I know nothing about him, but his numbers were pretty good for Lamar this year. It will be interesting to see if Houston drafts him again next year and if they actually try to develop him.
Prematurely excited, but I think Houston could have 3 future everyday position players in Lee, Kessinger, and Brewer. If nothing else, all 3 of those guys are each already the best prospect at their position in the Astros system (Lee at catcher, Kessinger at 2B, and Brewer at CF).
He could have maximized his earning potential and signed for $100k. Next year even if he has another good year I doubt a team offers more than $25k since he'll be a senior. I think it may be a play/ploy by the astros to get Carlos to resign when he's up by having his brother in the system and possibility that they could play with each other. I think the Astros miscalculated though, they should have taken him in the 10th round and given him slot money instead of just the $100k late round money to show the Correas respect by saying "hey, we value JC enough to use our bonus pool on him."
JC Correa being in Houston’s system (or not) will have zero bearing on what Carlos Correa does in free agency. It’s common to use picks in the 30-40th rounds to do favors for org employees, but it’s pretty obvious JC is not a legitimate prospect (otherwise he would have been drafted earlier, since as a junior signability is not a major issue), so it is appropriate for Houston to have drafted him that late. I’m fact, I think they went above and beyond by drafting him a 2nd time.
Can't update the OP anymore, so here's where we currently stand. Status as of June 12 Bold: player has signed or given indications that he will sign Name stricken through: player will not sign or has given indications that he will not sign Round 1, #32 overall: Korey Lee, C, Cal (JR) Round 2, #68 overall: Grae Kessinger, SS, Ole Miss (JR) Round 3, #106 overall: Jordan Brewer, CF, Michigan (JR) Round 4, #136 overall: Colin Barber, CF, Pleasant Valley High School (Chico, California); committed to Oregon Round 5, #166 overall: Hunter Brown, RHP, Wayne State (JR) Round 6, #196 overall: Matthew Barefoot, CF, Campbell (redshirt JR) Round 7, #226 overall: Blair Henley, RHP, Texas (JR) Round 8, #256 overall: Luis Guerrero, CF, Miami Dade College (JUCO SOPH); committed to South Florida Round 9, #286 overall: Peyton Battenfield, RHP, Oklahoma State (JR) Round 10, #316 overall: C.J. Stubbs, C, USC (redshirt JR) Round 11, #346 overall: Ryan Gusto, RHP, Florida Southwestern State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Western Kentucky Round 12: #376 overall: Garrett Gayle, RHP, Rice (JR) Round 13, #406 overall: Kevin Holcomb, RHP, Glendale College (CA) (JUCO SOPH); committed to UCLA Round 14, #436 overall: Derek West, RHP, Pittsburgh (redshirt JR) Round 15, #466 overall: Cole McDonald, RHP, Iowa (SR) Round 16, #496 overall: Dexter Jordan, 2B, Pearl River Community College (JUCO FR) Round 17, #526 overall: Danny Cody, RHP, Baldwin-Wallace College (SR) Round 18, #556 overall: Justin Campbell, RHP, Simi Valley High School (Simi Valley, California); committed to Tulane Round 19, #586 overall: Tyler Krabbe, C, Montevallo (SR) Round 20, #616 overall: Alex Palmer, RHP, Stephen F. Austin (JR) Round 21, #646 overall: Davis Vainer, RHP, Alabama (redshirt JR); transferring to Arizona to play as a grad transfer Round 22, #676 overall: Shea Barry, RHP, UC Santa Barbara (JR) Round 23, #706 overall: Zach Biermann, 1B, Coastal Carolina (SR) Round 24, #736 overall: Preston Pavlica, CF, Grand Canyon (SR) Round 25, #766 overall: E.P. Reese, CF, Winston-Salem State (redshirt SOPH) Round 26, #796 overall: Chandler Casey, RHP, Lubbock