07 Draft Tracker

Cubs picked a good one. We played against Josh Vitters (played for NorCal) last summer in San Diego. Kid can rake

Congrats to Pete Kozma! First class dude!

I wonder when Crosby will go...Its exciting now that it is televised.

And Jon Gilmore. Left side of AC Midwest team already taken.

Now add my favorite player Jake Smolinski! Congrats to Jake and his parents. Great people!

Fantastic news and well deserved for Jake. When did he go and who drafted him?

#70 to Washington

Tony Thomas of FSU going to the Cubs #97 in the 3rd round. How 'bout that Soxnole???

Jon Ely #119 to the White Sox. Congratulations.

Matthew Harvey, considered to be close to the equal of standout HS pitcher Rick Porcello goes #118. Scott Boras scared off too many teams, I guess.

Congrats to Jake, it must be quite a thrill. Two good options for the young man, Clemson/Nats...

Congrats Jake. Great Ball player

Congratulations Jake, one of the best hitters I have seen and a great kid that love to play the game!! Been waiting all day to see this.

Congrats to Miami of Ohio's John Ely 3rd round 119th overall

TJ McFarland
4th: 137 Cleveland

Joe Dunigan - #165 (5th) -- to Seattle

This is ALL very good news! Congratulations to these local guys! Best of luck to you!

Anxious to hear other very familiar names!!!!

Casey Crosby - #181 (5th) - Tigers

That was one of the very familiar names I was looking for!

Congrats to Casey!

Congrats to Casey!

For all of the HS hitters, look at what it takes to be #70 in the draft-

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/drafttracker....o=&st=number&ft=&fv=

Watch how balanced and powerful this hip movement is for a HS Sr.!!!

He reminds me of a young David Wright.

Keep working hard,
Justin Stringer
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Congrats to TJ McFarland....really nice kid and really nice family....

Cody Scarpetta - #341 (11) - Brewers
Brett Zawacki - #382 (12) - Cardinals
Butch Biela - #398 (13) - Pirates

Elliott Soto - #422 (13) - Twins

Ryan Anetsberger - #466 (15) - Marlins

Kyle Ayers - #425 (14) -- Devil Rays

Ryan Zink - #544 (17) - Yankees

Michael Napoleon - #600 (19) - A's

Kyle Kaminska - #766 (25) - Marlins

Gary Perinar, Jr RHP for the Gophers, drafted in 11th round by Detroit. Congratulations, Gary!

John Flanagan - #929 (30) - White Sox

Tyler Ladendorf - #1031 (34) - Giants

Congrats to Derrick Schlecker (OPRF 03) Western Michigan. Angles pick #957

Congrats to Jonathan Williams on being picked by the Minnesota Twins.

Way to go J.Will

Saw Kaminska and Crosby today at NIU...WOW!!!

Great to see so many Il kids drafted. Best of luck to them all as their pro careers begin.

Who is signing and who is going to school?

Kyle Ayers signed and is leaving for Florida today.
Go get em Kyle.

TT...

Can you give us a ballpark...for a 14th round high schooler...Bonus?

I know that there are a ton of variables...but, generally, a ballpark figure?

A 10th round slot is about 50k plus school.
However, a lot of players might get more money for their slot as an enticement. Crosby went 5th round but he will still get 1st round sandwich pick money.

I will not give specifics of how much money a young man received in a public forum. This will be public info. from MLB as players sign.

Good luck to all. This is a fun and scary time if you are on the teter-toter.

Baseball America list signing amounts for the first ten rounds for every year since 2003. Rounds 5-10 do NOT fall under the slot system. The word from "on-high" is that teams can sign kids who are drafted below round 5, for the MLB determined slot figure for the last team that picks in round five. Although the draft and follow rule is gone, many of those 30+ round picks in the past have received significant bonuses. You will drive yourself nuts trying to understand the system & much of what I read in the paper is garbage anyway because they know very little. It would take hours of research to make some hay of it.