June 10, 201511 yr Twins get a great pick in Kyle Wilson. I hope he signs.MLB thinks to think he won't be difficult to sign - at the worst he could end up a draft and follow, if that still exists. Eastman looks a lot tougher to sign. If they lock up one or both of these guys, that ups the draft half a grade....
June 10, 201511 yr Logan Lombana is a great kid. Seen him play with or against my kids from little league through high school. Very good athlete. Was also one of the best high school soccer goalies in Northern California.
June 10, 201511 yr Correct me if I am wrong - is the draft pool money only applicable to the first 10 round picks? Could they throw as much $$$ at a 19th rounder as they want?
June 10, 201511 yr I was watching the Video of Kerby Camacho (great name baseball name BTW!) and really liked his left handed swing. His RH swing looked a little slow. Do teams ever have players quit switch hitting and go to one side or the other permanently? Not that I am a scout nor do I claim to be able to differentiate the difference between a 1st round talent and a 30th round talent from a video, but he seems have a quick throwing motion while catching and a silky smooth left handed swing. I like it.
June 10, 201511 yr Correct me if I am wrong - is the draft pool money only applicable to the first 10 round picks? Could they throw as much $$$ at a 19th rounder as they want?Anything over a certain amount (100k I think) counts against the draft pool, so that only works if you go underslot for someone else.
June 10, 201511 yr Congrats to both Kamran Young and the Twins! You're getting an intelligent, talented and hard-working kid from Cali. http://gotoros.com/news/2015/6/10/BB_0610150152.aspx?path=baseball
June 10, 201511 yr 20th Rd Colton Eastman - 6'3 200 has pitcher's frame-Highest spin rate breaking ball at Area Code Games- FB 88-92mph with sink- breaking ball above average- Changeup developing
June 10, 201511 yr 20th Rd Colton Eastman - 6'3 200 has pitcher's frame-Highest spin rate breaking ball at Area Code Games- FB 88-92mph with sink- breaking ball above average- Changeup developing Unsignable, right?
June 10, 201511 yr 24th RD Jaylin Davis -Was considered a top 5 Rd pick at start of season- Injured nonthrowing shoulder diving in the OF - surgery ended 2015 early- shows above average power potential- good routes in CF- average arm and speed- his ability to make consistent contact is biggest question
June 10, 201511 yr Anything over a certain amount (100k I think) counts against the draft pool, so that only works if you go underslot for someone else. 100% correct. It is $100k limit. Anything over that limit is counted against the draft pool money.
June 10, 201511 yr Unsignable, right?Old days I'd say draft and follow, these days just to let ya know we are interested. I'll put signing at 25% from what I've heard thus far and that's being nice Edited June 10, 201511 yr by Bob Sacamento
June 10, 201511 yr Just drafted Dalton Pompey's little brother in round 31 Tristan Pompey's video actually looks very intriguing, and he's not so "little", @ 6'4", two inches taller than Dalton. Is he a big-time college commit and the Twins are going to kick the signability tires?
June 10, 201511 yr Michigan commit Jonathan Engleman looks like he has a man-sized body at age 18, and looks pretty good in his video. Despite being 6'4" and 210#s, he ran a 6.75 60 yard run. Thoughts on his prospect status/signability?
June 10, 201511 yr I like the strategy - they have already indicated they will probably sign fewer draftees than in previous years. Why not take a few fliers and see that happens?
June 10, 201511 yr 26th Rd Tyler Williams: -above average bat speed-plus raw power- high swing and miss rate-plus speed- swing designed for line drives- below average arm- LF is his future- 6'3 210 large broad frame, still growing-dad is a scout for the Twins-committed to ASU
June 10, 201511 yr Anything over a certain amount (100k I think) counts against the draft pool, so that only works if you go underslot for someone else. 100% correct. It is $100k limit. Anything over that limit is counted against the draft pool money. Thanks - makes sense. Edited June 10, 201511 yr by Monkeypaws
June 10, 201511 yr 28th Rd Jon Engelmann: - Raw tools all around-committed to Michigan- prototype pitcher frame 6'4 195lb- two way player (better pitcher)- strong arm (94mph off mound)- above average speed on bases-above average power potential-average hit tool
June 10, 201511 yr If the Twins manage to sign one or two of these later round higher end guys, I will be quite happy. One only wonders why they didn't draft some of them earlier....
June 10, 201511 yr I think they didn't draft these guys earlier because of the way you have to manage your draft pool money under the current system. If you draft a guy Rounds 1-10 and can't get them signed, you lose the money assigned to that draft slot. Better to draft someone you think you can sign. After Round 10 you can overpay with the savings from earlier rounds. If you don't sign the guy you don't lose any draft pool money.
June 10, 201511 yr Tristian Pompey - strong commitment to Kentucky-switch hitter better from left side-plus speed-likely to stay in CF-above average bat speed-more tools than his brother but very raw-6'4 200lb
June 10, 201511 yr I think they didn't draft these guys earlier because of the way you have to manage your draft pool money under the current system. If you draft a guy Rounds 1-10 and can't get them signed, you lose the money assigned to that draft slot. Better to draft someone you think you can sign. After Round 10 you can overpay with the savings from earlier rounds. If you don't sign the guy you don't lose any draft pool money. Any bonus over 100K after the 10th round gets added to the draft pool. So if you sign a guy in the 25th rd for 1.1M, 1M counts against your draft pool meaning you'd have to have saved close 1M in your first 10 rounds. Also if a team hits five percent over their bonus pool they will have to forfeit a future first round pick in addition to a 75% tax on the overage amount. If they are over but not at five percent over, they would just have to pay the 75% tax.
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