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Snuck this one in under the wire:

Elliot (Youngstown OH): So I just read that Aiken has signed. Should Indians expect him to be ready for spring training, or more like mid-season?

J.J. Cooper: Midseason as more and more teams are adopting a 15-month regimen rather than 11-12 for the recovery. Great news for the Indians. That came together quicker than I expected.

Good info, thanks Civ.

Now that Rusty will read you are from Youngstown he will adopt you as a BFF.

Honestly, I was worried about McKenzie as soon as we took him and I read he was a Vandy commit. That program has something special going on. They won the national title last year. They are playing TCU on ESPN tonight in the college world series again for this year. That coaching staff is doing a great job, and making those kids better.

Was just afraid that would make it even harder to pry a kid away from his commit.

Give this kid (Aiken) time to heal up....let Callaway work his magic and we've got an ace in waiting.

Best #1 pick in years...and years...and years

Lindor could be an Omar quality SS although not a big bat. Zimmer could be a good solid RF. But Aiken projects as even more and he's certainly the best pitcher since CC. Pomeranz projected well but not like Aiken; and then there were all those real average college lefties like Huff and Sowers.

Hillbilly wrote:Good info, thanks Civ.

Now that Rusty will read you are from Youngstown he will adopt you as a BFF.

Honestly, I was worried about McKenzie as soon as we took him and I read he was a Vandy commit. That program has something special going on. They won the national title last year. They are playing TCU on ESPN tonight in the college world series again for this year. That coaching staff is doing a great job, and making those kids better.

Was just afraid that would make it even harder to pry a kid away from his commit.

HB, have known for a few years.... Might even be a 5th avenue extension connection !

Rusty, where ya been? Don't seem to see so many posts from you any more.

Woo hoo!

Todd Paquette@IndiansAccounts:
"Source has confirmed #Indians have signed 1st Round Draft Pick (42) RHP Triston McKenzie Royal Palm Beach HS. @T_eazy24 is already in AZ"

1/2 mile from Fifth Ave; although I grew up in Cleveland suburbs.

That completes the top 10 rounds, I think. I usually rely on BA for the status but they're way behind, don't show Hillman or Wyatt let alone McKenzie. I'd like to know what bonuses have been paid; it seems they may have had enough under-slot signings to leave some money available to "overpay" for some of the lower round harder-to-get picks. That's where Cody Anderson came from in 2011.

BA lists the "pool amount" for McKenize as $1.484.400. When did he get?
For Hillman it was $1041900 and report above had him signing for a couple hundred thousand less

What did Aiken sign for?

There was no terms released on the Aiken deal. I think they wanted to protect the kid a little bit and not have a ton of stories out there about how much money he lost. (Astros were going to sign him for 6.5 mill I think)

I have yet to see any figures on McKenzie either. But I did read that they had a good chunk of change left over after all the other signings and they were going to put that towards getting McKenzie signed. The figure I read was 720 K left over to add to his slotted money. Not sure how that writer came up with that figure though since Aiken's deal was never announced.

Oh, well, nevermind my previous post...

MLB Pipeline ‏@MLBPipeline · 2 hours ago
Per @jimcallisMLB, @Indians deal with 1st-rounder Brady Aiken is for $2,513,280
Bonus Tracker: http://atmlb.com/1B9d0cG

2015 Draft: Signing and Bonus Tracker

MLB.com | 5:43 PM ET

Here's a complete breakdown of which 2015 Draft picks from the first 10 rounds have agreed to terms, along with their reported bonuses. The list will be updated through the July 17 signing deadline.

Clubs have not announced or confirmed bonuses.

Draft Central | Draft Tracker | Top 200 Draft Prospects

Round 1

No.

Team

Player

Pos.

School

Bonus

Pick value

1 ARI Dansby Swanson SS Vanderbilt $8,616,900
2 HOU Alex Bregman SS LSU $7,420,100
3 COL Brendan Rodgers SS Lake Mary HS (Fla.) $5,500,000 $6,223,300 video
4 TEX Dillon Tate RHP University of Calif. - Santa Barbara $4,200,000 $5,026,500
5 HOU Kyle Tucker OF H.B. Plant HS (Fla.) $4,000,000 $4,188,700 video
6 MIN Tyler Jay LHP University of Illinois $3,889,500 $3,889,500
7 BOS Andrew Benintendi OF Arkansas $3,590,400
8 CWS Carson Fulmer RHP Vanderbilt $3,470,600
9 CHC Ian Happ OF Cincinnati $3,000,000 $3,351,000
10 PHI Cornelius Randolph SS Griffin HS (Ga.) $3,231,300 $3,231,300 video
11 CIN Tyler Stephenson C Kennesaw Mountain HS (Ga.) $3,141,600 $3,141,600
12 MIA Josh Naylor 1B St. Joan of Arc Catholic SS (Ontario) $3,051,800 video
13 TB Garrett Whitley OF Niskayuna HS (N.Y.) $2,962,100
14 ATL Kolby Allard LHP San Clemente HS (Calif.) $2,842,400
15 MIL Trent Clark OF Richland HS (Texas) $2,700,000 $2,692,700 video
16 NYY James Kaprielian RHP UCLA $2,543,300

