Well just got back from intrasquad game and a few names that played were 

 

Robles

Rodriguez (pepperdine)

Atkins

Burns

 

Kohl Stewart started the game (went 5 IP) so that's who Royce Lewis got to face for three at bats.  I'll have pics and video later, off to Miami for the Cubs game.  Stewart gave an extremely glowing report of Lewis after the game.

Edited June 24, 20179 yr by Bob Sacamento

You can go over 5% for first 10 rounds. In rounds 11-40 you have a cap of $100K per player. If anyone goes over the $100k than that incremental amount goes towards the first 10 rounds money and the 5%

So essentially if we are at slot with our first 10 rounds (which we should be close) we could offer someone around $500k to forego college?

So essentially if we are at slot with our first 10 rounds (which we should be close) we could offer someone around $500k to forego college?

That's how I understand it, unless the rules have changed

 

Yea, running through the numbers it looks like we will have to dig into our 5% to sign anyone else beyond the 10th round

Eyeballing it I think the Twins have already used most of the 5% extra and won't have anything left for post 10th rd selections. Maybe an extra 100-150K and they can snag one lower level guy. I think most of the interesting overslot picks later in the draft were protection just in case Enlow backed out of any agreement that they had. They still had somebody to sign with the extra money.

The savings from Leach and Lewis roughly equal the overslot amount for Enlow (about 100K left over). rds 5-7 were all 180-300K overslot also and the savings on the rds 8-10 seniors were about 100K each. 

Eyeballing it I think the Twins have already used most of the 5% extra and won't have anything left for post 10th rd selections. Maybe an extra 100-150K and they can snag one lower level guy. I think most of the interesting overslot picks later in the draft were protection just in case Enlow backed out of any agreement that they had. They still had somebody to sign with the extra money.

The savings from Leach and Lewis roughly equal the overslot amount for Enlow (about 100K left over). rds 5-7 were all 180-300K overslot also and the savings on the rds 8-10 seniors were about 100K each.

 

I believe according to the last update if Leach signs for $1,466,400 than we will be exactly at slot, it is reported that he signed for "just under" $1.5 million which is pretty close to that. In any case I think we have a little more wiggle room with the 5% if A. Some of the guys we want are willing to take it, and B. The Polhands are willing to pay the tax on that (there is an extra tax assessed on the extra $ that a team goes over it's pool)

 

I believe according to the last update if Leach signs for $1,466,400 than we will be exactly at slot, it is reported that he signed for "just under" $1.5 million which is pretty close to that. In any case I think we have a little more wiggle room with the 5% if A. Some of the guys we want are willing to take it, and B. The Polhands are willing to pay the tax on that (there is an extra tax assessed on the extra $ that a team goes over it's pool)

That is correct now that I have done the math. I think I undercounted the senior underslot signings a little in my head. They do have a fair amount of money if they want to get 1-2 of the late round guys. That would be an extra bonus for this draft since I already like it.

Not sure how reliable it is but according to this: https://www.canadianbaseballnetwork.com/canadian-baseball-network-articles/elliott-six-figure-signing-bonu-for-canadians Leach signed for 1.4 million. If that's true we might have even more wiggle room with a few of our late rounders

29 signed which is a very high number... Sign that Falvine are clearing MiLB chaff? Doubt any HS kids will be signed... This may be our final list. Just add $ signs behind the names listed.

 

Last year we signed 32, we could still add a couple of more guys

Now the draft signing tracker on MLB Daily Dish also has leach at $1.4 million. Any news on over slot guys from day 3? I'm thinking Rodriguez, Cade Smith, Tyler Grey, Jonny DeLuca, or maybe Max Meyer would be candidates to sign but there's such little info out there it's hard to find anything and google searches are relatively fruitless, the only thing I could find was Adam Oviedo is definitely not signing

So looks like as of now they pretty much nailed their pool. That's an acceptable outcome as is, but would be really good if they dip into the penalty money to sign one or two more.

 

Like to see a good plan executed quickly and efficiently.

Not many updates here lately... Nick Allen (ss) just sign with the A's in the 3rd round for 2 million. Top 30 draft prospect. Sound familiar? As the dust settles a few things are clear to me:

-The Twins were looking for a top talent and wanted to save money for later in the draft. Lewis fit the bill.

- The Twins were very high on Leach and didn't think he'd make it to the 3rd round. Leach was a late fast riser. This might have been because he played in Canada, and the fact that there wasn't a lot of hype on him before the draft. After the draft experts came back saying he was a great pick. People went back to check with their sources I guess. Also again, they saved money for other picks.

- The Twins were banking on a top prep player like Carlson, Allen, or Enlow to fall to the 3rd. Allen and Enlow did, Carlson didn't. We know the Twins  ranked Enlow higher than Allen (or they didn't want to draft two prep SS that high). We may never know if they had Carlson ranked higher than Enlow or the other way around.  Anyway, its traditional to compare high picks with the guys selected around them. I might do the same with these 3 players.

Considering that 40th-rounder Austin Bizzle has appeared in his first game, it seems to me that the chart could be updated to reflect his being signed rather than just agreed. I think we might all be curious to see what the final chart of signings looks like.

Lavelle had an article today - doesn't look like #11 is signed, or any of the guys we don't know already.

 

http://www.startribune.com/twins-shift-draft-money-allotment-to-help-sign-more-players/432574743/#1