2010 Draft Signing Board

Names in bold have signed:

RD   PLAYER, HS/COL/JC/CC        DATE    $ BONUS     $ SLOT       AFFILIATE
1    OF Josh Sale, HS            8/16  1,620,000  1,467,000             TBD
1    C Justin O'Conner, HS       6/10  1,025,000    972,000        GCL Rays
S-1  OF Drew Vettleson, HS       8/16    845,000    802,800             TBD
2    RHP Jake Thompson, COL      6/16    555,000    555,000   Hudson Valley
2    IF Derek Dietrich, COL      6/11    457,200    457,200   Hudson Valley
3    IF Ryan Brett, HS            7/9    341,100    341,100        GCL Rays
4    RHP Austin Wood, JC         ***DID NOT SIGN***        
5    RHP Ian Kendall, HS         7/17    250,000    154,800        GCL Rays
6    RHP Jesse Hahn, COL         8/15    525,000              Injured - TJS      
7    OF Michael Lorenzen, HS     ***DID NOT SIGN***
8    RHP Merrill Kelly, COL       7/2    125,000              Hudson Valley
9    C Jake DePew, HS            8/11    460,000                   GCL Rays
10   OF Deshun Dixon, HS         7/17    125,000                   GCL Rays
11   1B Travis Flores, HS         8/2    155,000                   GCL Rays
12   1B Phil Wunderlich, COL     6/22                         Hudson Valley
13   2B Robby Price, COL         6/15                         Hudson Valley
14   RHP Austin Hubbard, COL     6/17                         Hudson Valley
15   LHP Brandon Henderson, HS   6/25                              GCL Rays
16   RHP Nate Garcia, COL        6/15                         Hudson Valley
17   RHP Cody Anderson, JC       ***DID NOT SIGN***
18   LHP Jimmy Patterson, COL     7/2                         Hudson Valley
19   2B/OF Craige Lyerly, COL    6/10                         Hudson Valley
20   LHP C.J. Riefenhauser, JC   6/26                             Princeton
21   LHP Adam Liberatore, COL    6/14                         Hudson Valley
22   C Matt Koch, COL            ***DID NOT SIGN***
23   1B Kevin Patterson, COL     ***DID NOT SIGN***
24   RHP Daniel Poncedeleon, HS  ***DID NOT SIGN***
25   LHP Matt Spann, HS          6/10                              GCL Rays
26   LHP Justin Woodall, COL     8/20                                   TBD
27   OF Chris Winder, JC         6/17                         Hudson Valley
28   SS Julio Espinoza, HS       ***DID NOT SIGN***
29   2B Scott Lawson, COL        6/22                             Princeton
30   3B Nick Schwaner, COL       6/15                         Hudson Valley
31   OF Kevin Kiermaier, JC      6/16                             Princeton
32   OF Bryan Fogle, COL         6/15                             Princeton
33   RHP Scott Simon, HS         ***DID NOT SIGN***
34   1B Steve Tinoco, COL        6/17                         Hudson Valley
35   RHP Spencer Davis, HS       ***DID NOT SIGN***
36   LHP Robert Dickmann, COL    6/17                         Hudson Valley
37   RHP DeMondre Arnold, HS     ***DID NOT SIGN***
38   RHP Will Anderson, HS       ***DID NOT SIGN***
39   RHP Parker Markel, JC       7/19                              GCL Rays
40   RHP Wade Broyles, COL       6/11                             Princeton
41   LHP Chris Rearick, COL      6/17                             Princeton
42   3B Preston Overbey, HS      ***DID NOT SIGN***
43   C Ryan Hornback, JC         ***DID NOT SIGN***
44   RHP Mickey Jannis, COL      6/16                             Princeton
45   LHP Blake Freeman, HS       ***DID NOT SIGN***
46   RHP George Jensen, CC       6/22                             Princeton
47   1B Hector Montes, HS        ***DID NOT SIGN***
48   RHP Blake Barnes, JC        ***DID NOT SIGN***
49   1B Danny Hoilman, COL       ***DID NOT SIGN***
50   RHP Cory Maltz, JC          ***DID NOT SIGN***

Note: $ SLOT is MLB's recommended signing bonuses for players drafted in the first five rounds. After the 5th round MLB recommends a maximum of $125,000, but a team can sign a player for up to $150,000 without consulting the Commishioner's office. Any signing bonuses in excess of MLB's slot recommendations must first go through the Commishioner's office with an explanation justifying the amount of the bonus. Technically, MLB cannot prevent a team and a player from agreeing to any amount they choose, but MLB will exert 'pressure' on teams to stick to the slot recommendations as much as possible.

Over-slot signings, especially large ones for very high picks, will not be approved by MLB until close to the signing deadline, which is midnight on August 16th this year since the 15th is a Sunday. The reason is to prevent a large over-slot signing from inflating the bonuses of other players. For example, if the 20th overall pick gets an over-slot bonus, the 19th pick will demand more the what the 20th signed for, and the 18th will want more than that, and so forth. In addition to pushing up the players drafted ahead, it would also pull up the players behind. In the example, the 21st pick would want something just under what the 20th received, and so forth. The point (not that it's a good one) is to keep large over-slot bonuses secret until the last minute to keep the overall cost of the draft as low as possible across the league.