Seaton signed!

by littlevisigoth on Aug 1, 2008 12:27 PM CDT Comment 3 comments

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080801&content_id=3235469&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

Everything I've heard about this kid has been good. He sounded to me like first-round talent with signability issues, but since he's local and purportedly and Astros fan, we were able to reel him in. With all the discussion of things that the front office is doing wrong, we've signed most (only Davidson, who we'd get a compensatory pick for if we can't sign him, is a top pick yet unsigned).

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from the chron article

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5919385.html

he signed for $700k, plus $252k for “college expenses” (whatever that means), which is clearly above slot, so that’s at least two guys (Dydalewicz being the other) that we’ve opened our pocket books for to make sure we got ‘em, both were deemed signability risks, but were local Texas kids. so keep that in mind when people start going on about how much of a tightwad Drayton is.

here’s a breakdown of bonuses paid:

http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/draft/2008/bonuses/signing_bonuses_08.aspx

by littlevisigoth on Aug 1, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

McLane is much generous to Texas boys,.The last significant over slot before Dydalewicz is Patton. If Seaton is not a Houston native, we might not able to offer that much to sign him.

Anyway, this is the best news recently.

by HubertL on Aug 1, 2008 4:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

great job

i love this seaton kid…i think he will be a great pitcher in his career…great job in signing him!

by gettinziggywithit on Aug 8, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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