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DRAFT 2009 |
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New Format for Rankings |
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Full Story  Posted: 2/20/09
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DRAFT 2009: Top Prospects |
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2009 Draft: Top 500 Prospects Posted: 2/4/09
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DRAFT 2009: Newest State by State Follow List (Updated 1-12-09)DRAFT 2009: State by State Follow List (October 2008) Updated: 2/4/09 |
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2009 Draft: Top 100 College Prospects Posted: 7/18/08
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College Players |
Top 100 College Seniors  Updated: 2/19/09 10:45am |
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Top 100 College Juniors Updated: 2/19/09 10:45am |
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Top 100 College Sophomores Updated: 2/20/09 3:54pm |
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Top 100 College Freshmen Updated: 2/20/09 3:54pm |
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DRAFT 2009: State by State Follow List |
Raw Draft Order  Updated: 10/6/2008
4:46pm |
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Top 1,510 High School Prospects |
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Top 1,500+ High School Prospects Updated: 2/04/09 4:45pm |
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Class of 2009: College Commitments |
Class of 2009: College Commitments
Posted: 11/7/08 3:00pm
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DRAFT 2010 |
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DRAFT 2010: State by State Follow List Updated: 2/04/2009
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Top 250 Prospects Overall (Compiled by Allan Simpson) Updated: 2/12/2009
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Top 100 Prospects (1-50)
 Posted: 10/6/08 1:50pm |
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DRAFT 2010: Top 100 College Prospects Posted: 1/29/2008
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DRAFT 2010 |
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DRAFT 2011: State by State Follow List Updated: 1/20/2009
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Top 325 High School Prospects Updated:
1/4/09 10:30am
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DRAFT 2008 |
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Bonus Records Fall At Deadline |
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By Allan Simpson |
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With Major League Baseball on target to set an attendance record for the fifth year
in a row and revenue streams from other sources at unprecedented levels, there is
no question that baseball is awash in cash like no time in its rich history. That
point was driven home on Friday when teams spent record amounts as the signing deadline
for the 2008 draft came and went.
Fueled by three of the six largest bonuses ever signed by draft picks signing with
the team that selected them, including a draft record $6.2 million deal given to
Giants first-round pick Buster Posey, the average bonus paid to first-round picks
was $2.485 million. That topped the previous record of $2,154 million, set in 2001,
and was an 18.4 percent increase from last year’s first-round average of $2.098
million.
Remarkably, this year’s record average could have been higher had two first-round
picks not gone unsigned. The Nationals failed to get a deal done with Missouri righthander
Aaron Crow, the ninth overall pick, and the Yankees couldn’t reach an agreement
with California high school righthander Gerrit Cole, the 28th overall selection.
Both players were in line for significant deals, but the Nationals and Crow remained
so far apart in negotiations all summer that even an 11th-hour compromise on both
sides couldn’t close the gap. Crow will be forced to re-enter the 2009 draft, but
recently signed to pitch with the Fort Worth Cats of the independent American Association
for the balance of the 2008 season and beginning of next season. Cole reportedly
had a change of heart about signing with the Yankees over the course of the summer
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Full Article Posted: 8/18/08 11:05am |
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SIGNINGS/SIGNING BONUSES: Top 10 Rounds |
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2008 Signing Bonuses Updated: 8/13/2008
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TOP 15 ROUNDS: Round By Round with Scouting Reports |
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Round By Round Updated: 6/27/08 10:00am |
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High School National Rankings: Class of 2008 |
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Top 2,125 High School Prospects
Updated: 6/2/08 4:45pm
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