Christian (SR) Round 27, #826 overall: Kevin Dickey, LHP, Seminole State College (JUCO SOPH); committed to Texas Tech Round 28, #856 overall: Bryan Arias, 2B, Texas-San Antonio (SR) Round 29, #886 overall: Whit Drennan, LHP, Rollins College (SR) Round 30, #916 overall: Michael Horrell, RHP, Campbell (SR) Round 31, #946 overall: Peyton Plumlee, RHP, Mississippi State (SR) Round 32, #976 overall: Oscar Carvajal, RHP, Fresno State (redshirt SOPH) Round 33, #1006 overall: Bryan Martinez, LHP, Connors State College (JUCO SOPH) Round 34, #1036 overall: A.J. Lee, SS, Maryland (SR) Round 35, #1066 overall: James Nix, RF, College of Central Florida (JUCO FR); committed to South Carolina Round 36, #1096 overall: Chandler Murphy, RHP, Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona); committed to Arizona Round 37, #1126 overall: Max Dias, 3B, Porter High School (Porter, Texas); committed to New Orleans Round 38, #1156 overall: J.C. Correa, SS, Lamar (JR) Round 39, #1186 overall: Brock Rudy, C, Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California); committed to Utah Round 40, #1216 overall: Dillon Plew, 1B, Washington State (JR) Undrafted Free Agents In the past, there were players who apparently signed as undrafted free agents with the Astros but never appeared on a roster of a minor league affiliate. I'll only update this part if they appear on a roster. The First 10, with Slot Values 1-32: Korey Lee ($2,257,300) 2-68: Grae Kessinger ($953,100) 3-106: Jordan Brewer ($549,000) 4-136: Colin Barber ($410,100) 5-166: Hunter Brown ($306,800) - signed for $325,000 = -18,200 over 6-196: Matthew Barefoot ($239,000) 7-226: Blair Henley ($188,900) 8-256: Luis Guerrero ($160,300) 9-286: Peyton Battenfield ($148,400) 10-316: C.J. Stubbs ($142,200) Overslot signings after 10th round The maximum slot after the 10th round is $125,000. Original bonus pool: $5,355,100 Pool spent: $325,000 Money remaining in pool before penalties: $5,030,100 Breakdown 5 High school 2 JUCO Freshmen 5 JUCO Sophs 13 Juniors (I'm listing redshirt sophomores as juniors) 15 Seniors (I'm listing redshirt juniors as seniors) By position 4 C 2 1B 2 2B 1 3B 3 SS 7 OF (6 CF, 1 RF) 18 RHP 3 LHP The signing deadline is July 5. College seniors are not subject to this deadline; teams can negotiate with seniors up until one week before next year's draft. Baseball America Top 500 Players 1. Korey Lee - #173 2. Grae Kessinger - #125 3. Jordan Brewer - #158 4. Colin Barber - #195 5. Hunter Brown - #156 6. Matthew Barefoot - #290 7. Blair Henley - #336 10. C.J. Stubbs - #429 23. Zach Biermann - #421 Where are the High School/JUCO players committed? 4. Colin Barber - Oregon 8. Luis Guerrero - South Florida 11. Ryan Gusto - Western Kentucky 13. Kevin Holcomb - UCLA 16. Dexter Jordan - ? 18. Justin Campbell - Tulane 27. Kevin Dickey - Texas Tech 33. Bryan Martinez - ? 35. James Nix - South Carolina 36. Chandler Murphy - Arizona 37. Max Dias - New Orleans 39. Brock Rudy - Utah Players in College World Series Grae Kessinger Jordan Brewer Peyton Plumlee Where they're headed Quad Cities Tri-City GCL
Just because Houston can offer $125k doesn't mean they would offer $125k. No pittance that could be offered JC is going to effect CC. If they valued him as a top prospect they would have drafted him accordingly.
I get what you're saying, it's moreso the gesture so that CC thinks the Astros are doing right by him and his family. But CC understands it's a business, doubt he gives us a hometown discount.
Any news on my pet cat Zach Biermann? College senior with no eligibility, so I'd think he would sign, right? But no word. Hope he does, he seems like a good person and a potential steal.
