Serrano wants at least $300,000. Maybe they are waiting to see if he signs and what that amount ends up being. Then they finalize Bukauskas. But that one Joe Perez article said he wasn't going to sign until Bukauskas was worked out and Perez has already signed for over slot????? Also.. Several other highly-drafted college pitchers haven't signed yet including Faedo, Peterson, Romero, Lange, and Rasmussen.
They need Bukaus That wouldn't make sense. Faedo & Lange were in CWS final. They just became able to sign last week. Rasmussen had only been eligible for 10 days.
I'm not worried yet, not until I hear something that worries me. It is a bit strange that there's been literally no mention of negotiation status though, so I can understand the concern. Stros have $3,952,100 + ~450K (5% overage) to play with. That total would give JB slot money anywhere from the 9th to 12th picks, depending on if you want to consider Serrano's reported 300K. Stros and he communicated before the pick (everybody does) so they had an idea of what he's looking for.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/24065...gn-draft-pick-jb-bukauskas/?topicid=151437456 Spoiler The Astros are still in negotiations and hoping to sign first-round pick J.B. Bukauskas, a right-handed pitcher from the University of North Carolina whom the club selected with the No. 15 overall pick in last month's Draft. The deadline to sign Draft picks is 4 p.m. CT Friday. Among the top 10 rounds, the Astros also haven't signed their 10th-round pick, right-handed pitcher Kyle Serrano of the University of Tennessee. They haven't signed ninth-round pick Michael Papierski, a catcher from LSU, but he told MLB.com last week he had agreed to a deal. The assigned slot value for the Bukauskas pick is $3,588,200. "We're working on it," Astros director of scouting and player development Mike Elias said. "I wouldn't say there's been anything out of the ordinary yet for this point in the process. There's a very small window this year in terms of signing players. A lot of these kids, their seasons ended rather late and we don't have a ton of time to work out everything about a deal. "Hopefully, we'll have a resolution here before the deadline where both players and maybe even a couple of players from Day 3 in our Draft join the organization. At this point it's still an ongoing discussion." Bukauskas followed a strong sophomore season at UNC with a spectacular summer with the USA Collegiate National Team. In his junior season this year, the 20-year-old went 9-1 with a 2.53 ERA in 15 starts, striking out 116 batters and walking 37 in 92 2/3 innings. He has a fastball that sits at 93-94 mph and touches 98 mph, and a hard-breaking slider that hits 86 mph. He's also developing a changeup, which he will need to refine because the Astros plan to develop him as a starter.
Vacationing in Houston during mid-summer is a rather marginal call . They do have air conditioned baseball
They've got 2 days to sign Serrano, Costes, Santana, Breaux, and Farrell. I honestly think all of those except Farrell have a realistic shot to sign.
The airport is in Raleigh, but I don't think he'd want to tweet out the city in which one of his school's rivals is located But that's just me reading too much into a tweet
Assume they have a deal with Serrano, just dependent on Bukauskas. I think others may be backups to Serrano at this point.
Serrano and Costes are playing in the Cape Cod league, hoping to increase their signing bonus by playing well.
Serrano actually hasn't even made it to the Cape Cod League. Might be possible that the Astros suggested that he hold off on that to avoid risking further injury.
