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This thread will remained locked and serve ONLY as a list of the Sox draft picks until after the draft, at which time it will be used to track players signings and assignments as well.

 

If you are looking for further detail about the picks, you can open the Tracker post on FutureSox here, which will have short blurbs on all of them.

 

1 (11): Jake Burger, 3B, 6-1, 220, Bats: Right, Throws: Right, Missouri State

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED for $3.7M (slot was $4,199,200), per Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline
2 (49): Gavin Sheets, 1B, 6-4, 230, Bats: L, Throws: L, Wake Forest

 

Pick value: $1,392,200

 

3 (87): Luis Gonzalez, CF, 6-1, 190, B: L, T: L, New Mexico

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus amount $517,000

Pick value: $636,500

 

4 (117): Lincoln Henzman, RHP, 6-2, 200, Louisville

 

  • STATUS: With his team still active in the College World Series, he cannot yet sign
Pick value: $454,900,

 

Status SIGNED: Signing bonus $450,000

 

5 (147): Tyler Johnson, RHP, 6-2, 180, South Carolina

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus $390,000

Pick value: $339,800

 

6 (177): Kade McClure, RHP, 6-7, 230, Louisville

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, Bonus $330,000

Pick value: $258,100

 

7 (207): Evan Skoug, C, 5-11, 200, L/R, TCU

 

  • STATUS: With his team still active in the College World Series, he cannot yet sign
Pick value: $201,700

 

8 (237): Sam Abbott, 1B, 6-4, 225, L/R, Curtis HS (Wash.)

 

  • STATUS: Sam reports to FutureSox that he'll be en route to Arizona to sign, Bonus $200,000

Pick value: $161,600

 

9 (267): Craig Dedelow, OF, 6-4, 195, L/R, Indiana

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus $10,000

Pick value: $143,000 10 (297): J.B. Olson, RHP, 6-2, 195, Oklahoma

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus $10,000

Pick value: $134,400 11 (327): Will Kincanon, RHP, 6-3, 220, Indiana State

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus $150,000

12 (357): Justin Yurchak, 3B, 6-1, 204, L/R, SUNY-Binghamton
  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls, bonus $150,000
13 (387): Tate Blackman, 2B, 6-0, 185, R/R, Ole Miss

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls
14 (417): Alex Destino, OF, 6-2, 215, L/L, South Carolina

 

  • STATUS: Alex tells FutureSox he is in Arizona to sign
15 (447): Tyler Frost, CF, 5-10, 183, L/R, Gonzaga

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls
16 (477): Logan Taylor, CF, 5-9, 175, R/R, Louisville

 

  • STATUS: With his team still active in the College World Series, he cannot yet sign
17 (507): Blake Battenfield, RHP, 6-3, 220, Oklahoma State
  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls

18 (537): Hunter Kiel, RHP, 6-3, 220, LSU

 

  • STATUS: With his team still active in the College World Series, he cannot yet sign
19 (567): Anthony Herron, RHP, 6-2, 195, Missouri State

 

  • STATUS: Herron's Twitter bio says he's #68 on the AZL White Sox, so apparently he has signed
20 (597): David Cronin, 2B, 5-9, 175, L/R, UIC

 

  • STATUS: Cronin reported on his Twitter that he is in Arizona to sign.
21 (627): John Parke, LHP, 6-4, 205, South Carolina

 

  • STATUS: John tells FutureSox that he is in Arizona to sign.
22 (657): Joseph Benitez, LHP, 6-0, 190, South Carolina-Aiken

 

  • STATUS: Benitez tells us he arrived in Arizona, and will sign.
23 (687): Mikey Duarte, SS, 5-11, 195, R/R, UC Irvine

 

  • STATUS: Duarte tells us he has arrived in Arizona, and will sign.
24 (717): Vince Arobio, RHP, 6-0, 185, U. of Pacific

 

  • STATUS: Vince reports to FutureSox that he's arriving in Arizona to sign
25 (747): Jose Garcia, OF, 6-0, 210, R/R, Texas Rio Grande Valley

 

  • STATUS: Jose reports to FutureSox that he's in camp in Arizona already and is signing
26 (777): Michael Staudinger, OF, 6-4, 195, L/L, Azusa Pacific

 

 

 

 

27 (807): JJ Muno, SS, 5-11, 190, L/R, UC Santa Barbara

 

  • STATUS: JJ tells FutureSox he'll be headed to Arizona on Tuesday (6/20) to sign
28 (837): Laz Rivera, IF, 6-1, 185, R/R, U. of Tampa

 

  • STATUS: Laz tells FutureSox he will be signing.
29 (867): Joe Mockbee, LHP, 6-3, 205, Michigan State University

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls
30 (897): Ryan Erickson, LHP, 6-3, 197, University of Iowa

 

  • STATUS: Ryan reports to FutureSox that he is in Arizona to sign
31 (927): Parker Rigler, LHP, 5-11, 183, Kansas State University

 

  • STATUS: SIGNED, assigned to Great Falls
32 (957): Greg Minier, LHP, 6-4, 235, University of Washington

 

  • STATUS: Greg reports to FutureSox that he's already arrived in Arizona to sign
33 (987): Kevin George, LHP, 5-10, 185, Menlo College

 

  • STATUS: Kevin reports to FutureSox that he will be signing.
34 (1017): Michael McCormick, RHP, 6-3, 190, Eastern Illinois University

 

