Official Reds 2011 Draft Picks and signing update thread

[izzy's dad]

From Jamie Ramsey:

Reds have signed 5th rounder 2B Ryan Wright from University of Louisville

http://twitter.com/Jamieblog

This is good news for my 2010 Topps Platinum Team USA Ryan Wright auto relic card.

[Edd Roush]

Gabriel Rosa signed for $500,000.

Is this above, at or below slot?

[corkedbat]

Reds sign Will Lentz off of a tryout. It may well never come to much, but this is an interesting FA signing. Lentz was a safety for the UK football team until concussions forced him to take a medical scholarship. Will played quite a bit at safety. He's VERY hard-nosed, an outstanding athlete and a really good kid. He was last listed as 6-3/220 on the UK FB roster. He came to UK as a QB with a very good arm, but a shoulder problem before his freshman year moved him to safety.


http://www.ukathletics.com/blog/2011...-the-reds.html

[redsfan20]

Any idea which team Wright will be sent to or how much his signing bonus was?

[The DARK]

Any idea which team Wright will be sent to or how much his signing bonus was?

No idea on signing bonus, but I imagine he'll either be sent to Billings or Bakersfield, given that Torreyes is tearing it up in Dayton.

[New Fever]

Any idea which team Wright will be sent to or how much his signing bonus was?

$225,000

[New Fever]

Is this above, at or below slot?

Above slot.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Good for Ryan Wright and good for the Reds! Glad to see he's signed.

[corkedbat]

Oops, meant to say Matt Lentz. Will Lentz is a wrtier.

[Edd Roush]

Above slot.

Thanks for the info, New Fever. I wonder if they already had a deal in place with Rosa, but the Commish's office delayed the announcement.

[Gainesville Red]

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2...deal-with-Reds


UF outfielder Bryson Smith signs.

[nemesis]

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2...deal-with-Reds


UF outfielder Bryson Smith signs.

The only OFer the Reds have signed from this entire draft. That in itself is very very odd.

[Benihana]

The only OFer the Reds have signed from this entire draft. That in itself is very very odd.

Uh, Rosa?

[corkedbat]

The only OFer the Reds have signed from this entire draft. That in itself is very very odd.

Especially since corner outfielders are the biggest need across the entire system.

[dougdirt]

Uh, Rosa?

Rosa has been playing 3B though. Of course, Bryson is listed as an infielder on the Reds.com draft page too....