{"id":15303,"date":"2018-07-09T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15303"},"modified":"2018-07-09T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:55:12","slug":"your-2018-nats-draft-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15303","title":{"rendered":"Your 2018 Nats Draft Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You’d be smiling too if you just got a $3M check! Photo via MASN<\/p><\/div>\n

July 6th came and went, and the Nats signed their #1 overall pick without too much fanfare, giving\u00a0Mason Denaburg<\/strong> a nice bump over his slot value and wrapping up the 2018 Draft Class.<\/p>\n

Here’s a table of the 29 players we successfully signed, with known bonus amounts.\u00a0 The MLBpipeline Draft Tracker is the most up-to-date resource for this data<\/a>\u00a0now that Baseball America has taken most of its stuff behind a paywall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Round+JA7:J38<\/th>Overall<\/th>Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Col\/HS<\/th>College or Cmtm<\/th>State<\/th>Signed?<\/th>Bonus Amt<\/th>Slot Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>27<\/td>Denaburg, Mason<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>HS<\/td>Florida<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>3000000<\/td>2472700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>65<\/td>Cate, Tim<\/td>LHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Uconn<\/td>CT<\/td>Yes<\/td>986200<\/td>986200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>101<\/td>Schaller, Reid<\/td>RHP (Rel)<\/td>Coll So<\/td>Vanderbilt<\/td>TN<\/td>Yes<\/td>555100<\/td>555100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>131<\/td>Irvin, Jake<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Oklahoma<\/td>OK<\/td>Yes<\/td>550000<\/td>414500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>161<\/td>Canning, Gage<\/td>OF<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Arizona State<\/td>AZ<\/td>Yes<\/td>308900<\/td>308900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>191<\/td>Karp, Andrew<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Florida State<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>200000<\/td>239600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>221<\/td>Day, Chandler<\/td>RHP (Rel)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Vanderbilt<\/td>TN<\/td>Yes<\/td>188300<\/td>188300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>251<\/td>Cropley, Tyler<\/td>C<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Iowa<\/td>IA<\/td>Yes<\/td>10000<\/td>157200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>281<\/td>Driskill, Tanner<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Lamar<\/td>TX<\/td>Yes<\/td>10000<\/td>144400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>311<\/td>Shaddy, Carson<\/td>2B<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Arkansas<\/td>AR<\/td>Yes<\/td>10000<\/td>136900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>341<\/td>Bartow, Frankie<\/td>RHP (Rel)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Miami<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>401<\/td>Wilson, Cody<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Florida Atlantic U<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>431<\/td>Fletcher, Aaron<\/td>LHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Houston<\/td>TX<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>461<\/td>Lee, Evan<\/td>LHP (rel)\/OF<\/td>Coll So<\/td>Arkansas<\/td>AR<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>491<\/td>Teel, Carson<\/td>LHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Oklahoma State<\/td>OK<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>551<\/td>Rhinesmith, Jacob<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Western Kentucky<\/td>KY<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>611<\/td>Vega, Onix<\/td>C<\/td>JC J1<\/td>Broward College<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>125000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>641<\/td>Tapani, Ryan<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Creighton<\/td>NB<\/td>Yes<\/td>10000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>671<\/td>Daily, Cole<\/td>SS<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Notre Dame<\/td>IN<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>731<\/td>Marinconz, Kyle<\/td>SS<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo<\/td>CA<\/td>Yes<\/td>60000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>761<\/td>Vann, Chris<\/td>LHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Mercer<\/td>GA<\/td>Yes<\/td>3000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>791<\/td>Morse, Colin<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Shenandoah <\/td>VA<\/td>Yes<\/td>3000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>821<\/td>O'Connor, Pablo<\/td>2B<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Azusa Pacific University<\/td>CA<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>851<\/td>Chisolm, Blake<\/td>1B<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Sam Houston State<\/td>TX<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>881<\/td>Pogue, Colton<\/td>SS<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Pittsburg State U<\/td>KS<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>911<\/td>Vickers, Trey<\/td>SS<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Wichita State<\/td>KS<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>941<\/td>Quintana, Jonathan<\/td>OF<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Barry U<\/td>FL<\/td>Yes<\/td>3000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>971<\/td>Maley, Alec<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Sr<\/td>Kentucky<\/td>KY<\/td>Yes<\/td>3000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>1151<\/td>Milacki, Bobby<\/td>RHP<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>Arizona Christian U<\/td>AZ<\/td>Yes<\/td>25000<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Summary of the 29 drafted players:<\/p>\n

