I have nothing to report right now, the only drafted players that I know are coming to Texas A&M next season are Blake Stouffer, Ben Feltner and Jordan Chambless.
Every other player that was taken in the draft that signed with/or playing at Texas A&M has had a serious offer thrown their way. We will find out tonight if Middlebrooks, Britton, Loux and Newmann are coming to A&M or signing with their respective clubs. The deadline has created a flurry of activity and I won't guess or speculate what will happen with these players because it will be one way or the other very soon.
Now each and EVERY report on any player you see at Baseball America, the local paper covering a team or a fan website says that ALL of the players are signing. Even after I found out two nights ago that Stouffer was returning, those in Cincinnati still claimed he would agree to terms. The St. Louis papers were buzzing about Kyle Russell leaving Texas and as we all know now, that was wishful thinking on whomever that reporter was talking too with the Cardinals.
90% of the players drafted in the first 10 rounds sign pro contracts so saying that all of them are going to skip college and go pro is the percentage call to make but that is not necessarily the case with these players.
I was told a long time ago that "pro baseball has few rules and plenty of money but college coaches have no money and plenty of rules" so you can only imagine the number of calls and promises that are being made to players across the nation when college coaches have no way to respond. This is a game heavily stacked in MLB's favor but we can and shall see talented players at Olsen Field no mater what happens in the next seven hours.
As soon as I find out something I will update this post but as of now Texas A&M has not had any of these drafted players sign with a major league club.
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Every other player that was taken in the draft that signed with/or playing at Texas A&M has had a serious offer thrown their way. We will find out tonight if Middlebrooks, Britton, Loux and Newmann are coming to A&M or signing with their respective clubs. The deadline has created a flurry of activity and I won't guess or speculate what will happen with these players because it will be one way or the other very soon.
Now each and EVERY report on any player you see at Baseball America, the local paper covering a team or a fan website says that ALL of the players are signing. Even after I found out two nights ago that Stouffer was returning, those in Cincinnati still claimed he would agree to terms. The St. Louis papers were buzzing about Kyle Russell leaving Texas and as we all know now, that was wishful thinking on whomever that reporter was talking too with the Cardinals.
90% of the players drafted in the first 10 rounds sign pro contracts so saying that all of them are going to skip college and go pro is the percentage call to make but that is not necessarily the case with these players.
I was told a long time ago that "pro baseball has few rules and plenty of money but college coaches have no money and plenty of rules" so you can only imagine the number of calls and promises that are being made to players across the nation when college coaches have no way to respond. This is a game heavily stacked in MLB's favor but we can and shall see talented players at Olsen Field no mater what happens in the next seven hours.
As soon as I find out something I will update this post but as of now Texas A&M has not had any of these drafted players sign with a major league club.
www.aggiebaseball.net