting Bregman and Correas brother but chances are you won’t see them.

 

I think the slot and trying to go over slot value only applies to the first ten rounds.

Rounds 3-32 are all college guys, I’d expect most to be easy signs..A few will opt to return to school for another season or two. Will be interesting to see if Correa and Bregman’s younger bros pass on college

 

Here.

You could have posted it here, you know.

 

Any player drafted after the 10th round who receives a bonus over $125k counts against the bonus pool allocated to the 1st 10 rounds. So if Houston is able to get some underslot signings for their 1st 10 round picks, they would be able to offer an overslot bonus to a later pick. Lin was not that highly touted of a prospect, so my (total) guess is that if Houston can scrounge up another 200K, they could get him. That'd be 5th round money.

Houston has done this in the past. Nick Tanielu (2014 14th rd), Patrick Sandoval (2015 11th rd), and Andres Santana (2017 29th rd) all received overslot bonuses.

 

Screen scraped from mlb.com:

RD	PICK	RANK	PLAYER	SCHOOL	POS	B/T	CLASS	PLAYER INFO	SIGNING BONUS
1	28	45	Beer, Seth	Clemson (SC)	OF	L/R	4YR JR	6' 3 195lbs DOB: 09/18/96	-- Pick Value: $2,399,400
2	66	93	Schroeder, Jayson	Juanita HS (WA)	RHP	R/R	HS SR	6' 2 195lbs DOB: 11/14/99	-- Pick Value: $965,300
3	102	168	Pena, Jeremy	University of Maine - Orono (ME)	SS	R/R	4YR JR	6' 0 179lbs DOB: 09/22/97	-- Pick Value: $549,700
4	132	97	McKenna, Alex	Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (CA)	OF	R/R	4YR JR	6' 2 200lbs DOB: 09/06/97	-- Pick Value: $410,400
5	162	125	Deason, Cody	Arizona (AZ)	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	6' 4 205lbs DOB: 12/26/96	-- Pick Value: $306,100
6	192	--	Freure, R.J.	Pittsburgh (PA)	RHP	R/R	4YR SO	6' 1 210lbs DOB: 07/06/97	-- Pick Value: $237,600
7	222	--	Salazar, Cesar	Arizona (AZ)	C	L/R	4YR JR	5' 9 185lbs DOB: 03/15/96	-- Pick Value: $187,000
8	252	--	Hansen, Austin	Oklahoma (OK)	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	6' 0 195lbs DOB: 08/25/96	-- Pick Value: $156,500
9	282	--	Schreiber, Scott	Nebraska (NE)	OF	R/R	4YR SR	6' 3 230lbs DOB: 10/13/95	-- Pick Value: $144,100
10	312	--	Taylor, Chandler	Alabama (AL)	LF	L/L	4YR JR	6' 1 210lbs DOB: 02/07/96	-- Pick Value: $136,800
11	342	--	Conine, Brett	Cal State Fullerton (CA)	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	6' 3 210lbs DOB: 10/16/96	--
12	372	--	Moclair, Mark	University of Tampa (FL)	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	6' 2 205lbs DOB: 03/13/97	--
13	402	--	Dubin, Shawn	Georgetown Col	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 1 160lbs DOB: 09/06/95	--
14	432	--	France, J.P.	Mississippi St U	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 0 216lbs DOB: 04/04/95	--
15	462	--	Dawson, Trey	Kentucky (KY)	SS	R/R	4YR JR	6' 0 177lbs DOB: 10/02/96	--
16	492	--	Holderbach, Alex	Eastern Kentucky U	C	R/R	4YR JR	6' 0 205lbs DOB: 12/26/96	--
17	522	--	Daniels, Brett	UNC Chapel Hill	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 0 170lbs DOB: 02/25/96	--
18	552	--	Wielansky, Michael	Col of Wooster	SS	R/R	4YR JR	6' 2 175lbs DOB: 03/18/97	--
19	582	--	Conn, Devin	Nova Southeastern U	RHP	R/R	4YR SO	6' 0 170lbs DOB: 04/03/97	--
20	612	--	Dennis, Austin	Middle Tennessee St U	CF	R/R	4YR JR	5' 11 170lbs DOB: 06/06/97	--
21	642	--	Roach, Dalton	Minnesota St U Mankato	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 2 210lbs DOB: 04/08/96	--
22	672	--	Costes, Marty	Maryland (MD)	OF	R/R	4YR JR	5' 9 205lbs DOB: 12/18/95	--
23	702	--	Bermudez, Jonathan	Southeastern U	LHP	L/L	4YR JR	6' 2 170lbs DOB: 10/16/95	--
24	732	--	Figueroa, Miguel	Oklahoma City U	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	6' 2 203lbs DOB: 03/22/97	--
25	762	--	Mattix, Logan	Georgia Col & St U	CF	R/R	4YR SR	6' 0 185lbs DOB: 05/16/96	--
26	792	--	Hensley, David	San Diego St U	SS	R/R	4YR SR	6' 6 190lbs DOB: 03/28/96	--
27	822	--	Paulino, Juan	Western Oklahoma State Col	C	L/R	JC J2	5' 11 192lbs DOB: 12/10/97	--
28	852	--	Gonzalez, Joseph	Stetson U	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	5' 11 175lbs DOB: 01/10/97	--
29	882	--	Lin, Lyle	Arizona State (AZ)	C	R/R	4YR SO	6' 1 205lbs DOB: 06/26/97	--
30	912	--	Henderson, Layne	Azusa Pacific University (CA)	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 4 200lbs DOB: 06/08/96	--
31	942	--	Cabral, Riley	Memphis (TN)	RHP	R/R	4YR JR	5' 11 200lbs DOB: 01/25/97	--
32	972	--	Billingsley, Jacob	Mississippi St U	RHP	R/R	4YR 5S	5' 11 185lbs DOB: 07/27/94	--
33	1002	--	Correa, J.C.	Alvin CC	RHP	R/R	JC J2	5' 10 185lbs DOB: 09/15/98	--
34	1032	--	Gross, Benjamin	Princeton U	RHP	R/R	4YR SR	6' 1 215lbs DOB: 10/05/96	--
35	1062	--	Bregman, A.J.	Albuquerque Academy	LHP	L/L	HS SR	6' 0 185lbs DOB: 04/11/00	--
36	1092	--	Ayers, Cole	West Clermont HS (OH)	RHP	R/R	HS SR	6' 2 195lbs DOB: 08/17/99	--
37	1122	--	Cruz, Antonio	Episcopal HS	2B	R/R	HS SR	6' 0 175lbs DOB: 06/27/99	--
38	1152	--	Stilwell, Cole	Rockwall-Heath HS (TX)	C	R/R	HS SR	6' 0 185lbs DOB: 02/18/00	--
39	1182	--	Birdsell, Brandon	Willis HS (TX)	RHP	R/R	HS SR	6' 4 210lbs DOB: 03/23/00	--
40	1212	--	Duarte, Nathan	Lancaster HS	SS	R/R	HS SR	5' 11 175lbs DOB: 09/23/00	--

 

Stupid ****

 

Clemens has been going apesh!t. 10 HR in his last 15 games, big clutch hits in the regional and now the super regional. He's made some solid plays at 2B too, if he can show the range to stay there in the pros he'll be a serious prospect.