2019 Reds Draft Picks Signing Tracker and Chat

[JaxRed]

Yon Contreras signed for $249k

[indy_dave00]

He was the later pick (11-40) I hoped they'd sign $249 k, shows Reds think he is a top prospect. That was the 5th highest bonus they paid to this years draftees.

[Kinsm]

Previously unannounced signing bonuses:

Marrero got 125
Wolforth got 25
Lloyd got 25
Parker got 125
Garbee got 10
Creal got 125
Keys got 5
Sefcik got 5
Nieves got 125
Gill got 40
Pino got 125

I'd be happy to name my source, but the individual works in the Reds FO - so I can't.

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Gomez got 5
Serreino got 5
Cooper got 50
Van Blake got 5
Bumpass got 5

[Kinsm]

McAfee got 75

[Kinsm]

My source doesn't know what any of the 6 NDFA's received. Though he/she speculated 5 of them likely got 10K or less, Free likely got closer to 125K.

[Kinsm]

The Reds can still go about 50K more over their pool - a max payout of about 175K$, which probably isn't enough to lure any of the remaining highschoolers, we'll know for sure within the next 2 weeks.

[JaxRed]

Posted all your numbers.

[JFLegal]

Yon Contreras signed for $249k

i really like this. forgive my ignorance, but where was contreras projected to go before the draft?

i just want to believe we found a steal here in the 12th round.

[Kinsm]

i really like this. forgive my ignorance, but where was contreras projected to go before the draft?

i just want to believe we found a steal here in the 12th round.

6th round maybe

[TRF]

MLB had him ranked 170 which as Kinsm said is about the 6th round.

So the Reds got their 6th round pick, a guy projected for round 5, and their 12th rounder projected at 6. And got 2 college pitchers with no leverage and were unranked.

This all seems to be about signing Callihan and Hinds with enough to target a player not expected to sign after the top ten rounds. It's an interesting draft strategy, but it seems like the Reds had to employ it to get him. He seemingly wasn't going to sign for slot at round 6. But he'd take near round 6 money at 12 rather than head off to college. He may have cost himself $50K, but if he's really round 6 talent now, He might be round 2 talent after a year or two of JUCO.

I'm pretty happy with the pick and subsequent signing.

[JaxRed]

Here's the most interesting thing about this draft for me. We signed ZERO HS pitchers. Zip, Zilch, Nada. I was watching to see we wouldn't take one in top 2 picks !

I personally love the strategy. I think part of the plan here is to improve the W/L ratios of our lower level teams by infusing college level talent on the mound.

[Kinsm]

College seniors do nothing for me.

[Benihana]

College seniors do nothing for me.

They allow us to go overslot in other places to get premium talent. Thus, they do a lot.

[Kinsm]

They allow us to go overslot in other places to get premium talent. Thus, they do a lot.

They still do nothing for me, because in order to get to that overslot pick you are passing up better players.

[RED VAN HOT]

They still do nothing for me, because in order to get to that overslot pick you are passing up better players.

The strategy is interesting. I question how much it is actually planned before the draft. In this year's draft, I suspect that the Reds knew that Hinds and Callihan were likely to be over slot and therefore they had to save the money on seniors. In other years, they could have their eye on a HS player with a strong college commitment that would keep other teams from drafting him. Thus, they could only lure him away from the commitment if they saved the money on seniors.

Evan Kravetz is an interesting pick. Reds don't usually draft seniors that high. My guess is they saw something they liked and didn't think he would be there later. Patrick Raby at 17th is also an interesting senior pick. He is a pitchability guy who had good stats as a 4 yr starter in the SEC. Seems comparable to Michael Byrne from last year's draft.