The final member of the Houston Astros' 2018 draft class is... Round 40, Pick 1212: Nathan Duarte, SS, Lancaster High School, Lancaster, California Draft pick tracker coming soon.
The last 6 picks are HSers who are likely long shot signs: This may project that the Astros will have a smaller than normal incoming Class of 2018. Likewise, the Astros may not be that active in the Undrafted Free Agent market, due to losing 2 of their farm teams.
I doubt any of the HS draftees except Schroeder sign. Only chance for an overslot signee would be Lyle Lin. But you never know. For now my guess is that 28-32 sign, plus another 2-3 UDFA. With the addition of these 40, there are 100 players assigned to EST waiting for the GCL and Low A seasons to start.
The slot for round #11-#40 is $100,000 (or maybe that has recently increased?). I don't see the Astros offering Lin (Pick #882) more than that. We will see.
Astros wanted to make it fun by drafting Bregman and Correas brother but chances are you won’t see them.
I think the slot and trying to go over slot value only applies to the first ten rounds. Rounds 3-32 are all college guys, I’d expect most to be easy signs..A few will opt to return to school for another season or two. Will be interesting to see if Correa and Bregman’s younger bros pass on college
Any player drafted after the 10th round who receives a bonus over $125k counts against the bonus pool allocated to the 1st 10 rounds. So if Houston is able to get some underslot signings for their 1st 10 round picks, they would be able to offer an overslot bonus to a later pick. Lin was not that highly touted of a prospect, so my (total) guess is that if Houston can scrounge up another 200K, they could get him. That'd be 5th round money. Houston has done this in the past. Nick Tanielu (2014 14th rd), Patrick Sandoval (2015 11th rd), and Andres Santana (2017 29th rd) all received overslot bonuses.
Screen scraped from mlb.com: RD PICK RANK PLAYER SCHOOL POS B/T CLASS PLAYER INFO SIGNING BONUS1 28 45 Beer, Seth Clemson (SC) OF L/R 4YR JR 6' 3 195lbs DOB: 09/18/96 -- Pick Value: $2,399,4002 66 93 Schroeder, Jayson Juanita HS (WA) RHP R/R HS SR 6' 2 195lbs DOB: 11/14/99 -- Pick Value: $965,3003 102 168 Pena, Jeremy University of Maine - Orono (ME) SS R/R 4YR JR 6' 0 179lbs DOB: 09/22/97 -- Pick Value: $549,7004 132 97 McKenna, Alex Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (CA) OF R/R 4YR JR 6' 2 200lbs DOB: 09/06/97 -- Pick Value: $410,4005 162 125 Deason, Cody Arizona (AZ) RHP R/R 4YR JR 6' 4 205lbs DOB: 12/26/96 -- Pick Value: $306,1006 192 -- Freure, R.J. Pittsburgh (PA) RHP R/R 4YR SO 6' 1 210lbs DOB: 07/06/97 -- Pick Value: $237,6007 222 -- Salazar, Cesar Arizona (AZ) C L/R 4YR JR 5' 9 185lbs DOB: 03/15/96 -- Pick Value: $187,0008 252 -- Hansen, Austin Oklahoma (OK) RHP R/R 4YR JR 6' 0 195lbs DOB: 08/25/96 -- Pick Value: $156,5009 282 -- Schreiber, Scott Nebraska (NE) OF R/R 4YR SR 6' 3 230lbs DOB: 10/13/95 -- Pick Value: $144,10010 312 -- Taylor, Chandler Alabama (AL) LF L/L 4YR JR 