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DRAFT 2006 ARCHIVES |
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Post-Draft Content |
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Draft 2006 |
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First Year Checklist |
Draft history has shown that (a.) immediate success in professional baseball and (b.) reaching the big leagues in the same year a player was drafted have not always been accurate indicators of sustained excellence at the major league level. But there is little doubt that Evan Longoria and Andrew Miller, arguably the two best talents in this year’s draft, are on the fast track to long and productive big league careers.
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2006 DRAFT NOTEBOOKS |
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Allan Simpson |
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David Rawnsley |
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Blaine Clemmens |
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Jerry Ford |
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Patrick Ebert |
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Draft 2006: Signing Bonuses |
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Perfect Game CrossChecker has signing bonuses for the first 10 rounds of this year's draft and also identifies which players in those rounds have not signed to date.
Signing Bonuses
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Hochevar Signs With Royals |
Righthander Luke Hochevar has ended one of the longest holdouts in draft history by signing with the Kansas City Royals. His signing is expected to be announced today at a press conference in Kansas City.
Hochevar Signing |
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Miller Signs With Tigers |
A day after the Kansas City Royals signed righthander Luke Hochevar, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, the Detroit Tigers followed suit by signing their first-round pick, lefthander Andrew Miller ....
Miller Signing |
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Big League Teams Toe The Line On Bonuses—For Now |
Slowly but surely, Major League Baseball is getting it right.
Since signing bonuses for first-round draft picks peaked at an average of $2.154 million in 2001, they have been steadily rolled back at MLB’s urging to a point that the average bonus for the 22 first-rounders from this year’s draft who had signed by June 30 was just $1,708 million. That represents a drop of 26.1 percent in the past five years and a dip of 6.2 percent for the corresponding 22 picks from 2005.
Draft Notebook
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PRE-DRAFT CONTENT |
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Top 250 Prospects |
Through consultation with scouts, college recruiters and personal observation, here’s how Perfect Game Crosschecker sees the top 250 prospects in this year’s draft. The information was compiled and written by Allan Simpson, David Rawnsley and Blaine Clemmens, who will also be responsible for compiling lists and reports on the top prospects in each state, which will be presented over a 12-day period, beginning Wednesday.
Top 250 Draft Prospects
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Top 100 '06 Draft Prospects |
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Weekly Top 50 '06 Draft Prospects
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State by State Draft Follow List
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Draft and Follow |
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MLB Draft Coverage |
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2006 Draft Order |
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Rule IV rules |
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Draft 2006: Signing Bonuses |
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Draft 2005: Signing Bonuses |
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Draft 2004: Signing Bonuses |
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Rankings Bonanza
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Perfect Game Crosschecker's Allan Simpson, David Rawnsley and Blaine Clemmens have completed their exhaustive state-by-state draft previews, complete with player rankings and comprehensive scouting reports on more than 1,100 players. If you are a subscriber to PGCrosschecker's Insider level ($60 annually), you can just click on each state at will to get an in-depth look at the top prospects in each state.
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2006 Draft Prospects by State
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