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OnBaseMachine · 06-09-2006, 05:34 PM

Please post all of the draft signings in this thread.

Signings in bold.

Round Overall Player Position School State

1 8 Drew Stubbs of Texas TX
2 52 Sean Watson rhp Tennessee TN
3 84 Chris Valaika ss UC Santa Barbara CA
4 114 Justin Reed cf Hillcrest Christian HS, Jackson, Miss. MS
5 144 Josh Ravin rhp Chatsworth (Calif.) HS CA
6 174 Jordan Smith rhp Southern Nevada CC NV
7 204 Justin Turner 2b Cal State Fullerton CA
8 234 Travis Webb rhp Washington State WA
9 264 Jeremy Burchett rhp California CA
10 294 Josh Roenicke rhp UCLA CA
11 324 Brandon Rice rhp Spalding HS, Griffin, Ga. GA
12 354 Logan Parker 1b Cincinnati OH
13 384 Kevin Gunter rhp Old Dominion VA
14 414 Carson Kainer of Texas TX
15 444 Rafael Sanchez 3b Queensborough (N.Y.) CC NY
16 474 Jamie Arneson lhp Bakersfield (Calif.) CC CA
17 504 Chris Heisey of Messiah (Pa.) College PA
18 534 Ryan Wehrle ss Nebraska NE
19 564 Derrik Lutz rhp George Washington DC
20 594 Eddy Rodriguez c Miami FL
21 624 Christopher White rhp Texas A&M Kingsville TX
22 654 Adam Pointer rhp Alvin (Texas) CC TX
23 684 Tony Brown of Crestview (Fla.) HS FL
24 714 Anthony Esquer c Cal Poly Pomona CA
25 744 Michael McKennon of UT San Antonio TX
26 774 Anthony Gressick rhp Ohio OH
27 804 Keltavious Jones of Darton (Ga.) JC GA
28 834 Tyler Hauschild c Edmonds (Wash.) CC WA
29 864 Jason Louwsma 3b Florida Gulf Coast FL
30 894 Lee Tabor lhp Francis Marion (S.C.) JC SC
31 924 Eric Schaler rhp Dallas Baptist TX
32 954 Danny Dorn of Cal State Fullerton CA
33 984 Justin Curry rhp Buford (Ga.) HS GA
34 1014 Ben Ihde 1b Neenah (Wis.) HS WI
35 1044 John Touchton rhp Kingwood (Texas) HS TX
36 1074 Nicholas Wandless rhp South Carolina-Aiken SC
37 1104 Jarrod Gaskey of Azle (Texas) HS TX
38 1134 Trevor Coleman c Dripping (Texas) Springs HS TX
39 1164 Todd Waller 3b Cape Coral (Fla.) HS FL
40 1194 Tyler Dewitt of Ponderosa HS, Shingle Springs, Calif. CA
41 1224 Jeremy Erben rhp New Braunfels (Texas) HS TX
42 1254 John Housey rhp Nova HS, Davie, Fla. FL
43 1283 Geraldo Leal rhp Mission (Texas) HS TX
44 1312 Jason Chapman of Truckee (Calif.) HS CA
45 1341 Mike Lachapelle lhp Sahuaro HS, Tuscon, Ariz. AZ
46 1370 Jordan Tiegs rhp Sauk Valley (Ill.) CC IL
47 1398 Frueny Parra c Connors State (Okla.) JC OK
48 1426 Jordan Shadle ss Green River (Wash. ) CC WA
49 1454 Cameron Bayne of St. Louis HS, Honolulu HI
50 1482 Blake Benveniste 3b Chaminade Prep, West Hills, Calif. CA

OnBaseMachine · 06-09-2006, 05:35 PM

4th round pick Justin Reed signs with the Reds.

Reed signs with Reds

By Rod Walker
rwalker@clarionledger.com

Justin Reed, a fourth round pick by the Cincinnati Reds in Tuesday's Major League Baseball amateur draft, signed a deal with the team this morning.

Reed, who played at Hillcrest as a senior after transferring from Callaway, wouldn't give specifics of the deal.

"I am definitely happy with it though," said Reed, the 114th overall pick. "I will say that it is more than $300,000."

Justin Maxwell, the 114th overall pick in last year's draft, received a signing bonus of $386,000.

Reed leaves Saturday for Sarasota, Fla, to join the Sarasota Reds, Cincinnati's Class A affiliate.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pb...PORTS/60609009

OnBaseMachine · 06-09-2006, 05:36 PM

22nd rounder Pointer signs...

June 9, 2006
MIKE FORMAN - Advocate Sports Writer

Adam Pointer's first pitching appearance at Alvin Community College wasn't his last.

Pointer hadn't pitched since his senior year of high school at Bay City, but he took the mound because the team needed pitchers for a fall game.