6' 1 210lbs DOB: 02/07/96 -- Pick Value: $136,80011 342 -- Conine, Brett Cal State Fullerton (CA) RHP R/R 4YR JR 6' 3 210lbs DOB: 10/16/96 --12 372 -- Moclair, Mark University of Tampa (FL) RHP R/R 4YR JR 6' 2 205lbs DOB: 03/13/97 --13 402 -- Dubin, Shawn Georgetown Col RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 1 160lbs DOB: 09/06/95 --14 432 -- France, J.P. Mississippi St U RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 0 216lbs DOB: 04/04/95 --15 462 -- Dawson, Trey Kentucky (KY) SS R/R 4YR JR 6' 0 177lbs DOB: 10/02/96 --16 492 -- Holderbach, Alex Eastern Kentucky U C R/R 4YR JR 6' 0 205lbs DOB: 12/26/96 --17 522 -- Daniels, Brett UNC Chapel Hill RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 0 170lbs DOB: 02/25/96 --18 552 -- Wielansky, Michael Col of Wooster SS R/R 4YR JR 6' 2 175lbs DOB: 03/18/97 --19 582 -- Conn, Devin Nova Southeastern U RHP R/R 4YR SO 6' 0 170lbs DOB: 04/03/97 --20 612 -- Dennis, Austin Middle Tennessee St U CF R/R 4YR JR 5' 11 170lbs DOB: 06/06/97 --21 642 -- Roach, Dalton Minnesota St U Mankato RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 2 210lbs DOB: 04/08/96 --22 672 -- Costes, Marty Maryland (MD) OF R/R 4YR JR 5' 9 205lbs DOB: 12/18/95 --23 702 -- Bermudez, Jonathan Southeastern U LHP L/L 4YR JR 6' 2 170lbs DOB: 10/16/95 --24 732 -- Figueroa, Miguel Oklahoma City U RHP R/R 4YR JR 6' 2 203lbs DOB: 03/22/97 --25 762 -- Mattix, Logan Georgia Col & St U CF R/R 4YR SR 6' 0 185lbs DOB: 05/16/96 --26 792 -- Hensley, David San Diego St U SS R/R 4YR SR 6' 6 190lbs DOB: 03/28/96 --27 822 -- Paulino, Juan Western Oklahoma State Col C L/R JC J2 5' 11 192lbs DOB: 12/10/97 --28 852 -- Gonzalez, Joseph Stetson U RHP R/R 4YR JR 5' 11 175lbs DOB: 01/10/97 --29 882 -- Lin, Lyle Arizona State (AZ) C R/R 4YR SO 6' 1 205lbs DOB: 06/26/97 --30 912 -- Henderson, Layne Azusa Pacific University (CA) RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 4 200lbs DOB: 06/08/96 --31 942 -- Cabral, Riley Memphis (TN) RHP R/R 4YR JR 5' 11 200lbs DOB: 01/25/97 --32 972 -- Billingsley, Jacob Mississippi St U RHP R/R 4YR 5S 5' 11 185lbs DOB: 07/27/94 --33 1002 -- Correa, J.C. Alvin CC RHP R/R JC J2 5' 10 185lbs DOB: 09/15/98 --34 1032 -- Gross, Benjamin Princeton U RHP R/R 4YR SR 6' 1 215lbs DOB: 10/05/96 --35 1062 -- Bregman, A.J. Albuquerque Academy LHP L/L HS SR 6' 0 185lbs DOB: 04/11/00 --36 1092 -- Ayers, Cole West Clermont HS (OH) RHP R/R HS SR 6' 2 195lbs DOB: 08/17/99 --37 1122 -- Cruz, Antonio Episcopal HS 2B R/R HS SR 6' 0 175lbs DOB: 06/27/99 --38 1152 -- Stilwell, Cole Rockwall-Heath HS (TX) C R/R HS SR 6' 0 185lbs DOB: 02/18/00 --39 1182 -- Birdsell, Brandon Willis HS (TX) RHP R/R HS SR 6' 4 210lbs DOB: 03/23/00 --40 1212 -- Duarte, Nathan Lancaster HS SS R/R HS SR 5' 11 175lbs DOB: 09/23/00 --
Clemens has been going apesh!t. 10 HR in his last 15 games, big clutch hits in the regional and now the super regional. He's made some solid plays at 2B too, if he can show the range to stay there in the pros he'll be a serious prospect.