  • STATUS: McCormick's Twitter bio shows he's a pitcher in White Sox organization, so let's call him SIGNED
35 (1047): Riley Crean, RHP, 6-3, 190, Bloomington North HS, Indiana

 

  • STATUS: Crean is committed to attend IMG Academy in Brandenton, Florida for a post-graduate year (he broke his commit to Indiana), similar to what 2014 top unsigned pick Brady Aiken did. So he is unlikely to sign.
36 (1077): Alex Widmer, RHP, 5-11, 160, Norwayne HS, Ohio

 

37 (1107): Ted Andrews, RHP, 6-6, 235, Tulane University

 

  • STATUS: Ted's Twitter bio says he is a pitcher in the White Sox organization, so we will call him SIGNED
38 (1137): Dylan Horvitz, C, 6-2, 190, New Trier HS (Winnetka)

 

  • STATUS: Dylan has told us he is considering his options, but is currently leaning towards going to college.
39 (1167): Chance King, RHP, 6-2, 190, IMG Academy (Florida)

 

40 (1197): Angelo Smith, LHP, 5-10, 165, Richards HS (Oak Lawn)

 

  • STATUS: As the annual prep ACE program pick, Angelo looks to honor his college commitment and will not sign
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Updated for Burger signing. The Sox saved just under $500k there. They have about $250k in savings to realize from their 9th and 10th round picks who are both seniors and should sign for around $10k, giving them at least $750k, (if they don't save on Sheets on Gonzalez) to spread around to other picks.

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Tracker (at link in OP) updated today. New data:

 

--28 players have signed or report to us they will be signing

--5 players are still playing in the CWS and cannot yet sign

--2 players will not be signing

--1 player is considering things (maybe)

--The remaining 3 - Sheets (2nd), Crean (35th) and King (39th) are unknown status

 

Also we've got bonus reports in for a handful of the top ten now in there too.

 

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So the only HS kid that we have a small chance of signing is Dylan Horvitz, 38th round pick. Not much scouting report available on him, likely not a projectable prospect. Even if we have leftover money from the underslot signings, it doesn't look like it's an exciting year for draft pick signings.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 03:41 PM)
With amounts being released for Burger, Gonzalez, Johnson, Dedelow, and Olson, the Sox are $825,900 ahead of their draft pool cap.

 

Is that the number before they go into pick penalty?

 

They should have gamble on a couple of high schoolers at the start of Day 3.

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QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 03:49 PM)
Is that the number before they go into pick penalty?

 

They should have gamble on a couple of high schoolers at the start of Day 3.

 

Yes. For any pick after the 10th round, you get a free $100k, so in theory we could offer that overage amount, plus $100k to anyone one person in rounds 11-40 and not go into the penalty phase.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 03:50 PM)
Yes. For any pick after the 10th round, you get a free $100k, so in theory we could offer that overage amount, plus $100k to anyone one person in rounds 11-40 and not go into the penalty phase.

This year it is all dollars above $125k per player for rounds 11-40 that applies to the pool.

 

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After Skoug and rest of top 10 signs, we may still have $400K plus the $100K base offer, which could be enough to nab a mid-tier high school or JuCo kid.

 

We may very likely just be pocketing the money after the Robert signing, which is disappointing.

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QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 21, 2017 -> 04:15 PM)
Gave him the bonus of a 34th pick, but was ranked from 57th to 68th prospect per BA, MLB, and ESPN. Pretty sure no one else would have gave him $600K above slot.

Stunned that the Sox had to go this high above slot to sign him. Maybe other teams wanted to pick him earlier and the price tag scared him away.

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QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 21, 2017 -> 05:15 PM)
Gave him the bonus of a 34th pick, but was ranked from 57th to 68th prospect per BA, MLB, and ESPN. Pretty sure no one else would have gave him $600K above slot.

 

Yet there were analysts surprised he wasn't picked higher

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As bonus numbers have come in for Sheets, Abbott, Kincanon, and Yurchak, the White Sox are sitting at $179,500 ahead of their bonus poll allotment.

 

Out of the top rounds 10, Henzmen, McClure, and Skoug are still playing in the College World Series and are not able to sign yet, but the rest of the top 10 is all signed.

 

Outside of the top 10, Kincanon and Yurchak both got $150k bonuses (in rounds 11 and 12 respectively) are are counting an addition $25k towards the Sox bonus pool number.

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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 21, 2017 -> 04:37 PM)
Yet there were analysts surprised he wasn't picked higher

 

The fact that he wasn't, and that he was universally ranked lower than he was drafted tells me he won't get overslot from many teams, especially whopping $600K overslot.

 

I think this could really impact our ability to sign Skoug.

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QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 22, 2017 -> 02:01 PM)
The fact that he wasn't, and that he was universally ranked lower than he was drafted tells me he won't get overslot from many teams, especially whopping $600K overslot.

 

I think this could really impact our ability to sign Skoug.

 

 

Skoug is signing. Sheets isn't impacting anything. Teams don't take guys in the top 10 rounds that aren't signing.

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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 22, 2017 -> 02:08 PM)
Skoug is signing. Sheets isn't impacting anything. Teams don't take guys in the top 10 rounds that aren't signing.

 

What Sheets changed is that I thought they might actually save a bit of money on him, not take a $600k additional pool hit. What that means is that there will be no more high school kids signed. There just isn't going to be any money left. By the time the last three guys in the top 10 sign there will be around zero extra pool dollars left over.

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