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MLB draft starts tonight

  • The Astros are off to a terrific start in this draft.

    Beast 512

  • Any Texas recruits selected yet? - too busy with the Thunder-Spurs to have paid attention that close

    everybodygodeep

  • Beast 512 said...

    The Astros are off to a terrific start in this draft.

    Any idea how good their chances are at signing McCullers?

    Texas 35th

  • everybodygodeep said...

    Any Texas recruits selected yet? - too busy with the Thunder-Spurs to have paid attention that close

    3 Texas recruits were picked in the first 60 picks. Courtney Hawkins went in the first round & Steve Bean/Tyler Gonzales went #59 & #60.

    hornetcoach

  • I don't have the pool format all figured out just yet but from what I can tell, they will have the money.

    Beast 512

  • Texas 35th said...

    Any idea how good their chances are at signing McCullers?

    I think they are going to sign Correa for under slot, then put the rest of that money towards McCullers. I doubt they would have drafted him if they didn't talk about a price beforehand.

    beastmode

  • beastmode said...

    I think they are going to sign Correa for under slot, then put the rest of that money towards McCullers. I doubt they would have drafted him if they didn't talk about a price beforehand.

    I saw something last night that said they talked to the parents before they picked him, and they were in the same ballpark on $.

    HoopsCoach

  • austinr said...

    No doubt Drayton cared more about who he could sign than drafting the best player. However I don't buy the argument "4 other teams passed too". Most pro teams are run by bad owners and GM's................it your job as an organization to find the best players and listen to the scouts spending time with players..............

    Drayton didn't own the team when Jeter was drafted. blackeye

    Signatures are stupid. You should block them.

    JKates

  • Texas 35th said...

    Any idea how good their chances are at signing McCullers?

    I asked several baseball "experts" this via Twitter today. All confirmed the sentiment that McCullers and the Astros will get a deal done because Correa probably won't take all of the $7.2 mill.

    Signatures are stupid. You should block them.

    JKates

  • everybodygodeep said...

    Any Texas recruits selected yet? - too busy with the Thunder-Spurs to have paid attention that close

    Here are the ones to watch and who has gone so far.
    Steve Bean – C – Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall HS) - 59th pick
    Madison Carter – IF – Sherman, Texas (Grayson College)
    Ty Culbreth – LHP – Bryan, Texas (Bryan HS)
    Austin Dean – IF – Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS)
    Travis Duke – LHP – Pearland, Texas (Dawson HS)
    Spencer Edwards – IF – Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall HS) - 88th pick
    Tyler Gonzales – RHP – San Antonio, Texas (Madison HS) - 60th pick
    Courtney Hawkins – OF – Corpus Christi, Texas (Carroll HS) - 13th pick
    Holden Helmink – RHP – Conroe, Texas (Willis HS)
    Chad Hollingsworth – RHP – Waco, Texas (Robinson HS)
    Ben Johnson – OF – Austin, Texas (Round Rock Westwood HS)
    Wyatt Mathisen – C – Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen HS) - 69th pick
    C.J. Hinojosa – IF – Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS)

    Not looking to good so far.

    Navin Johnson

  • Austin Dean 137th overall to Miami

    Navin Johnson

  • Beast 512 said...

    I don't have the pool format all figured out just yet but from what I can tell, they will have the money.

    Here is a link for the slots and the money or each.

    http://ht.ly/aYdTS

    Navin Johnson

  • Tom Krasovic of Inside the Padres was told by a major league source that Mark Appel turned down a $6 million offer by the Astros.
    Appel, a Scott Boras client, was projected in just about every mock draft to go first overall. Instead, the Astros selected Carlos Correa and Appel tumbled to the Pirates at No. 8. Most believed Appel's asking price was to blame for his fall, but no one had been able to confirm what Boras was seeking. If Appel and Boras don't lower their demands significantly, there is a chance Appel won't sign. The Pirates have roughly $3 million to spend on the hurler with the No. 8 slot allotment and could potentially scrounge together another million by skimping on bonuses to other draftees. If Pittsburgh violates their draft pool allocation, it will result in forfeiture of their 2013 first-round pick.

    Pittsburgh drafted Texas signee Wyatt Mathisen with the 69th pick overall. We can hope that Appel uses up all of the excess slot money, and leaves the bonus to Mathisen low, and he attends Texas. Otherwise, Pittsburgh becomes my new hated team after what they did with Josh Bell last year.

    Scharnell