2009 Amateur Draft Update

by talonk on Jul 8, 2009 4:07 PM EDT

If one waded through my long research post, you could have determined mostly how the 2009 draft picks have been signed/assigned into the system. This post is just concentrated on that draft only. [Data from Baseball America's page]

Alex White - unsigned (but I recall he is supposed to sign late so he doesn't play this year)
Jason Kipnis - same as Alex White
Joe Gardner - signed but not assigned to a Tribe roster yet
Kyle Bellows - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Austin Adams - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Ben Carlson - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Jordan Henry - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Cory Burns - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Preston Guilmet - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Brett Brach - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Kirk Wetmore - Arizona Rookie League
Joseph Colon - Arizona Rookie League
Jeremy Johnson - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Kyle Smith (SS) - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Mike Rayl - Arizona Rookie League
Dale Dickerson - Arizona Rookie League
Casey Frawley - Arizona Rookie League
Dwight Childs - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Nick Kirk - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Jeff Rowland - unsigned
Kyle Smith (P) - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Merrill Kelly - unsigned; good with stocks?
Danny Jimenez - Arizona Rookie League
Michael Hamann - unsigned
Blake Hauser - unsigned; sounds like a superhero's regular identity
Antwonie Hubbard - signed but not assigned to a Tribe roster yet
Tyler Sturdevant - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Nick Sarianides - unsigned
Xorge Carrillo - unsigned; want him to sign so he can be the first Xorge in mlb or milb history
Bryson Smith - unsigned
Raynor Campbell - unsigned
Matt Packer - unsigned
Chris Kersten - Arizona Rookie League
Westley Moss - unsigned; have fun storming the castle!!
Chris Beck - unsigned
Austin Evans - unsigned
Steve Ewing - unsigned
Robert Sabo - unsigned
Brian Hernandez - unsigned
Greg Folgia - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Max Muncy - unsigned
Jonathon Kountis - unsigned
DJ Gentile - unsigned; Kyle the SS Smith's teammate at Cal Poly, Go Mustangs!!
Jose Madrid - unsigned
James Jones - unsigned; Gatorade only please
Scott Sommerfield - unsigned
Christian Powell - unsigned
Vidal Nuno - Mahoning Valley (A-)
Burch Smith - unsigned
Tyler Joyner - unsigned

Only 39 days left to sign left. If the Top 2 picks sign (expected), that would get us 26 of the 50 signed which is around normal. Other possibilities to sign are Rowland, Campbell, Packer, Moss, Evans, Sabo, Hernandez, Kountis, and Gentile as they are 4 year college students (but I have no idea if they are all seniors, most likely not)

Kelly, Sarianides, Carrillo, Jones, and Burch Smith were all JC/CC kids and Hamann, Hauser, Bryson Smith, Beck, Ewing, Muncy, Madrid, Sommerfield, Powell, and Joyner were all high school kids so I don't expect any late signings from them.

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Kipnis to be signed in the next 10 to 14 days per Indians

by palcal on Jul 9, 2009 3:03 AM EDT reply actions

IIRC Hamann is committed to Toledo. Already reaches mid-90’s, so I guess that’s good. I would have liked to see the Indians steal him for none other than an irrational rooting instinct for a local boy.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jul 9, 2009 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

does anyone ever really commit to Toledo?

by Brick. on Jul 9, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

the guys in here do

by fleerdon on Jul 9, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

kipnis

signed a couple days ago

by gorilla_baller on Jul 15, 2009 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

I know you wrote this about a week ago, but only about 2 days ago did BA acknowledge that Sarianides had signed with us, even though Lastoria (I think) acknowledged that we signed Sarianides at around the same time as we did Hubbard and Sturdevant, which was at least 10-14 days ago (may have even been around 3 weeks ago).

Sometimes, BA doesn’t update their records or doesn’t officially hear our signings as quickly as Lastoria hears and reports on them. This has happened in past drafts as well – your best bet for the most up-to-date draft signings would be to follow Lastoria and the guys at TCF (and, of course, LGT :-).

Therefore, along with Kipnis, we’ve signed 26/50, so, assuming we do sign White, that would be 27. It’s possible that a few of those other names you mentioned could also sign late, so we might be pushing 30 this season, or about 60%, which is higher than in recent seasons, whereas we’ve been around 50% or so.

Just my 2 cents.

The "cream of the crop" doesn't always rise to the top.

by indiansfan on Jul 15, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions