Yankees also signed NJ’s DeLuca
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The Yankees drafted New Jersey left-hander Evan DeLuca (Immaculata High in Somerville) in the 44th round. The MLB-suggested bonus for a pick that low is pretty much a bus ticket and a bag lunch.
The Yankees gave him $500,000 to sign according to Baseball America. The commissioner’s office will be real pleased with that. DeLuca has been planning to attend San Diego State before the windfall.
Based on BA’s list, the Yankees invested well over $6 million in draft picks this season.
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You can’t blame this one on me, my plans changed and I was not in Oakland this fair eve. But I’ll be there for CC’s start so a win is almost assured.
LoHud commenter trivia: which regular commenter has now seen Yankee losses in three different non-NY cities this season?
high upside lefty…cant have enough of those
He was actually headed to University of San Diego, not SDSU.
Saw him play and he’s good definitely worth the risk
Considering the Padres spent $6 million on one player (Tate), the amount of $ the Yankees spent on this draft is a bit of a downer.
About last night’s game. I just read AJ’s explanation for the balk. Burnett held the ball and allowed the run to score because he and Posada were crossed up. This, coming off their last game together where they regularly werent on the same page and it lead to 3 wild pitches. Burnett and Posada need to get on the same page and do it right now. They need to get their act together before the playoffs. Perhaps lightening their wallets a little would help.
“Considering the Padres spent $6 million on one player (Tate), the amount of $ the Yankees spent on this draft is a bit of a downer.”
You do realize that San Diego had much higher picks than the Yankees, thus, they had higher rated players to draft than the Yankees. If you do realize that then let me put it another way. I rather by in the New York Yankees position of spending 6-7M on drafted players while contending for a WS every year than the San Diego Padres, who spent 6M on a single player, but can’t sniff the playoffs.
anybody know what the yankees spent on draftees and international signings in total?
“anybody know what the yankees spent on draftees and international signings in total?”
They’re heading towards the 10M mark and it might be more as there will be other international signings over the next couple of months because of prospects turning 16 after the July 2nd signing date.
Also, there are some international prospects still waiting to be clear by MLB regarding their identity and age.
A couple of thoughts before I do battle with LI traffic -
1. So Brett Tomko pitched a good game against the Yanks. It happens. The guy, and the As, are major league ballplayers, after all, and even the worst teams win on average 1 in 3. Maybe he was amped up, but he won a 3-0 game. It’s not like AJ gave up 10 runs in 3 1/3. We got CC going today, and don’t give me how he can’t pitch in the Oakland Whatever Coliseum. I like our chances.
2. The Yankees are not in the business of throwing away money. If they DeLuca 1/2M to sign, they must see something they like. And if the commissioner’s office doesn’t like it, too bad. I thought this was America, where the principle is one that you are free to do whatever you like with your money, property, etc., as long as it doesn’t impinge on someone else’s rights.
But, I guess the used car salesman doesn’t see it that way.
Strasburg at 15+ million.
now watch him be a bust
“They’re heading towards the 10M mark and it might be more as there will be other international signings over the next couple of months because of prospects turning 16 after the July 2nd signing date”
Cash: do you know how this compares, with the amount NYY has spent the past 3 years or so?
Scott Boras strikes again. Oblivious to a bad economy.
Boras’ tectics really screwed a high school kid here in Florida. Levon Washington was a first rounder for the Rays but turned down $ One Million even though he had failed to qualify for Florida and will probably/almost certainly end up at a junior college for a year where he can be drafted again in 2011.
MLB will make a signing bonus system part of the new CBA… count on it. I also predict an ownership revolt that tells Baby Doc Selig where to put his slotting advice and demands he approves contracts as they are signed. This system is the worst combination of factors imaginable.
The guy pitched fine, but I’m not going to sing his praises. I blame the Yankees offense more than I give him credit. I didn’t hear Tomko’s post-game show, but what he has to say doesn’t matter to me. He said all he had to say when he left………
You know Alex is going to take the rap by fans for the game………even though the Yankees had, by that time, many innings left to score and they just did absolutely nothing.