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  • One High Schooler, 13 College Seniors<\/li>\n
  • 16 Arms (including\u00a0Evan Lee<\/strong>) and 13 Bats<\/li>\n
  • Of the 16 arms, 4 were relievers in College and are (presumably) already routed to that role in the pros.<\/li>\n
  • Thus, 15 College players with eligibility remaining<\/li>\n
  • As of this writing, two guys have already been double promoted to Hagerstown; 11th rounder\u00a0Frankie Bartow<\/strong>, UMiami’s closer this past season, and 5th rounder\u00a0Cage Ganning<\/strong>, OF from UCLA.<\/li>\n
  • I count $6,800,500 in total bonus money paid out, more than their bonus pool figure of $5,603,800 and a bit more than their 5% cushion figure above the bonus pool figure of $5,883,990<\/li>\n
  • A few of the lower level bonus figures have yet to be disclosed; i could see\u00a0Cole Daily<\/strong> getting a $125k bonus or near to it since he got bought out of his senior year, but the rest of the players w\/o known bonuses were College Seniors who probably each got the same $3,000 bonus that other College Seniors got in rounds 20 and up.<\/li>\n
  • As of this writing, 2 have yet to be assigned, 15 went to the GCL, 9 went straight to Auburn, and 3 played a week or so in the GCL before getting to Auburn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Verdict on this class overall: I like the fact that they threw out a ton of max $125k bonuses in the rounds 11-20; that certainly wasn’t the case last\u00a0 year and it may have bought them some good players.\u00a0 I’m ok with Denaburg as their 1st rounder and wasn’t as hung up on picking a more “famous” name at that point in the draft.\u00a0 Unlike in 2017, I liked who they got in the rounds 3-6 area, and I think they may have a real player in 10th round senior sign\u00a0Carson Shaddy<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0 In the rounds 11-20 they got a number of weekend starters from good schools to sign for the $125k figure, one of which has already forced his way to be twice-promoted.\u00a0 Of course, when nearly half your draft dollars go to one kid, and that kid is a high schooler who probably is playing in our minor leagues for the next 5 years … its going to be quite a while til we really know if this was a winning class or not.<\/p>\n

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    Here’s a table of the 11 guys who did not sign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
    Round+JA7:J38<\/th>Overall<\/th>Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Col\/HS<\/th>College or Cmtm<\/th>State<\/th>Signed?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    12<\/td>371<\/td>Lawson, Graham<\/td>RHP (Rel)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>South Carolina<\/td>SC<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    17<\/td>521<\/td>Chapman, Ridge<\/td>RHP (Str)<\/td>Coll Jr<\/td>South Carolina<\/td>SC<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    19<\/td>581<\/td>Linginfelter, Zach<\/td>RHP (rel)<\/td>Coll So<\/td>Tennessee<\/td>TN<\/td>Didn't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    23<\/td>701<\/td>Hamilton, Cole<\/td>C<\/td>JC J1<\/td>Linn Benton CC<\/td>OR<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    33<\/td>1001<\/td>Haney, Jack<\/td>C<\/td>HS<\/td>Cedartown HS<\/td>GA<\/td>Didn't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    34<\/td>1031<\/td>Baca, Tyler<\/td>OF<\/td>HS<\/td>The Linfield School (CA)<\/td>CA<\/td>Didn't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    35<\/td>1061<\/td>Binelas, Alex<\/td>1B<\/td>HS<\/td>Oak Creek HS (WI)<\/td>WI<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    36<\/td>1091<\/td>Blessie, Bo<\/td>RHP<\/td>HS<\/td>Robert E Lee HS (TX)<\/td>TX<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    37<\/td>1121<\/td>Wilcox, Cole<\/td>RHP<\/td>HS<\/td>Heritage HS (GA)<\/td>GA<\/td>Won't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    39<\/td>1181<\/td>Nardi, Andrew<\/td>LHP<\/td>JC J2<\/td>Moorpark Col (CA)<\/td>CA<\/td>Didn't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    40<\/td>1211<\/td>Menhart, Michael<\/td>RHP<\/td>HS<\/td>Richmond Hill HS<\/td>GA<\/td>Didn't<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

    Quick Summary here:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • The big misses here of course are the 12th and 17th rounders from South Carolina, both of whom announced on twitter within a few minutes of each other of their intent to return to school.<\/li>\n
    • 19th rounder\u00a0Zach Linginfelter<\/strong> was a draft-eligible Sophomore from Tennessee who made it into their weekend rotation late in the season and had the easy decision to return to school, where he probably is a weekend starter all next year and could easily find his way into the top 10 rounds.<\/li>\n
    • 6 of the 11 non-signees were 30th+ round prep players who were never going to sign … either because they were 1st round rumored kids with million dollar price tags or because they were legacy picks<\/li>\n
    • 2 of the non-signees are Juco guys who were a little hard to find info on:\u00a0Cole Hamilton<\/strong> and\u00a0Andrew Nardi<\/strong>.\u00a0 Nardi seems to have a committment to go to Arizona; can’t blame him for heading to a good program.\u00a0 Hamilton doesn’t even have a perfectgame.org profile and too common of a name to research on twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      No major misses; highest non-signed player was a 12th rounder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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