June 25, 201313 yr They currently have "saved" $55,900. None of the three are going to get all of that chuck. Eades will be the first domino to fall. My opinion, Slegers was drafted higher than he deserved to be, in part, to be able to pay him a little bit more. All three should come in around slot... and that frees the Twins up to offer $150,000 to some prepster who isn't likely to sign. Why would slegers get more?
June 25, 201313 yr Why would slegers get more? I think he means more than he would have gotten had he been drafted where he belonged, but still less than the slot of where he was actually drafted. (Not sure if I explained that well)
June 25, 201313 yr I think he means more than he would have gotten had he been drafted where he belonged, but still less than the slot of where he was actually drafted. (Not sure if I explained that well) I gotcha. I read it differently but I think you are right.
June 25, 201313 yr Bixler tweeted moments ago that he has officially signed. Not sure what the hold-up was...
June 26, 201313 yr The Byron Buxton Brandon Bixler era has officially begun! How soon do they get to play together with DJ Baxendale at New Britain?
June 27, 201313 yr If the source for this article is to be trusted, DeMuth will return to Indiana next year (Halstead, the Twins 26th round pick, will also reportedly be returning to Indiana). No word on Slegers. We'll have to see what Eades' signing bonus ends up being. If he goes for slot the Twins will have about $400,000 to offer Slegers without exceeding their bonus pool. If DeMuth doesn't sign he'll be in a pretty similar situation to LJ Mazilli last year. Mazilli got $300,000 from the Mets this year (about $140,000 less than his 4th round slot value). I don't know if their was any public knowledge on how much the Twins offered him as a 9th round pick last year, but they were nearly $300,000 under their total pool last year, so they could have theoretically offered him over $400,000. I don't think DeMuth will be looking at an offer much bigger than $200,000. Still a pretty nice sum of money to turn down.
June 27, 201313 yr Not a fun article to read for the Twins, but I'm going to choose to be a touch skeptical until after July 12th. Hometown paper. Could be accurate. Could be a negotiating move. If next year is a deeper draft, hard to see these guys moving up, plus the risk of injury...
June 27, 201313 yr Slegers just tweeted he's in the Cities, in the doctor's office. So I'd assume he's taking his physical and signing shortly.
June 27, 201313 yr Ryan Eades has officially signed, per his Twitter account. I wonder if Ryan will swear at him ,and let him know tweeting and twitering is not allowed ,about anything club related?
June 27, 201313 yr Eades (and Boras) signed for exactly slot (gasp). Eades has been tweeting about how excited he is to be a professional baseball player (that's ok), once he starts tweeting about how he's not injured/good to go and insurance won't cover his contract that will be problem.
June 27, 201313 yr Hate to miss out on DeMuth and Halstead, but Eades and Slegers more than make up for it.
June 27, 201313 yr If the source for this article is to be trusted, DeMuth will return to Indiana next year (Halstead, the Twins 26th round pick, will also reportedly be returning to Indiana). No word on Slegers. We'll have to see what Eades' signing bonus ends up being. If he goes for slot the Twins will have about $400,000 to offer Slegers without exceeding their bonus pool. If DeMuth doesn't sign he'll be in a pretty similar situation to LJ Mazilli last year. Mazilli got $300,000 from the Mets this year (about $140,000 less than his 4th round slot value). I don't know if their was any public knowledge on how much the Twins offered him as a 9th round pick last year, but they were nearly $300,000 under their total pool last year, so they could have theoretically offered him over $400,000. I don't think DeMuth will be looking at an offer much bigger than $200,000. Still a pretty nice sum of money to turn down. it makes sense for halstead to go back to school - he has a big arm and might improve his draft position substantially with a big senior season. doesn't make much sense for demuth, however. he's already 22 and was drafted fairly aggressively for a corner guy without any power (yes i know he may move to second but it's not clear if he could handle that given his frame). if demuth is serious about pro ball, he'd sign, imo. i hope he does - he could be a good utillty guy that can really hit.
June 28, 201313 yr Sounds like Slegers has signed according to a post from the Twins on Facebook. Nice!
June 28, 201313 yr Slegers got 380k which is 29,500k over the 350,500 slot allotment. There goes the Twins extra money. Seems odd that Slegers got over slot.....maybe that's just me.
June 28, 201313 yr Yeah, me too... his outing in Omaha must have increased his price tag. I'm sure it's tougher to get a read on asking prices with teams being active during the draft.
June 29, 201313 yr According to Baseball America, the Twins are $26,400 under budget for their 2013 bonus pool.
July 11, 201313 yr There have been no new developments with DeMuth or Halstead, but I would guess those will go to tomorrow's deadline. The Twins will be signing Ivory Thomas, who was a college senior. He will report to the GCL affiliate. I'm not sure if he'll be in the fold by tomorrow or not. (Deadline doesn't apply to college seniors.) But I'm told it will be done soon. Not the news we we're hoping to hear, but semi-news nonetheless.
July 11, 201313 yr There have been no new developments with DeMuth or Halstead, but I would guess those will go to tomorrow's deadline. The Twins will be signing Ivory Thomas, who was a college senior. He will report to the GCL affiliate. I'm not sure if he'll be in the fold by tomorrow or not. (Deadline doesn't apply to college seniors.) But I'm told it will be done soon. Not the news we we're hoping to hear, but semi-news nonetheless. Any idea if the Twins are willing go over their pool amount significantly to DeMuth or Halstad?
July 11, 201313 yr I would guess the answer to the previous two posts are the same: Very close to no chance.
July 11, 201313 yr What are the chances any of the remaining high school players sign? At this point very little if not zero. Unless the Twins are willing to pay taxes, which I doubt they will, I don't see them signing any of the kids left. Add in the potential of not signing DeMuth and the draft looks a little weaker than it did before.
July 12, 201313 yr Any last minute signings? None that has been reported on. There is a slim chance, very slim, they signed a late rounder for $100k
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