Braves Sign First Round Pick Matt Lipka
by gondeee on Jun 10, 2010 1:25 PM EDT
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The Braves have agreed to terms with their first round pick in the 2010 First Year Player Draft, Matt Lipka. He will receive and $800,000 bonus, which is the MLB slot recommendation for where he was drafted. He will report to the Braves complex in Orlando on Monday and be assigned to the team's Gulf Coast League team. Talking Chop was the first Braves site to report yesterday that Lipka was eager to sign quickly.
Here is a link to Lipka's TC scouting report.
It was also reported (tweeted) by Mark Bowman and David O'Brien that the Braves 7th-round pick, Matt Suschak, a Junior right-handed pitcher from Toledo, has signed. Another source says that the Braves have also signed their second-round pick (Andrelton Simmons), their fourth-round pick (David Filak), and their eighth-round pick (Kurt Fleming).
The Braves 21st selection, William Beckwith, a first-base prospect, is also eager to sign with Atlanta. Braves look to get a lot of these guys wrapped up quickly.
Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus posted a nice review of the Braves draft, including an extensive review of Lipka. He says Lipka is the top middle infield prospect in the Braves system. I asked him about Edward Salcedo, and he sees Salcedo as more of a third baseman.
Here are links to Talking Chop's reviews of all the players drafted this year by the Braves:
First Pick
Second Pick
Rounds 2 - 7
Rounds 8 - 15
Rounds 16 - 30
Rounds 31-40
Rounds 41-50
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Thanks Gondee!
I was wondering, do you think it would be possible to put up something on the left sidebar of the TC mainpage showing the staus (signed/not signed/etc) of our draft picks?
Maybe we could post the links to their reviews that you wrote up as well? Just a thought!
that first idea would be pretty handy
...fuck lucky charms
by VivaLosBravos on Jun 10, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Way to go kid. I love a guy who wants to get on the field and start working his way toward the Majors. I can’t stand the guys who hold out all summer and miss a year of development. If you’re as good as you think you are, then the first contract you sign won’t be the biggest one.
Looking forward to seeing Lipka, even though it probably won’t be until ST next year. I’m guessing he stays in Orlando with the GCL team.
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This.
Although it does make sense to get as much as you can get (without hindering your development) to provide a fallback against injury and the like.
by soup du jour on Jun 10, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I get the hedging your bets thing, but usually they’re waiting it out over 200K or something like that. One year in the Majors and you make that back.
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Oh, definitely.
There’s definitely a ‘good enough’ point. Like that Aaron Crow fiasco with the Nats. Its more about ego at that point, and I bet he’d be much further along with the Nats (and closer to making real money) than with the Royals.
by soup du jour on Jun 10, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
this
Doesn’t make sense to hold out for more money if you are that good. You’ll make your pay eventually were good but some people don’t understand that
I disagree
I’m very glad he signed quickly but people get hurt all the time in baseball. So it’s not that people don’t understand that if they play well that they will make more money. That is obvious. But there is no guarantee that he will stay healthy and sign another, bigger contract down the road.
In short, I understand why prospects want to get as much as possible out of the gate. Anytihng can happen. That said I’m very glad he signed quickly and seems ready to play.
So hold out for a year (or in Lipka's case 3 if he goes to college)...
and the chance of being hurt still exists but without any money in your pocket.
"If you’re as good as you think you are, then the first contract you sign won’t be the biggest one."
I mentioned that very thing in a thread on Chipper the other day, where he essentially said that in his line of thinking about agreeing with the Braves on their initial deal.
Shanks
Shanks is reporting more – Braves sign 5 draft picks: Lipka (S1), Simmons (2), Filak (4), Suschak (7), and Fleming (8). More to come this weekend.
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Excited to see who goes to Rome.
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Yea, that's just ridiculous
Delgado/Teheran/Vizcaino/Minor/Lopez
if only half of them pan out in Atl, we’ll still be sitting on a damn fine pitching staff in a couple of years
And Hoover, ....
Perez, Otero, Espinosa, among others. We’ve got more than just those guys with potentially quality starter stuff.
Yes.
But they probably won’t start in Rome, but will rather start when the rookie ball leagues start.
by soup du jour on Jun 10, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks.
So there are more places for them to go besides Rome, Gwinnett, Mississippi, and Myrtle?
Not to familiar with the MLB draft as I am with the NFL Draft.
by TCfromDubVee on Jun 10, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
The rookie ball leagues will start up at the end of the month, with the signed rookies divided between the GCL Braves (in Florida, I think), and Danville. Usually the GCL team is filled with high schoolers from this draft, Latin American players who are ready to step up, and repeats from last year who didn’t do well or have extra things to work on. Danville is usually populated with the college draftees and maybe the more polished HSers if they’re really good, and a lot of the GCL team from last year who didn’t get promoted to full season ball.
by soup du jour on Jun 10, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, also...
The GCL are a bit different in some respects as other leagues. Players won’t play whole games (you’ll see pitchers go mainly 2-4 innings), and they’ll be trying out players in a lot of different positions…and you’ll see a lot of different guys start on different nights. So Lipka, for example, might start 2 games at short, get a day off to work on instructions, play a game in CF, get a day off, then move around again. At Danville its more like Rome, but the GCL is much more instructional than anything else.
by soup du jour on Jun 10, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah "rookie ball"
is a bit of a misnomer. It isn’t exclusive to rookies as I once thought when I originally heard the phrase.
They can head to Orlando now and join extended spring
then start playing games against others when rookie ball starts at the end of the month.
It’s been a solid day for the system. We got a lot of guys signed, including our first pick, and Arodys has been promoted. Despite whatever may happen for the rest of the season, good or bad, the Braves have the tools to be competitive for a while, which is an enviable situation for most Major League clubs.
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maybe not going over slot here will allow us to sign one or two of the high talent tough signs we took in later rounds. I’d imagine Andrelton and Filak went for recommended money to if they’ve already signed.
...fuck lucky charms
by VivaLosBravos on Jun 10, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
With Minor last year...
MLB delayed the signing until the last day because it was a few hundred grand over slot if I’m not mistaken (and was for the year’s before or originally set slot price until MLB changed it after the Braves and Minor had agreed to terms). With that in mind, I’d almost guarantee the signed players are all “for slot”, which as you say can hopefully allow for an offer that gets some of the tough signs to come aboard.
Awesome day for everyone involved.
Now let’s get Leonard and the other top picks signed, then throw some cash at Zach Alvord to get him to come on board. I’m really liking our haul this year, up and down the board.
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Yes, this!
If we can throw the big bucks at some of these under drafts and nab a few, we’ll be livin large.
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technically
isn’t it the supplemental round?
also, let’s get Alvord, Leonard, Sabol and Cunningham signed and it should be a top-5 draft.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Jun 10, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions
I wake up to some awesome news after last nights terrible ML ending
Filak is a huge sleeper from this draft. Hopefully his arm is fully healthy and he sits 94-96 again w/ his plus knuckle-curve. The Braves are going to force him to throw his change far more though which is going to make him even more dangerous.
Also can’t wait to see Leonard and Cunningham in action as well and I pray we sign one or both of Sabol and Alvord!
One of my high school teammates plays @ O state with him and he could say enough about how good he is!
by UpstateNyBravesFan on Jun 10, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
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