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Under the radar signing – Pitcher Ryan Loutos from Washington University in St. Louis. All World Division 3 talent. Watch out for him. His stats are outstanding.
Could surprise.Its hard to know what to make of the two NDFAs since they faced lesser competition. But what they did do was stand out amongst their peers. I can’t help but think the catcher, Strauss, probably lives next door to somebody in Wildwood. Take the opportunity and run with it kid, good luck.
Ryan Loutos fits the physical profile. He’s 6’5”, 225 lbs. Here are his 2021 stats –
11-1
1.33 ERA
0.824 WHIP
94.2 IP
66 H
116 K
12 WHow’s that for a K/W ratio? May be D-3, but it will be interesting to see how he does.
Cranny likes this Loutos kid. Looking at that name, one can readily spell “St Lou”, just kick out the extra “o”. It’ll be fun keeping an eye on this possible phenom.
Loutos undoubtedly can put it over the plate and that seems to be what we are going after, for good reason. Whether he can miss more advanced bats is what we will be finding out.
The catcher Strauss can hit the kind of pitching he has seen, but he hasn’t seen much, relatively. I can’t find out anything about his defense or arm.
I agree it will be fun to see what happens.
Strauss –
AB – 166
BA -.235
OBP – .351
Slg% – .530
OPS – .881
HR – 14
K – 69
W – 17
HP – 15Very interesting. Looks like he either hits a homer, Ks, or gets bopped.
Very interesting. Looks like he either hits a homer, Ks, or gets bopped.
Sounds like most MLBers now days.
RD (#)……NAME……………..POS……PRJ BONUS…….ACT BONUS…….SURPLUS
1 (18)……Michael McGreevy…..RHP……$3,481,300……$?????????……$?????????
2 (54)……Joshua Baez……….OF…….$1,338,500
CBB (70)…..Ryan Holgate……..OF…….$906,800
3 (90)…….Austin Love………RHP……$657,600
4 (120)……Zane Mills……….RHP……$478,300……….$375,000……..$103,300
5 (151)……Gordon Graceffo…..RHP……$353,700
6 (181)……Alfredo Ruiz……..LHP……$270,300……….$50,000……….$220,300
7 (211)…….Alec Willis……..RHP……$211,500
8 (241)…….MIke Antico……..OF……..$171,200……….$20,000……….$151,200
9 (271)…….Trent Baker……..RHP…….$153,300……….$75,000……….$78,300
10 (301)……Osvaldo Tovalin….3B……..$144,600……….$50,000……….$94,600SUBTOTAL………………………………$8,167,100…….$570,000……….$7,597,100
Above Slot (Round 11-40)……………………………….$0
Pool Money Plus 5%……………………..$8,575,455…….$570,000……….$8,005,45511 (331)……Mack Chambers……SS
12 (361)……Chris Gerard…….LHP
13 (391)……Hayes Heinecke…..LHP
14 (421)……Andre Granillo…..RHP
15 (451)…….Alex Conrwell…..LHP
16 (481)…….Aaron McKeithan…C………………………..$50,000
17 (511)…….Elijah Cabell…..OF
18 (541)…….Andrew Marrero…..RHP
19 (571)…….Thomas Francisco…1B……………………….$100,000
20 (601)…….Xavier Casserilla..3BThe signing bonuses come from MLB.com’s draft tracker. Far right column.
Key takeaway at this point is that all the early signees are under slot.
It sounds like McGreevy signed for under slot but we don’t know by how much yet.
Slot for #Cardinals 18th pick was $3,481,300. Team’s agreement finalized today with RHP McGreevy is for more than that pick got in 2020 but less than this year’s slot to allow club to go over slot and aggressively pursue another pick (so … Baez).
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) July 16, 2021
Brian and Blake’s draft analysis is top notch but I thought I would throw VEB’s take into the mix also. It is a reminder to me that MLB drafting often times is as much about the pool slots as it is about the talent of the player. It appears the Cards have put most of their eggs in the Baez basket. A rather risky strategy.
2021 Draft Review No. 1: Scouting and Strategy in the Early Rounds https://t.co/3k7DKTZOuR
— viva el birdos (@vivaelbirdos) July 18, 2021
So, McGreevy signed for $2.75 million. That means the Cardinals have roughly $1.7 million to sign Baez and Willis
According to VEB the Cardinals basically drafted most of their players higher than they were expected so they would have enough money for Baez. That is probably an oversimplification but if true it seems risky to me. Baez had better turn out to be a productive player.
The Cardinals added three more signings today, increasing their total to 11 of 21:
Graceffo 5th
Cornwell 15th
Marrero 18thGood news about Graceffo. He’s got some talent. Just don’t know if he can miss some more advanced bats from bigger programs.
Welcome to the Cardinals, Joshua Báez! pic.twitter.com/hyVxZIMz2n
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 19, 2021
Wrapping up today’s minor league news.
This is $911,500 over slot.
2nd-rder Joshua Baez signs w/@Cardinals for $2.25 million (pick 54 value = $1,338,500). Massachusetts HS OF has some of best upside in @MLBDraft, huge raw power, big arm strength, solid speed. Vanderbilt recruit.
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 19, 2021
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