2013 Official Draft Picks and Signings Thread

[dougdirt]

And the plan is to let him do both, right? Pitch and play OF/bat? What are your thoughts on that?

The plan this year it for him to pitch. Which I believe is the actual plan, but they had to tell him he could hit in order to sign him. They will probably send him to instructs and let him do both and try to convince him there to work as a pitcher.

Letting guys do both hasn't exactly worked out well and has delayed the timeline for plenty of guys. It is a bad idea and I doubt that teams really like the idea of it, but every so often have to tell someone they can do it while the team tries to figure out a way to get them to do whichever one they prefer.

[klw]

Evan Mitchell is signing
http://blogs.clarionledger.com/msu/2...ell-moving-on/

In Major League Baseball news Evan Mitchell announced on Twitter, after three years at Mississippi State, he is moving on and will sign win the Cincinnati Reds.
The junior will forgo his senior season, which saw him appear in nine games — seven starts. He compiled a 0-1 record with a 3.74 ERA. The Reds selected him in the 13th round of this year’s MLB draft.

https://twitter.com/E_Mitchell51
Evan Renick Mitchell ‏@E_Mitchell51 30 Jun

Big thanks to everyone for the love shown to me the past 3 years at MSU! Ill never forget it but now it's on to chase my dream w/ the Reds!

Miss State Baseball ‏@MsStateBaseball 30 Jun

@E_Mitchell51 Thanks Evan, good luck!

[lollipopcurve]

Evan Mitchell is signing

Big arm. Hopefully they can help him harness it.

[kootenays]

Morgan Lofstrom says he is likely to sign.

Morgan Lofstrom signed this morning in Toronto for the 2014 season. He will still be playing for Canada's Junior National Team in New England, Australia, and Taiwan, before going to Arizona in September.

Here is an earlier story:
http://thenelsondaily.com/news/forme...f#.UdLS8fnVBPU

[JaxRed]

Big arm. Hopefully they can help him harness it.

Spreadsheet updated

[Gallen5862]

Baseball America has Zack Weiss listed as signed for $180,000.

[JaxRed]

Baseball America has Zack Weiss listed as signed for $180,000.

So I updated the spreadsheet (again) and that makes it so Reds only have $282K left. I don't think Abreu is signing

[Gallen5862]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft....php?team=1005

Cincinnati Reds

2013 Bonus Pool: $6,046,700

2013 Bonus Pool Spending: $5,756,300

2013 Bonus Pool +/-: $290,400 Under Budget

[Gallen5862]

Baseball America has Evan Mitchell signed for $100,000.

[Kc61]

So if the Reds have just under $300,000 left, what does that get them? Any ideas how it might be spent?

[Plus Plus]

So I updated the spreadsheet (again) and that makes it so Reds only have $282K left. I don't think Abreu is signing

Can't the Reds exceed the cap by 5% and not suffer a penalty?

That would give them like another 300k or something beyond 282k to spend, if my rough math is correct.

[RED VAN HOT]

So I updated the spreadsheet (again) and that makes it so Reds only have $282K left. I don't think Abreu is signing

Perhaps, not. I noticed that the Reds were heavy into LH batters with power potential, Abreu, Freeland, Krupa, Lofstrom, Collins, even Benintendi to a lesser extent. They seem to like that for GAB (carry to RCF?). My guess is that they get at least one, and perhaps two from that list.

Ironically, IMO, it is the weakness of RH hitting that has hurt them on the road against good teams.

[dougdirt]

The Reds can offer just over $692,000 to a player at this point (and pay another $220,000 and change as a fine) without losing a draft pick.

[fearofpopvol1]

The Reds can offer just over $692,000 to a player at this point (and pay another $500,000 and change as a fine) without losing a draft pick.

Interesting. Is that 1 player or could that be used towards multiple players?

[dougdirt]

Interesting. Is that 1 player or could that be used towards multiple players?

Anything spent over $100,000 counts toward the pool. So if they spread the money around, they only have $592,000 "extra" dollars to spend between all of those players.