"I started throwing and when I was through, the scouts there told them how hard I was throwing," Pointer said. "When they found out, I became their closing pitcher."

Pointer's 90-plus mph fastball helped him compile a 3-1 record and a 2.00 ERA while saving eight games for Alvin this season. It also caught the attention of the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him in the 22nd round on Wednesday.

Pointer signed with the Reds on Thursday and will report to their Gulf Coast League rookie team in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday.

"I did a lot of long tossing from the outfield and my arm got strong," said Pointer, who had offers to attend Houston Baptist and Prairie View A&M. "I'm physically ready, my arm is live, and I feel like I'm at that point."

Pointer was primarily an outfielder at Bay City and after a redshirt season, began his career at Alvin in the outfield. He also played in the outfield this season, hitting .302 with two home runs and 21 RBIs.

But Manny Rodriguez, the area scout for the Reds, who coached Pointer during his freshman and sophomore years at Bay City, has no doubt Pointer's future is on the mound.

"He was throwing 91-92 early this season and when I saw him again he was up to 93-94 and topped out at 95," Rodriguez said. "He has the ability to come in and challenge people. All of a sudden he just turned it loose."

http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/s...-4088354c.html

REDSEER · 06-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Do you really think that Reed is going straight to High A or that that is just a misprint of him going to the GCL team in Sarasota?

I really can't see a high school outfielder going straight to High A, even though they havent had much hitting this year.....

reds44 · 06-09-2006, 05:58 PM

Is Justin Reed the very athletic CF that had a scholarship to play football at Ole Miss?

If so that is awesome news, because I was afraid he wouldn't sign.

NewEraReds · 06-09-2006, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDSEER

Do you really think that Reed is going straight to High A or that that is just a misprint of him going to the GCL team in Sarasota?

I really can't see a high school outfielder going straight to High A, even though they havent had much hitting this year.....

yea, i think the paper was told sarasota and probably looked up the reds and saw the high a team. theres no way hes going there

reds44 · 06-09-2006, 06:05 PM

Not to answer my own questions, but it was!

Awesome that we signed him, he was my favorite draft pick!

Doc. Scott · 06-09-2006, 06:17 PM

12th-rounder Logan Parker told Lance McAlister on 1360 HOMER that he was signing his contract Thursday the 8th. But I haven't seen any official announcements.

Gallen5862 · 06-09-2006, 06:43 PM

Thanks. This is good news that we signed a Junior College and a high schooler so far. we were able to keep them from going to college. Was Logan Parker a high schooler or College player?

OnBaseMachine · 06-09-2006, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gallen5862

Thanks. This is good news that we signed a Junior College and a high schooler so far. we were able to keep them from going to college. Was Logan Parker a high schooler or College player?

Parker was a college senior from University of Cincinnati.

Gallen5862 · 06-09-2006, 06:46 PM

Thanks OBM. I hope he signs.

Gallen5862 · 06-10-2006, 02:05 PM

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/spring/
Per Marcs blog.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
First batch of signees

The following players are officially in the fold:

4 Justin Reed OF L/R 18 5-11/179 Hillcrest Christian HS (Jackson, MS)
6 Jordan Smith RHP R/R 20 6-4/210 Southern Nevada CC (Pleasant Grove, UT)
9 Jeremy Burchett RHP R/R 22 6-3/210 University of California-Berkeley (Coto de Caza, CA)
12 Logan Parker 1B L/L 21 6-3/220 University of Cincinnati (Odessa, Texas)
13 Kevin Gunter RHP R/R 22 6-3/210 Old Dominion University (Richland, NJ)
15 Rafael Sanchez 3B L/R 19 6-1/190 Queensborough CC (Bronx, NY)
17 Chris Heisey OF R/R 21 6-0/195 Messiah College (Mount Joy, PA)
21 Chris White RHP R/R 23 6-2/205 Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Angleton, TX)
22 Adam Pointer RHP R/R 21 5-11/170 Alvin Community College (Bay City, TX)
24 Tony Esquer C R/R 21 6-1/215 Cal Poly-Pomona University (Chino Hills, CA)
26 Anthony Gressick RHP R/R 22 6-3/200 Ohio University (Lancaster, OH)
28 Tyler Hauschild C R/R 20 6-0/210 Edmonds Community College (Spokane, WA)

Gallen5862 · 06-10-2006, 02:11 PM

This looks like a good start towards signing our draft picks. Twelve of our 50 round picks have signed. Three of the top 10 rounds signed. One who was a Highschool player. Four Junior college players signed.

redsmetz · 06-10-2006, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDSEER

Do you really think that Reed is going straight to High A or that that is just a misprint of him going to the GCL team in Sarasota?

I really can't see a high school outfielder going straight to High A, even though they havent had much hitting this year.....

