Which Draft picks haven't signed as deadline nears?
Clubs have until 5 p.m. ET Friday to ink prospects they selected
With the Draft signing deadline rapidly approaching on Friday at 5 p.m. ET, there are seven unsigned players among the 316 selected over the first 10 rounds in June.
There are only two first-round picks yet to come to terms with the team that took them, and both are high school left-handers. Braxton Garrett, the Alabama prep standout taken No. 7 overall by the Marlins, was ranked No. 10 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 200 Draft prospects list heading into the Draft. New Jersey high school star Jason Groome was ranked No. 1 overall on that list, but he fell to the Red Sox at No. 12 due to a combination of concerns about makeup and reportedly a high price tag.
Should Garrett not sign, he would go on to Vanderbilt University, while Groome changed his commitment from Vandy to Chipola College, a junior college in Marianna, Fla., just prior to the Draft, meaning he would be eligible again in 2017. A team loses the pick value of any unsigned pick from the first 10 rounds from their overall pool. The Marlins would get the No. 8 pick in the 2017 Draft, while the Red Sox would receive pick No. 13 (or No. 14 if Garrett doesn't sign) as compensation for not signing Groome.
With Jim Callis reporting that Marlins third-rounder Thomas Jones had agreed to a bonus of $1 million on Thursday, Miami has handed out bonuses totaling $2.3 million. That leaves $4,145,900 of the Marlins' total bonus pool of $6,445,900 to sign Garrett without going over their pool. The pick value at No. 7 is $3,756,300.
The Red Sox have a total of $6,997,400 in their bonus pool. Boston has already spent $2.295 million, leaving $4,702,400 for Groome as well as fourth-rounder Bobby Dalbec from Arizona and Maryland right-hander Mike Shawaryn, taken in the fifth round.
The math might get a little tricky for the Red Sox. Dalbec's and Shawaryn's pick values combined comes to $876,800. That leaves $3,825,600 for Groome, whose pick value at No. 12 is $3,192,800. There was buzz that Groome was seeking in the neighborhood of $5 million to sign. Any team can go up to five percent over their pool without having to forfeit a 2017 Draft pick. Adding five percent of Boston's pool to what it could have left after signing Dalbec and Shawaryn could give the Sox just north of $4 million to offer Groome.
The Pirates have not been able to agree to terms with Nick Lodolo, taken No. 41 overall in Lottery Round A. He is expected to head to Texas Christian Univesity in the fall. The pick value for No. 41 is $1,576,000. The Bucs are currently three percent over their bonus pool, incurring a small penalty tax. They could have come close to offering Lodolo pick value without breaching that five percent overage. But perhaps with an understanding that Lodolo wouldn't sign, they gave 11th-rounder Max Kranick $300,000 to sign, with $200,000 of that counting towards the pool. Pittsburgh will receive a compensation pick, No. 42 overall, for not signing Lodolo.
The two other remaining unsigned picks are both seventh-round selections. North Carolina State's Preston Palmeiro, Rafael's son, went No. 211 overall to the Orioles, while the Astros took Tyler Buffett from Oklahoma State six picks later. Buffett plans to return to OSU for his senior season, and the Astros will not receive compensation for this. The complete list of unsigned picks from the first 10 rounds is below.
7. Marlins: Braxton Garrett, LHP
12. Red Sox: Jason Groome, LHP
41. Pirates: Nick Lodolo, LHP
118. Red Sox: Bobby Dalbec, 3B
148. Red Sox: Mike Shawaryn, RHP
211. Orioles: Preston Pameiro, 1B
217. Astros: Tyler Buffett, RHP
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLBPipeline.com. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanMayo and Facebook, and listen to him on the weekly Pipeline Podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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