17 CLE Brady Aiken LHP IMG Academy (Fla.) $2,513,280 $2,393,600

18 SF Phil Bickford RHP College of Southern Nevada $2,333,800
19 PIT Kevin Newman SS Arizona $2,175,000 $2,273,800 video
20 OAK Richie Martin SS Florida $2,214,000
21 KC Ashe Russell RHP Cathedral HS (Ind.) $2,190,200 $2,184,200
22 DET Beau Burrows RHP Weatherford HS (Texas) $2,154,200 $2,154,200
23 STL Nick Plummer OF Brother Rice HS (Mich.) $2,124,400 $2,124,400 video
24 LAD Walker Buehler RHP Vanderbilt $2,094,400
25 BAL D.J. Stewart OF Florida State $2,064,500
26 LAA Taylor Ward C Fresno State $1,670,000 $2,034,500
27 COL Mike Nikorak RHP Stroudsburg HS (Pa.) $2,300,000 $2,004,600 video
28 ATL Michael Soroka RHP Bishop Carroll HS (Alberta) $1,974,700 $1,974,700
29 TOR Jon Harris RHP Missouri State $1,944,800 $1,944,800
30 NYY Kyle Holder SS University of San Diego $1,800,000 $1,914,900
31 SF Chris Shaw 1B Boston College $1,400,000 $1,885,000
32 PIT Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B Concordia Lutheran HS (Texas) $1,855,000 $1,855,000 video
33 KC Nolan Watson RHP Lawrence North HS (Ind.) $1,825,200 $1,825,200
34 DET Christin Stewart OF Tennessee $1,795,100 $1,795,100
35 LAD Kyle Funkhouser RHP Louisville $1,756,100
36 BAL Ryan Mountcastle SS Hagerty HS (Fla.) $1,300,000 $1,711,900

Competitive Balance Round A

No.

Team

Player

Pos.

School

Bonus

Pick value

37 HOU Daz Cameron OF Eagle's Landing Christian Acad. (Ga.) $1,668,600
38 COL Tyler Nevin 3B Poway HS (Calif.) $2,000,000 $1,626,500 video
39 STL Jake Woodford RHP H.B. Plant HS (Fla.) $1,800,000 $1,585,400 video
40 MIL Nathan Kirby LHP Virginia $1,545,400
41 ATL Austin Riley 3B DeSoto Central HS (Miss.) $1,600,000 $1,506,400

42 CLE Triston McKenzie RHP Royal Palm Beach HS (Fla.) $1,468,400

Round 2

No.

Team

Player

Pos.

School

Bonus

Pick value

43 ARI Alex Young LHP TCU $1,431,400
44 COL Peter Lambert RHP San Dimas HS (Calif.) $1,395,200
45 TEX Eric Jenkins OF West Columbus HS (N.C.) $2,000,000 $1,360,100
46 HOU Thomas Eshelman RHP Cal State - Fullerton $1,325,700
47 CHC Donnie Dewees OF University of North Florida $1,292,100
48 PHI Scott Kingery 2B Arizona $1,259,600 $1,259,600
49 CIN Antonio Santillan RHP Seguin HS (Texas) $1,350,000 $1,227,800
50 MIA Brett Lilek LHP Arizona State $1,000,000 $1,196,800
51 SD Austin Smith RHP Park Vista Community HS (Fla.) $1,200,000 $1,178,400
52 TB Chris Betts C Woodrow Wilson HS (Calif.) $1,160,500
53 NYM Desmond Lindsay OF Out-Of-Door Academy (Fla.) $1,142,700 $1,142,700
54 ATL Lucas Herbert C San Clemente HS (Calif.) $1,125,200 $1,125,200
55 MIL Cody Ponce RHP Cal Poly Pomona $1,108,000 $1,108,000 video
56 TOR Brady Singer RHP Eustis HS (Fla.) $1,091,200
57 NYY Jeff Degano LHP Indiana State $650,000 $1,074,400
58 WSH Andrew Stevenson OF LSU $1,058,100

59 CLE Juan Hillman LHP Olympia HS (Fla.) $825,000 $1,041,900

93 CLE Mark Mathias 2B Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo $550,000 $617,100

124 CLE Tyler Krieger SS Clemson $400,000 $452,400

154 CLE Ka'Ai Tom CF Kentucky $250,000 $338,700

184 CLE Jonas Wyatt RHP Quartz Hill HS (Calif.) $253,700 $253,700

214 CLE Nathan Lukes RF Sacramento State $130,000 $190,100

So the Tribe went 200 K over the slotted amount to sign Aiken. They had went 200 K under the slotted amount to sign Hillman. So we broke even with those two.

Appear to be about $300,000 on the other picks you listed. I wonder who in the later rounds they're going to use this for?

CIV !

(sorry to yell thru the keyboard, but didn't want to go to trouble of typing this to have you miss it... LOL)

I wonder who in the later rounds they're going to use this for?

One guy might be Nick Madrigal. He was our 17th round pick. A small middle infielder that the Indians supposedly really liked. Don't ask me why. They seem to have an affinity for small middle infielders with no power. But anyway, I did read they liked him and would end up going a little over slot to sign him. And last I remember seeing we hadn't signed him yet.

By the way, not listed in the article above are two players we drafted after the Bonus Pool rounds, that we have signed and probably had to go over slot to get them signed.

One was 19th round pick, Todd Isaacs. He is a speed burner. Matter of fact, he has been timed in the 60 faster than Billy Hamilton. It is suspected the Tribe had to go just a tad over slot to get it done. Just like 100 K.

The other is Daniel Sprinkle. He had committed to Auburn to play both baseball (6'4" RH pitcher) and football (tight end). It was originally thought that he was unsignable, but we got him signed. Figures have not been released but it is thought the Indians had to really step up to get him signed.