There are two Reds minor league teams in Sarasota. The Sarasota Reds who are the A team in the South Atlantic Leauge and the GCL Reds who are in the Rookie league.

See this link:

http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASAp...x.jsp?c_id=cin

SandyD · 06-10-2006, 02:33 PM

Sarasota Reds are in the Florida State League (high A), I thought.

06-09-2006, 05:34 PM	#1
OnBaseMachine Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 34,655	2006 Draft signings thread Please post all of the draft signings in this thread. Signings in bold. Round Overall Player Position School State 1 8 Drew Stubbs of Texas TX 2 52 Sean Watson rhp Tennessee TN 3 84 Chris Valaika ss UC Santa Barbara CA 4 114 Justin Reed cf Hillcrest Christian HS, Jackson, Miss. MS 5 144 Josh Ravin rhp Chatsworth (Calif.) HS CA 6 174 Jordan Smith rhp Southern Nevada CC NV 7 204 Justin Turner 2b Cal State Fullerton CA 8 234 Travis Webb rhp Washington State WA 9 264 Jeremy Burchett rhp California CA 10 294 Josh Roenicke rhp UCLA CA 11 324 Brandon Rice rhp Spalding HS, Griffin, Ga. GA 12 354 Logan Parker 1b Cincinnati OH 13 384 Kevin Gunter rhp Old Dominion VA 14 414 Carson Kainer of Texas TX 15 444 Rafael Sanchez 3b Queensborough (N.Y.) CC NY 16 474 Jamie Arneson lhp Bakersfield (Calif.) CC CA 17 504 Chris Heisey of Messiah (Pa.) College PA 18 534 Ryan Wehrle ss Nebraska NE 19 564 Derrik Lutz rhp George Washington DC 20 594 Eddy Rodriguez c Miami FL 21 624 Christopher White rhp Texas A&M Kingsville TX 22 654 Adam Pointer rhp Alvin (Texas) CC TX 23 684 Tony Brown of Crestview (Fla.) HS FL 24 714 Anthony Esquer c Cal Poly Pomona CA 25 744 Michael McKennon of UT San Antonio TX 26 774 Anthony Gressick rhp Ohio OH 27 804 Keltavious Jones of Darton (Ga.) JC GA 28 834 Tyler Hauschild c Edmonds (Wash.) CC WA 29 864 Jason Louwsma 3b Florida Gulf Coast FL 30 894 Lee Tabor lhp Francis Marion (S.C.) JC SC 31 924 Eric Schaler rhp Dallas Baptist TX 32 954 Danny Dorn of Cal State Fullerton CA 33 984 Justin Curry rhp Buford (Ga.) HS GA 34 1014 Ben Ihde 1b Neenah (Wis.) HS WI 35 1044 John Touchton rhp Kingwood (Texas) HS TX 36 1074 Nicholas Wandless rhp South Carolina-Aiken SC 37 1104 Jarrod Gaskey of Azle (Texas) HS TX 38 1134 Trevor Coleman c Dripping (Texas) Springs HS TX 39 1164 Todd Waller 3b Cape Coral (Fla.) HS FL 40 1194 Tyler Dewitt of Ponderosa HS, Shingle Springs, Calif. CA 41 1224 Jeremy Erben rhp New Braunfels (Texas) HS TX 42 1254 John Housey rhp Nova HS, Davie, Fla. FL 43 1283 Geraldo Leal rhp Mission (Texas) HS TX 44 1312 Jason Chapman of Truckee (Calif.) HS CA 45 1341 Mike Lachapelle lhp Sahuaro HS, Tuscon, Ariz. AZ 46 1370 Jordan Tiegs rhp Sauk Valley (Ill.) CC IL 47 1398 Frueny Parra c Connors State (Okla.) JC OK 48 1426 Jordan Shadle ss Green River (Wash. ) CC WA 49 1454 Cameron Bayne of St. Louis HS, Honolulu HI 50 1482 Blake Benveniste 3b Chaminade Prep, West Hills, Calif. CA __________________ I miss Adam Dunn. Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 11-01-2006 at 07:35 PM.

06-09-2006, 05:35 PM	#2
OnBaseMachine Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 34,655	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread 4th round pick Justin Reed signs with the Reds. Reed signs with Reds By Rod Walker rwalker@clarionledger.com Justin Reed, a fourth round pick by the Cincinnati Reds in Tuesday's Major League Baseball amateur draft, signed a deal with the team this morning. Reed, who played at Hillcrest as a senior after transferring from Callaway, wouldn't give specifics of the deal. "I am definitely happy with it though," said Reed, the 114th overall pick. "I will say that it is more than $300,000." Justin Maxwell, the 114th overall pick in last year's draft, received a signing bonus of $386,000. Reed leaves Saturday for Sarasota, Fla, to join the Sarasota Reds, Cincinnati's Class A affiliate. http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pb...PORTS/60609009 __________________ I miss Adam Dunn.

