OK, here you go:

1. Serritella took 200k flat so we saved 72,300
2. Watson, Gueller, Cozens, Perkins, Brady, and Milner all got full slot value
3. Guth signed for 50k so we saved another 75k.

Thus, we are officially 147,300 under budget at this point. Does that plus Ludy savings plus Rash slot value get Rash?

SQUIRE

FTN wrote:

Squire wrote:

kimbatiste wrote:It's pretty disappointing that we took all those HS kids after the 10th round and he doesn't look like we are going to be able to sign really any of them.

Well, with Watson, Gueller and Cozens officially signing for slot, I think I'm officially worried about signing Rash. On the other hand, I can confirm that we *have* signed 2 post 10th round HS picks in OF Steve Golden and RHP Ricky Bielski.

to be fair, you worry every year!

Guilty as Don Draper.

Squire wrote:OK, here you go:

1. Serritella took 200k flat so we saved 72,300
2. Watson, Gueller, Cozens, Perkins, Brady, and Milner all got full slot value
3. Guth signed for 50k so we saved another 75k.

Thus, we are officially 147,300 under budget at this point. Does that plus Ludy savings plus Rash slot value get Rash?

SQUIRE

i dont think it will take more than $75-100K over slot to sign Rash, tbh

FTN wrote:

Squire wrote:OK, here you go:

1. Serritella took 200k flat so we saved 72,300
2. Watson, Gueller, Cozens, Perkins, Brady, and Milner all got full slot value
3. Guth signed for 50k so we saved another 75k.

Thus, we are officially 147,300 under budget at this point. Does that plus Ludy savings plus Rash slot value get Rash?

SQUIRE

i dont think it will take more than $75-100K over slot to sign Rash, tbh

So assuming we only went a touch over on Zach Green, we can juice one post 10th round offer by 100-150K or so. Looks like Bielski and Golden took the 100K (or less). I really don't have a problem with using nearly all of the allocation in the first 10 rounds. Picking a lesser player merely to free up money seems likely a risky strategy. I still think we could have squeezed Cozens a little bit but they must have thought someone else really wanted him too.

Ludy goes 0-1 with four consecutive walks and his Baylor team was knocked out 1-0. Sign em up

At the bottom of Brookover's Utley rehab article:

Third-round pick Zachary Green ... and second-rounder Michael Rash ... were also close to agreements with the Phillies, according to Wolever.

So it looks like all of the picks from the first 16 rounds (assuming Ludy and Carmona) will be signed

OH YEA BOI

Is Alec Rash going to sign too?

"His friends call him 'Michael' "

BigEd76 wrote:"His friends call him 'Michael' "

His friends apparently call him s="Snausage", but that hardly matters, because his mother insists that the name Micheal is not the contract that we all hope he inks.

Hosier isn't signing.

BigEd76 wrote:At the bottom of Brookover's Utley rehab article:

Third-round pick Zachary Green ... and second-rounder Michael Rash ... were also close to agreements with the Phillies, according to Wolever.

So it looks like all of the picks from the first 16 rounds (assuming Ludy and Carmona) will be signed

God, now the Phillies aren't even letting Brookover see his own editor!

ReadingPhilly wrote:Is Alec Rash going to sign too?

i dont see why he wouldnt. it wasnt like he was a first round talent that slide to the 11th round. he might require $50K-100K over slot, but they've got that.

mcare89 wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:At the bottom of Brookover's Utley rehab article:

Third-round pick Zachary Green ... and second-rounder Michael Rash ... were also close to agreements with the Phillies, according to Wolever.

So it looks like all of the picks from the first 16 rounds (assuming Ludy and Carmona) will be signed

God, now the Phillies aren't even letting Brookover see his own editor!

Give him a break. He wrote that while hiding in Utley's locker.

FTN wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:Is Alec Rash going to sign too?

i dont see why he wouldnt. it wasnt like he was a first round talent that slide to the 11th round. he might require $50K-100K over slot, but they've got that.

I'm sure the Phils wouldn't have taken him if they weren't sure he was going to sign. just having a laugh at a Philly writer getting his name wrong.

Josh Ludy has signed, according to his own tweet:

https://twitter.com/WildGoose30/status/212672853101920258/photo/1

Here's a video of Zach Taylor signing his contract:

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/1598/3552666?title=sports_2

ReadingPhilly wrote:just having a laugh at a Philly writer getting his name wrong.

We all need a few laughs at the moment. Nothing personal.

TheAAGuy wrote:Josh Ludy has signed, according to his own tweet:

https://twitter.com/WildGoose30/status/212672853101920258/photo/1

jennifer wiginton ‏@txsportzfan
@WildGoose30 congtas

TheAAGuy wrote:Josh Ludy has signed, according to his own tweet:

https://twitter.com/WildGoose30/status/212672853101920258/photo/1

Here's a video of Zach Taylor signing his contract:

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/1598/3552666?title=sports_2

I like that social media is making things so much easier for us to sort out status, especially when the player announces that they signed. Status update: Playing Pro Ball for the Phillies.

WTGS coverage of the signing was a little odd. 'We were the only ones on hand when he inked his contract...' I am not sure that this is covered much at all, and I expect that most deals are signed in an office or at the dinning room table, but hardly on camera for baseball deals. I am also not terribly sure where that went down, a local restaurant? It could have been his parents home, but there were some interesting noises in the background.

Addendum: In the Lundy twitter-pic, for you flat brim fans, he appears to be in a hotel lobby

Update on Rash

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/06/13/adm-pitchers-dad-its-going-to-take-some-time/