AJ and Jorge have been very good together for a long time, but I totally agree Drive – their lack of communication over the last two games is disappointing and concerning.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/
AJ puts it all on himself – he melted down that inning and that was part of it. He’s got to stop doing that. Maybe he needs glasses, lol
Boras’ tactics really screwed a high school kid here in Florida. Levon Washington was a first rounder for the Rays but turned down $ One Million even though he had failed to qualify for Florida and will probably/almost certainly end up at a junior college for a year where he can be drafted again in 2011.
MLB will make a signing bonus system part of the new CBA… count on it. I also predict an ownership revolt that tells Baby Doc Selig where to put his slotting advice and demands he approves contracts as they are signed. This system is the worst combination of factors imaginable.
sorry for re post….
Scott Boras strikes again. Oblivious to a bad economy.
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Boras’s job is to get his player the best contract he can; not worry about the economy of the country. The Nationals knew they were going to have to pay when they drafted Strasburg – this is why MLB should allow teams to trade draft picks – but that’s another rant for another day.
If any of us had to negotiate a contract for our jobs we would want Boras in our corner.
I agree that the current slotting “suggestions” are nonsense. More to the point MLB threating to fine teams that pay above slot or (in the case of some) threatening to take away certain perks like hosting the All Star Game is idiocy; how do you penalize a team for breaking a rule that doesn’t exist?
In any case, I don’t think that the union will permit slotting like the NBA does, and I don’t think that all the owners would go for it either. Teams like the Tigers, Sox, Yankees etc…they love the fact that they can pluck up a kid with top level talent with a lower pick in each round.
The fact is that the draft and the international free agent pool are both flawed but neither is changing any time soon.
Chip —
“How do you penalize a team for breaking a rule that doesn’t exist”???
Amen brother. Change the word team to player and you have the situatio involving admitted/accused PED users and Hall of fame voters.
I think they will get something into the CBA because most teams do not benefit from the current system. If you add trading picks (first round only) to a fixed bonus system then the richer teams can pay a premium for elite talent (as they perceive it) and poorer teams can maximize resources — and an extremely high pick is a great resource.
Boras is a tough negotiator, but he has hurt a lot of people with his intransigence. Too many of his clients forget that he works for them, not vice versa. I am extremely familiar with the Washington situation I referenced above and that kid wanted to sign on draft day for slot $$$. Boras convinced him otherwise and now he’sx headed to JUCO and may never see a penny. That’s an agent putting his ego ahead of the client’s wishes and needs.
He’s great at what he does, but he’s also an egomaniacal blood sucker.
Not only is slotting ridiculous. The entire draft — which, remember, was orginally instituted to handcuff the Yankees — is riddiculous.
In what other business is poor performance annually rewarded? And isn’t it obvious that by punishing the good teams each year, baseball is creating both incentive and need for them to go out and spend big on free agents and international signings? In opther words, it’s the amateur draft that forces teams that want to be good to go out and spend big.
Time to mount a campaign to abolish the draft.
Bottom Line,
If the MLB adopted a CBA like the NHL has things would be very different. The NHL’s CBA levels the playing field considerably by allowing small market teams with lower capital to draft top talent with qualifying offers already set so they do not have to break the bank to qualify their picks. 15+ million for Strasburgh is INSANITY considering he has proven nothing at any MLB level from A to the Majors. Draft picks should have set salaries coming in depending on their pick number and those salaries should last for several years until they have proven they are either worthy of a big payday or not.
It is ridiculous to think that abolishing the draft would level the playing field in the MLB. Teams like the Sox and Yankees will just throw absurd amounts of money at guys like Strasburgh since they can afford to take a hit if he busts. Where does that leave small market teams like the Nats? If Srasburgh does bust then the Nats will have quite a problem on their hands.
Anyone have a break down on this kid??? A lot of money for going that late, so they must have really liked him.
Yankees signing 13 of their top 14 was a great result. That with Sanchez from the international signing and potentially going after one of the Cubans would make it a good year for bulstering their minor league talent. Medchill is showing a lot in the rookie league and hopefully pans out to be a quality college bat which the Yankees haven’t had in a long time. And it’s safe to say with all the catchers, at least one should end up being a top notch MLB catcher for them at some point. As seen with the Sox and other teams it is difficult to fill in the catcher spot with a defensive and offensive player. The Catcher spot is as close to the QB position in football as you can get.
The draft isn’t going anywhere. I still am convinced that an approved bonus structure system and the freedom to trade picks is the best things for clubs of all levels of financial resources.
