The Giants have agreed to terms with sixth-round pick Mike Kickham for $410,000. That's well in excess of MLB's recommended $150,000 maximum for picks after the fifth round, and the largest bonus San Francisco has given a 2010 draftee to date. The Giants have yet to sign first-rounder Gary Brown or second-rounder Jarrett Parker. Kickham is a draft-eligible sophomore [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — On Aug. 8 at Blair Field, Baseball America sat down with hitting gurus Don Slaught and Craig Wallenbrock to examine the top hitting prospects in the 2010 Area Code games. Slaught is President of Right View Pro, a video analysis company considered the premier hitting-instruction system in the baseball industry. A veteran [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The 24th annual Area Code Games continues at Blair Field, with SPARQ test results being distributed to all in attendance. Sponsored by Nike, SPARQ testing has been a fixture at the ACG for a decade. Each athlete participates in (or suffers through, depending on his perspective) four different athletic tests: 60-yard dash, [...]
The Red Sox have signed sixth-round pick Kendrick Perkins for $600,000, four times MLB's recommended $150,000 maximum for picks after the fifth round. Editor's note: Our initial reports of Perkins' bonus were incorrect. We regret the error. An outfielder from LaPorte (Texas) High, Perkins is raw but has huge upside. He's 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, loaded with [...]
The Reds and 12th-round pick Kyle Waldrop have agreed to terms on a $500,000 bonus, the largest deal to date in the 2010 draft for a player drafted after the 10th round. Under MLB provisions for two-sport athletes, Cincinnati will spread the bonus over multiple years. Waldrop starred in baseball and football (as a safety and [...]
The Blue Jays have signed second-round pick Justin Nicolino for $615,000. His bonus surpasses MLB's guideline for the No. 80 choice ($450,000), making him the fourth Toronto draftee to have finalized an above-slot deal. Nicolino follows second-rounder Kellen Sweeney ($600,000), sixth-rounder Sean Nolin ($175,000) and seventh-rounder Mitchell Taylor ($367,500). The Jays also are believed to have above-slot deals [...]
After spending more money ($18.7 million) on the 2008-09 drafts than any other club, the Pirates signed just two of their top 11 picks in the first two months after the 2010 draft. Pittsburgh has started to open its wallet, signing fourth-round pick Nick Kingham for $485,000, its first over-slot deal of the summer. Kingham's bonus was [...]
With 10 days to go before the signing deadline, deals are starting to happen. On Friday, the Orioles signed fifth-round pick Connor Narron and ninth-rounder Parker Bridwell to bonuses that exceed MLB's recommendations more than any other completed deals to date. Narron signed for $650,000, which was $478,100 above MLB's $171,900 guideline for the 171st overall [...]
The Twins signed first-round pick Alex Wimmers today for $1,332,000. His bonus matches MLB's recommendation for his draft slot, No. 21 overall. An Ohio State righthander, Wimmers won his first nine starts for the Buckeyes this spring before coming down with a hamstring injury. He was one of the most polished pitchers in the draft, throwing three [...]
The Blue Jays have agreed to terms with seventh-round pick Mitchell Taylor on a $367,500 bonus. At $217,500 above MLB's recommended maximum for all picks after the fifth round, it's the most above-slot deal to date for any 2010 draftee, surpassing the $350,000 the Mets gave 24th-rounder Erik Goeddel. A lefthander from Spring (Texas) High, Taylor [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The 24th-annual Area Code Games began Thursday here at Blair Field. Wood-bat batting practice and SPARQ physical skills testing were the primary events on day one. Many of the top 2011 high school prospects are in attendance, with several elite 2012 players present as well. Teams selected from 8 different geographical [...]
The Astros officially signed Delino DeShields today. The eighth overall choice, DeShields is the second-highest 2010 draft pick to sign to date, after No. 4 selection Christian Colon of the Royals. DeShields signed for $2.15 million, the second highest 2010 draft bonus so far, behind Colon's $2.75 million. MLB's recommendation for the No. 8 pick is $2.043 million, making [...]
LAKELAND, Fla. — Aaron Nola made the best of a situation he didn't think he'd be in. Nola said he wasn't expecting to get picked for the East Coast Professional Showcase after missing the final month of his high school season with a sports hernia, but the lanky 6-foot-2, 170-pound righthander from Catholic High in Baton [...]
The White Sox will promote 2010 first-round pick Chris Sale to the majors on Wednesday. When he makes his debut roughly two months after he was drafted 13th overall, he'll have sped to the big leagues quicker than any draftee since 2003 Reds first-rounder Ryan Wagner. Wagner made his first appearance for Cincinnati on July [...]
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