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- The Kingsport Mets beat the Princeton Rays 7-0 Monday. 2 2009 draft picks played. CF Darrell Ceciliani singled and scored in the 1st inning, singled and stole his 12th base of the season in the 3rd and was hit by a pitch in the 6th as part of his 2 for 4 game. DH Ronald Harris singled and scored in the 1st and singled and scored in the 6th to go 2 for 4. See the box score and recap for more.
Deadline 2009 First Year Player Draft Signings
- 2nd rounder Steven Matz signed per Jon Heyman of Twitter, MLB.com has a brief article with some video attached of Matz
- 9th rounder Jeff Glenn signed per Jim Callis of Baseball America
- 13th rounder Zach Dotson signed per Jim Callis of Baseball America
- TRDMB condolences go out to reader WannyBackstra – their is no news of a Damien Magnifico signing
In summary then, below is a list (to the best of my amateur knowledge) of 2009 draft picks and their signed/unsigned status:
- (no first round pick)
- Steven Matz – signed
- Robbie Shields – signed
- Darrell Ceciliani – signed
- Damien Magnifico – unsigned
- David Buchanan – unsigned
- Darin Gorski – signed
- John Freeman – signed
- Jeff Glenn – signed
- Nick Santomauro – signed
- Sam Honeck – signed
- James Ewing – signed
- Zach Dotson – signed
- Ronald Harris – signed
- Casey Schmidt – unsigned
- Jeff “Chase” Greene – signed
- Alex Gregory – signed
- Cody Holliday -Â signed
- Nelfi Zapata – signed
- Joseph August – signed
- Joseph Bonfe – signed
- Zachary Von Tersch – signed
- John Church – signed
- Michael Johnson – signed
- Josh Dunn – signed
- John Semel – signed
- Kurt Steinhauer – signed
- Brian Needham – signed
- ZeErika Hall – signed
- Jordan Harrison – unsigned
- Mitchell Haniger – unsigned
- Thomas Chism – signed
- James Schroeder – signed
- Camden Maron – signed
- Wes Wrenn – signed
- Lance Hoge – signed
- Brandon Sage – signed
- William Cherry – signed
- Anthony “Taylor” Whitenton – signed
- Jerome Pena – unsigned
- Travis Ozga – signed
- Ryan Gunhouse – unsigned
- Robert Rinard – unsigned
- James Wooster – unsigned
- Jacob Johansen – unsigned
- John Pilkington – unsigned
- Ryan Mollica – signed
- Joseph Mantiply – unsigned
- Joshua Easley – unsigned
- Zachary Godley – unsigned
Please understand the “signed/unsigned” designations are unofficial and simply “to the best of my knowledge.” You can find a more thorough and official listing at Baseball America. Those that were signed before yesterday can be found on the rosters of either the GCL Mets, the Kingsport Mets, the Brooklyn Cyclones or the Savannah Sand Gnats.
Links that were initially found around draft day in June to information about many but not all of these players can be accessed at Picks 1-30 and Picks 31 -50.
3 comments
gategem
8/18/2009-11:45am at 11:45 am (UTC -4)
According to Alex Nelson of Mets Geek
“Magnifico has a great arm, quick, but he’s extremely raw. He can throw 97, but the fastball’s straight, and he has little projection, standing only six-foot one. On top of that, he has no secondary pitch to speak of. And on top of that, his command is a problem. What we’re probably talking about here is a total overhaul, a major project, and when you overhaul how a pitcher throws, there’s always a chance he walks away throwing softer than he used to. Given his lack of a track record, I’d walk away from this one.â€
And
“David Buchanan works with his fastball in the low-90s, has a good frame, and flashes a great curve that is quite inconsistent. I’ve also heard good things about his splitter, which gives him the potential for three average or better pitches. He does have command issues, and his mechanics do need some smoothing, especially regarding his timing. But the arm action is pretty clean, and I there are a couple obvious things that might improve his command.”
fongy2
8/18/2009-2:42pm at 2:42 pm (UTC -4)
Why would a team “walk away”
from a guy they just drafted?
tkfj
8/18/2009-4:15pm at 4:15 pm (UTC -4)
Apparently Baseball America called us losers of Draft signing day. More wonderful surprises for this organization, not. We paid the least amount of money to sign our draft picks and did not sign our 5th or 6th round picks.
So when the Wilpons say they are committed to fixing Buffalo and the minor league system, I guess that means more has beens and AAAA players because we cant sign our prospects and draft picks.
Our GM is supposed to be a minor league talent evaluator and good with prospects and we do a terrible job in the Draft.
We can overpay or blow money for players like Redding, Ollie, Cora ( who could of been had for cheaper, not his fault), Sullivan, Berroa and others, but players who have a future arent worth our money. LOL.