Yesterday at midnight was the deadline for teams to sign their draft picks from the June Draft. Here is a roundup of which teams signed their picks from the first round and how much… 1. Pittsburgh Pirates – Gerrit Cole, RHP – signed for $8 million 2. Seattle Mariners – Danny Hultzen, LHP – signed [...]
Since 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers have drafted 14 pitchers in the first round. Only two of them — Chad Billingsley (2003) and Clayton Kershaw (2006) — have amounted to anything. With their latest first round pitcher, the Dodgers are hoping he turns into more of Kershaw than Scott Elbert. The Dodgers signed first round [...]
The Oakland A’s are hoping that Sonny Gray’s career ends better than Sonny Red’s or Sonny Black’s or any of the Sonny’s who were in Donnie Brasco. The A’s signed Gray, who they took with the 18th pick in this year’s June Draft according to Baseball America. The former Vanderbilt Commodore received a $1.54 million [...]
With August 15 the last day for teams to sign 2011 First-Year Player Draft selections who have remaining college eligibility, we are going to start seeing a lot of draft picks sign. The Arizona Diamondbacks locked up someone they hope can turn into their ace in the future today as they signed first round pick [...]
The Chicago Cubs are hoping that the Gretzky genes (at least Wayne’s, not so much Brent’s) can translate to the diamond. The Cubs have signed 1B and seventh round pick Trevor Gretzky to an undisclosed deal. Gretzky is the son of the greatest hockey player of all time, Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky had the option to [...]
Any team with the No.1 overall draft pick in any sport holds the key to the entire draft. More so this year in baseball because there is no clear cut first pick. What the Pittsburgh Pirates — the holders of the No.1 overall pick — decide to do is going to send a trickle down [...]