06-09-2006, 05:36 PM	#3
OnBaseMachine Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 34,655	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread 22nd rounder Pointer signs... June 9, 2006 MIKE FORMAN - Advocate Sports Writer Adam Pointer's first pitching appearance at Alvin Community College wasn't his last. Pointer hadn't pitched since his senior year of high school at Bay City, but he took the mound because the team needed pitchers for a fall game. "I started throwing and when I was through, the scouts there told them how hard I was throwing," Pointer said. "When they found out, I became their closing pitcher." Pointer's 90-plus mph fastball helped him compile a 3-1 record and a 2.00 ERA while saving eight games for Alvin this season. It also caught the attention of the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him in the 22nd round on Wednesday. Pointer signed with the Reds on Thursday and will report to their Gulf Coast League rookie team in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday. "I did a lot of long tossing from the outfield and my arm got strong," said Pointer, who had offers to attend Houston Baptist and Prairie View A&M. "I'm physically ready, my arm is live, and I feel like I'm at that point." Pointer was primarily an outfielder at Bay City and after a redshirt season, began his career at Alvin in the outfield. He also played in the outfield this season, hitting .302 with two home runs and 21 RBIs. But Manny Rodriguez, the area scout for the Reds, who coached Pointer during his freshman and sophomore years at Bay City, has no doubt Pointer's future is on the mound. "He was throwing 91-92 early this season and when I saw him again he was up to 93-94 and topped out at 95," Rodriguez said. "He has the ability to come in and challenge people. All of a sudden he just turned it loose." http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/s...-4088354c.html __________________ I miss Adam Dunn.

06-09-2006, 05:55 PM	#4
REDSEER Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,553	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread Do you really think that Reed is going straight to High A or that that is just a misprint of him going to the GCL team in Sarasota? I really can't see a high school outfielder going straight to High A, even though they havent had much hitting this year..... __________________ This will not change until the Reds win the World Series....... April 28, 2006.

06-09-2006, 06:17 PM	#8
Doc. Scott Lover of Trivialities Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Portland, OR (West Chester, OH) Posts: 6,066	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread 12th-rounder Logan Parker told Lance McAlister on 1360 HOMER that he was signing his contract Thursday the 8th. But I haven't seen any official announcements.

06-09-2006, 06:43 PM	#9
Gallen5862 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wilmington,NC Posts: 5,325	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread Thanks. This is good news that we signed a Junior College and a high schooler so far. we were able to keep them from going to college. Was Logan Parker a high schooler or College player?

06-09-2006, 06:46 PM	#11
Gallen5862 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wilmington,NC Posts: 5,325	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread Thanks OBM. I hope he signs.

06-10-2006, 02:05 PM	#12
Gallen5862 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wilmington,NC Posts: 5,325	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/spring/ Per Marcs blog. Saturday, June 10, 2006 First batch of signees The following players are officially in the fold: 4 Justin Reed OF L/R 18 5-11/179 Hillcrest Christian HS (Jackson, MS) 6 Jordan Smith RHP R/R 20 6-4/210 Southern Nevada CC (Pleasant Grove, UT) 9 Jeremy Burchett RHP R/R 22 6-3/210 University of California-Berkeley (Coto de Caza, CA) 12 Logan Parker 1B L/L 21 6-3/220 University of Cincinnati (Odessa, Texas) 13 Kevin Gunter RHP R/R 22 6-3/210 Old Dominion University (Richland, NJ) 15 Rafael Sanchez 3B L/R 19 6-1/190 Queensborough CC (Bronx, NY) 17 Chris Heisey OF R/R 21 6-0/195 Messiah College (Mount Joy, PA) 21 Chris White RHP R/R 23 6-2/205 Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Angleton, TX) 22 Adam Pointer RHP R/R 21 5-11/170 Alvin Community College (Bay City, TX) 24 Tony Esquer C R/R 21 6-1/215 Cal Poly-Pomona University (Chino Hills, CA) 26 Anthony Gressick RHP R/R 22 6-3/200 Ohio University (Lancaster, OH) 28 Tyler Hauschild C R/R 20 6-0/210 Edmonds Community College (Spokane, WA)

06-10-2006, 02:11 PM	#13
Gallen5862 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wilmington,NC Posts: 5,325	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread This looks like a good start towards signing our draft picks. Twelve of our 50 round picks have signed. Three of the top 10 rounds signed. One who was a Highschool player. Four Junior college players signed.

06-10-2006, 02:33 PM	#15
SandyD Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Kenner , LA Posts: 2,719	Re: 2006 Draft signings thread Sarasota Reds are in the Florida State League (high A), I thought.

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