MLB Draft

Seager to Dodgers at #18

 

Congratulations Corey!!! Great kid with class, I wish you the very best.

 

Shaffer #25 to Tampa Bay
Bard #42 to Minnesota

 

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History shows a #18 pick can expect around $2.6 million up front. Anybody expect him to eschew USC?
I agree with an earlier post that said he is a step slow for a MIF but might do nicely at a corner.
Way to go Corey!!

 

To Corey Seager

Corey, thanks for the memories. Your hitting skills are great. We have enjoyed watching you the past two years. Seems like whenever we needed heroics, you delivered.
A piece of advice:


"............GO TO OLLEGE........ Even a degree from SC helps in the future.

Good luck.

 

Ty Buttrey

Providence HS
151st overall
drafted by the Red Sox

 

CBA and draft with Buttrey

Red Sox Blog


Fourth-round pick Buttrey epitomizes changing landscape of Major League Baseball draft

Fourth-round pick Buttrey epitomizes changing landscape of Major League Baseball draft Comments 0 | Recommend 0


June 5, 2012 6:00 pm
By Brian MacPherson

The second-best player the Red Sox drafted on Monday and Tuesday might have been their fourth-round pick. That might be the way the Red Sox planned it.
As much as new rules laid out in the collective bargaining agreement were intended to turn the drafted into a "meritocracy," as Red Sox amateur scouting director Amiel Sawdaye put it before the draft, the severe restrictions on spending in the draft certainly seemed shuffle the way the Red Sox might otherwise have approached their first few draft picks on Monday and Tuesday.
Fourth-round pick Ty Buttrey epitomizes that shuffle.
Baseball America ranked Buttrey, a 6-foot-5 righty who can touch 96 miles per hour with his fastball, as the No. 38 overall draft prospect. But team after team passed on Buttrey in the second, third and fourth rounds -- presumably because they weren't sure they'd be able to sign him away from a college commitment to Arkansas. No player has as much negotiating leverage in the draft as a high-upside high-school player with a college commitment.
In past years, the Red Sox -- or any other team -- could have selected Buttrey in the second round and paid him like a first-rounder in order to get him on board. But the new rules limit the aggregate amount of money the Red Sox can spend on their draft picks, limiting their ability to spend lavishly on players who otherwise would have chosen to go to college.
The new rules also limit the way the Red Sox -- and all teams -- can shuffle their money around. If the Red Sox fail to sign first-round pick Deven Marrero, the No. 24 pick, they can't reallocate the $1.75 million recommended at that slot. Their Major League Baseball-dictated budget instead would drop by $1.75 million. The same applies at No. 31 for Brian Johnson ($1.575 million) and No. 37 for Pat Light ($1.34 million).
Had the Red Sox drafted Buttrey at No. 37 overall and failed to sign him, they'd have lost his allocated $1.34 million from their budget. Having drafted Buttrey at No. 151, if the Red Sox fail to sign him, they only lose the $291,300 allocated for that spot in the draft. That makes drafting Buttrey far less of a gamble.
And the way the Red Sox drafted makes it clear they intent to offer Buttrey more than $291,300. They might not be able to offer him the money they might have in the past -- like the $2.5 million they paid high-school catcher Blake Swihart a year ago. But the seemingly more signable college players they selected both before and after they drafted Buttrey is an indication that they expect to have some extra money available.
Johnson might sign for a below-slot bonus. Light might sign for a below-slot bonus. Third-round pick Austin Maddox might sign for a below-slot bonus. Even second-round pick Jamie Callahan, a 17-year-old high-school righty, might be willing for a below-slot bonus given the disparity between where he could have expected to be drafted and where he was drafted.
Fifth-round pick Mike Augliera was a strike-throwing machine at Binghamton University last season, but he was not ranked among Baseball America's top 500 prospects and has next to no negotiating leverage as a college senior. The Red Sox could offer him a take-it-or-leave-it bonus well below his slot recommendation of $218,100, and spend the savings on Buttrey.
The same applies to seventh-round pick Kyle Kraus, eighth-round pick Nathan Minnich, ninth-round pick Mike Miller and 10th-round pick James Watkins. All are college seniors who figure to sign for below-slot numbers -- saving the Red Sox as much as $500,000 to spend on Buttrey.
In past years, how much the Red Sox paid Johnson or Light -- let alone Kraus or Minnich -- would have no impact on their ability to sign Buttrey. Under the new rules, however, how much the Red Sox pay Johnson or Light might make all the difference with Buttrey.
Twitter: @brianmacp

 

Congrats to Nate Hyatt and Tyler Tewell of App State, both taken by the Braves in the 13th and 14th rounds. Way to go Catcher10!

 

Yessssiiiiirrrrrr.....TT drafted by the Braves!!!!!!!!! Alright Tyler. don't forget about me when you get rich and famous

Seriously, congratulations to an outstanding young man and a terrific family. They don't get any better than Tyler Tewell.

It's amazing when you think that Tyler, Richie Shaffer and Alex Wood grew up together and played with and against each other all their lives....and now being drafted together. That's three young men with character, talent and great families. You know, all three of them overcame injuries (in Richie's case he played through them), worked hard, and overcame those injuries and surgeries to achieve their goal. They are the blueprint for success.

 

Chris Perry to Cardinals

My son was selected in the 17th round by St. Louis - not recruited out of high school, he walked on to the UNCW baseball team in his sophomore year there (fall of 2009) but was cut after fall practice. Transferred to Methodist U. in his junior year to play baseball, now is going pro - go figure !!!