Draft Signings (Update III)

5 Edwin Quirarte RHP Cal State Northridge Calif.
6 Eric Surkamp LHP North Carolina State N.C.
7 Aaron King LHP Surry (N.C.) CC N.C.
8 Scott Barnes LHP St. John’s N.Y.
11 Justin Fitzgerald RHP UC Davis Calif.
12 Ari Ronick LHP Portland Ore.
14 Caleb Curry OF Iowa Iowa
15 Daniel Cook 2B Florida Atlantic Fla.
16 C.J. Ziegler 1B Arizona Ariz.
17 Brian Irving RHP Yale Mass.
18 Brooks Lindsay SS Lower Columbia (Wash.) JC Wash.
19 Ryan Mantle OF Missouri State Mo.
21 Mike Eifel RHP Dominican (Ill.) Ill.
25 Damon Wright OF Dartmouth N.H.
26 Ryan Lormand 2B Houston Texas
27 Kyle Woodruff RHP Chico State (Calif.) Calif.
28 Shane Kaufman RHP San Diego State Calif.
29 Rob Flanigan 1B North Georgia College and State Ga.
30 Vladimir Frias SS Tennessee Wesleyan Tenn.
33 Ryne Price OF Kansas Kan.
38 Chris Wilson RHP Trinidad State (Colo.) JC Colo.
44 Aaron Lowenstein C UC Irvine Calif.

I’m not too worried that the top picks haven’t signed yet. If you look at last year, Bumgarner and Fairley were both signed in August and Alderson signed in late July. One reason for these late signings may be Ned Coletti’s departure as he was reportedly the executive in charge of contract negotiations. It is more likely, however, that players are taking longer to sign because more money is being negotiated. This year even supplemental first rounders are receiving seven figure signing bonuses. I’ll be more concerned if the top four don’t sign by August 1st.  For now, there’s not need to fret.

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