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Reports are Nix gets $1.5 mil signing bonus
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Sorry for the long copy/paste but this has some good info on the draft picks:
The Astros have agreed to a $1.5MM bonus with fifth-round selection Jacob Nix, reports MLB.com’s Jim Callis (via Twitter). Mark Berman of Houston FOX 26 first reported (Twitter links) that Nix was set to sign.l
Needless to say, the agreed-upon bonus lands well above the $370.5K allocation that came with Nix’s 136th overall slot. The high school righty said that he thought he was destined for UCLA after sliding to the fifth round, and was “really surprised we were able to get it done.”
Nix was rated as high as the 87th-best available prospect coming into the draft, with ESPN.com’s Keith Law giving him that relatively lofty ranking. Meanwhile, Baseball America had him at 104 on its board and MLB.com’s Callis and Jonathan Mayo slotted him at 162nd. As the MLB.com duo explain, the powerful hurler has big tools and plenty of projectability, but endured a difficult senior season.
Of course, Houston saved a big chunk of change (about $1.422MM) by signing first overall choice Brady Aiken to an under-slot bonus, and has added some additional savings through later signings. But much of that cushion now appears to be headed to Nix. In addition to the team’s second selection, 37th-overall choice Derek Fisher (who is still playing with Virginia in the College World Series), Houston has yet to sign fourth-round righty Daniel Mengden of Texas A&M and sixth-rounder Brock Dykxhoorn, a second-year JuCo righty.
The Astros have agreed to a $1.5MM bonus with fifth-round selection Jacob Nix, reports MLB.com’s Jim Callis (via Twitter). Mark Berman of Houston FOX 26 first reported (Twitter links) that Nix was set to sign.l
Needless to say, the agreed-upon bonus lands well above the $370.5K allocation that came with Nix’s 136th overall slot. The high school righty said that he thought he was destined for UCLA after sliding to the fifth round, and was “really surprised we were able to get it done.”
Nix was rated as high as the 87th-best available prospect coming into the draft, with ESPN.com’s Keith Law giving him that relatively lofty ranking. Meanwhile, Baseball America had him at 104 on its board and MLB.com’s Callis and Jonathan Mayo slotted him at 162nd. As the MLB.com duo explain, the powerful hurler has big tools and plenty of projectability, but endured a difficult senior season.
Of course, Houston saved a big chunk of change (about $1.422MM) by signing first overall choice Brady Aiken to an under-slot bonus, and has added some additional savings through later signings. But much of that cushion now appears to be headed to Nix. In addition to the team’s second selection, 37th-overall choice Derek Fisher (who is still playing with Virginia in the College World Series), Houston has yet to sign fourth-round righty Daniel Mengden of Texas A&M and sixth-rounder Brock Dykxhoorn, a second-year JuCo righty.
Bright spot tonight, altuve went 4 for 5
Time to get back in the win column tonight
Now we're rolling
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Defensive Springer strikes again
Zied is such trash
Damn bullpen!
Can the Farnsworth experiment please be over? He's been horrible.
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Should've won tonight. Now for my pine tar rant.
The league really needs to do something about this. There are so many pitchers who are clearly putting pine tar places in order to grip the ball better. I really don't care if they make it legal, or if they start cracking down hard, but they need to do something. Soriano clearly had a big glob of pine tar on his hat tonight, and I've seen multiple pitchers clearly using it this year (I can even notice it from a terrible online stream). Either enforce it against everyone, or just make it legal. I finally decided to screen shot it off my stream after a while, and it's definitely not the best picture, but I can assure you that it was there and he was using it often.
The league really needs to do something about this. There are so many pitchers who are clearly putting pine tar places in order to grip the ball better. I really don't care if they make it legal, or if they start cracking down hard, but they need to do something. Soriano clearly had a big glob of pine tar on his hat tonight, and I've seen multiple pitchers clearly using it this year (I can even notice it from a terrible online stream). Either enforce it against everyone, or just make it legal. I finally decided to screen shot it off my stream after a while, and it's definitely not the best picture, but I can assure you that it was there and he was using it often.
'stros having trouble vs. the Nats. Record drops to 32-41
quote:Noticed that yesterday. I figured it had to be pine tar, but chose to disregard it since no one said anything about it on the field.
Should've won tonight. Now for my pine tar rant.
The league really needs to do something about this. There are so many pitchers who are clearly putting pine tar places in order to grip the ball better. I really don't care if they make it legal, or if they start cracking down hard, but they need to do something. Soriano clearly had a big glob of pine tar on his hat tonight, and I've seen multiple pitchers clearly using it this year (I can even notice it from a terrible online stream). Either enforce it against everyone, or just make it legal. I finally decided to screen shot it off my stream after a while, and it's definitely not the best picture, but I can assure you that it was there and he was using it often.
We suck again
I'm afraid you are right. But it was fun while it lasted.
We are in a slump now. Hopefully the Stros get back on track. I want a .500 record so bad.
Mattress Mack is like hellz yeah!
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Mattress Mack is like hellz yeah!
Springer Dinger
If that hadn't hit the catwalk it might have put a hole in the wall at Tropicana
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If that hadn't hit the catwalk it might have put a hole in the wall at Tropicana
Anyone know the distance yet? Official?
I'll go 12.
438 feet
6 for the springer dinger sweepstakes
HUGE K for Cosart right there!
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#CutCarter
Get Sizemore, who was just DAF by the red sox, to replace him.
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I don't want Sizemore
Sizemore is a steroid flash in the pan, he is terrible and shouldnt' be on a MLB roster
Great game by Cosart and a good win tonight for the Astros. Let's get things rolling again.
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