2013 Red Sox Post-Draft Discussion (Signings, etc.)

Don't you guys always do a "links/quotes" thread dedicated to draft signings and rumors?

We may not exactly know their draftboard, but if the color color coding is related to their targeting, Ball, Frazier and Stewart were in the same tier and Appel was their first round wet dream.

Draft Room

Click on the video that says "Inside the Red Sox draft room", I believe that's the one he was referring to.

It shows Stewart, Frazier and Ball all in white color coding on our board.

Yeah, you just need to scroll over. There's no permalink.

It's also an excellent example of one of the times Selig said "two-thousand first-year player draft."

That said, the color coding doesn't necessarily represent "tiers." I can't figure out what Appel is, but of the next six picks, the college and HS players each are coded the same. If you look at the blurred out parts of the board (I would kill to get that unblurred, btw), it's not in any color-order. But of course, that could mean anything. (EDIT: Ah, Ian's probably got it. And I'm guessing the yellow you can see in the blurred-out section are JuCos.)

You can also hear someone saying "Ball's higher on the board" during the discussion. Couldn't make out the prior comment about Ball, but it's "Ball's a super-something"

I think it was "Ball's a super athlete."

Also, based on past draft videos (e.g. here), looks like the colors are for differentiating between HS, JuCo, College, etc. players, as speculated above. Or, at the very least, it doesn't seem like any sort of tiering or anything like that.

Read this story in my local paper today:

Longhi played the final two games of his high school career at Boston’s spring training park, jetBlue Park in Fort Myers, where Venice won its second straight Class 7A State title.

The right-handed hitter batted .625 in the state semifinal and final. He finished the season with a .262 batting average and 17 RBI.

Born in Springfield, Mass., Longhi is a huge Red Sox fan. He worked out for the team on a couple of occasions at jetBlue.

“I showed pretty well,” he said.

Projected as a top 10 pick, Longhi’s father, Tommy, received a call from Seattle, which was interested in Nick in the third or fourth round.

Link: preps.heraldtribune.com/2013/06/08/2-state-college-of-florida-players-also-taken-on-day-3/

* the .262 ave is a mistake

I really like this pick myself. Check out the video. He looks good at 1st base and listen to the crack of the bat.

bleacherreport.com/articles/1645168-nick-longhi-prospect-profile-for-boston-red-sox-30th-round-pick

My completely, educated guesses. There is no "inside information" being used here.

Will Sign:
Round 1 (7) - Trey Ball, LHP (HS), BA Rank #9
Round 2 (45) - Teddy Stankiewicz, RHP (JC), BA Rank #77
Round 3 (81) - Jonathan Denney, C (HS), BA Rank #25
Round 4 (113) - Myles Smith, RHP (C), BA Rank #108
Round 5 (143) - Corey Littrell, LHP (C), BA Rank #130
Round 6 (173) - Jordon Austin, OF (HS), Unranked
Round 7 (203) - Mike Adams, LHP (C), BA Rank #351
Round 8 (233) - Forrestt Allday, OF (C), Unranked
Round 9 (263) - Kyle Martin, RHP (C), Unranked
Round 10 (293) - Taylor Grover, RHP (C), Unranked
Round 11 (323) - Carlos Asuaje, SS (C), BA Rank #208
Round 13 (383) - Jordan Sheffield, RHP (HS), BA Rank #88
Round 12 (353) - Jake Drehoff, LHP (C), Unranked
Round 14 (413) - Jake Romanski, C (C), BA Rank #485
Round 17 (503) - Joseph Monge, OF (HS), BA Rank #451
Round 18 (533) - Joe Gunkel, RHP (C), Unranked
Round 19 (563) - Gabe Speier, LHP (HS), BA Rank #265
Round 21 (623) - Reed Gragnani, 2B (C), Unranked
Round 24 (713) - Jantzen Witte, 3B (C), Unranked
Round 29 (863) - Jeff Driskel, OF (C), Unranked
Round 30 (893) - Nick Longhi, OF (HS), BA Rank #296
Round 31 (923) - Ryan Rippee, 1B (C), Unranked
Round 37 (1103) - Max Watt, RHP (C), Unranked
Round 39 (1163) - K.J. Trader, RHP (HS), Unranked


Won't Sign:
Round 15 (443) - Bryan Hudson, OF (HS), Unranked
Round 16 (473) - Jalen Williams, RHP (HS), BA Rank #352
Round 20 (593) - Derek Burkamper, RHP (HS), BA Rank #302
Round 22 (653) - Ryan Boldt, OF (HS), BA Rank #58
Round 23 (683) - Jimmy Allen, 2B (C), BA Rank #300
Round 25 (743) - Derik Beauprez, RHP (HS), Unranked
Round 26 (773) - Mauricio Dubon, SS (HS), Unranked
Round 27 (803) - Mark Nowaczewski, RHP (HS), BA Rank #440
Round 28 (833) - Nick Zammarelli, 3B (HS), Unranked
Round 32 (953) - Matt Thaiss, C (HS), BA Rank #224
Round 33 (983) - Andrew Rosa, SS (HS), Unranked
Round 34 (1013) - Daniel Bethea, C (C), Unranked
Round 35 (1043) - Rafael Oliveras, 3B (HS), Unranked
Round 36 (1073) - Pat Goetze, RHP (HS), Unranked
Round 38 (1133) - Trever Morrison, SS (HS), BA Rank #139
Round 40 (1193) - Ryan Lidge, C (HS), Unranked

We don't even need catchers that badly in the farm. We have an excellent pipeline of catchers already. And they just drafted 5 more if I remember correctly. I'd offer just slightly above slot for Denney.

When colors are selected this year, think about readability. Statistically, 10% of the people reading this board have either some degree of red-green color blindness or monochromatic vision. The pink and light green colors are particularly difficult.

Slightly above won't get it done. The Sox have an idea (or a specific number) for what it will require to sign Denney and they have every intention of making that happen. He's a first round talent that slid. He's not the guy you want to play chicken with.