Imagine the frenzy 72 hours before the signing deadline as teams, fed up with Scott Boras and his ilk try to trade the prospect to someone already in high-A ball or even higher.
From the Perfect Game website:
“Evan DeLuca is a 2009 LHP/OF with a 6′1”, 200 lb. frame from Whitehouse Station, NJ who attends Immaculata. Evan has a good strong pitchers build with outstanding presence on the mound. He gets good life on his fastball which topped out at 90mph at the Metrodome. He has good balance in his delivery and repeats well. He throws a nice change up with sink and fade and also shows good feel for his breaking stuff. He also threw 91 from the OF and showed athleticism by running a 7.05 sixty. Excellent 2009 LHP to follow very closely.”
Just watched the MLB video on the kid too. Nice compact pitching motion and not a lot of arm stress in his release. Looks like his mechanics are pretty solid and a good base to work from. Big kid if the weight is right.
“It is ridiculous to think that abolishing the draft would level the playing field in the MLB.”
The idea isn’t to “level the playing field” for weak competitors. THe idea is to reward good performance — or at least not penalize it. And to some degree, control salary inflation, which is exacerbated by the need of good teams to sign high-priced free agent talent to make up for their lack of high draft picks.
I’m not inflexible though. could be convinced of the virtue of a new draft format. One round only– give the weak sisters their first crack. But then after that first pick, open up everyone else to bidding. This gives the good teams a chance at some decent talent. But preserves the advantage of bad teams getting the very best talent.
In terms of PEDs, anything that is used without a prescription (if one is required) or is a controlled substance is illegal. You don’t need a baseball rule as well, although that is a good idea.
As far as the draft goes, it’s clearly a terrible system & any change would be an improvement. These would include extending the period under which a player’s rights belong to a team, allowing trades, and/or requiring a player to opt in or out of the draft as they do in football & basketball, with the opt-ins losing college eligibility if they get drafted. Unfortunately, that will have to be negotiated with the players’ union. The good news on the horizon — at least the Yankees passed on a number of apparently attractive draftees because their price was too high, mirroring the free agent season last winter. Maybe people will start thinking a bit more about what they want to do . . . .
I don’t really think you can compare MLB penalizing teams for drafting above slotting to the BBWAA keeping players out of the Hall for steroid use – in the case of the Hall players know they are subject to the opinions of the voters and, right or wrong, the writers are entitled to the opinion that steroid users shouldn’t be in the hall – in the end I think it’s nonsense but I don’t get that vote.
By and large I think the draft is fine, I’m not for slotting but I do think that teams should be allowed to deal picks. Think about it, if the Nats didn’t want to sign Strasburg for 15 mil they could have dealt his rights to a team (just for argument sake) the Yankees for a package of guys like Austin Jackson etc…who could help their organization for lower cost.
While baseball will never institute a salary cap they should consider a salary floor – what teams like the Pirates have done is pathetic.
The Nationals “stole” Strasburg for only $15M.
If scouts are right, and he’s the best college pitching prospect in many years, if not ever, $15M is a bargain.
In order to be worth it, he’ll barely have to be a #3 starter by 2011.
Add to that the # of extra fans it will bring to that sorry franchise.
The Yankees did a good job with the draft. They spent $6 million dollars and only went above slot with several guys. A high upside lefty who’s 18 is someone you want in your system. I hope to see this local product. Maybe I’ll check him out in Staten Island next year.
Getting rid of the draft (Provided there was a ceiling and a floor) for all amateur signings, Say in the $5-$20m range, would bring prices down. I guarantee you no one would give Strasberg $15m out of $20m budget. On the other hand, it would force teams like the Blue Jays and Mets to spend money. In addition, if you had something like a “College Football National Signing Day”, you would increase interest in signings, and get players signed sooner. The only losers would be guys like Scott Boras, and UNPROVEN hyped players who get more money than established players.
The other day SJ made the point that by holding back the signings the kids lose a year of development. Another estupid is that the kids don’t have medicals pre draft. So if a kid has medical problems the team doesn’t know about it until post draft.
Boras was on WFAN today suggesting that baseball should do away with the draft and make all amateur players free agents just like the international players – which is the spin you would expect from Boras on this.