A call for help; international signing bonuses

If anyone has some free time and would like to help, I have a very specific request for research help. For the minor league project I’m working on (a massive project), I need to collect signing bonus information for all international signings, from the July 2005 signing period through this past summer. I still have a ton of work to do in other areas of the project, so if anyone would be willing to help here I’d greatly appreciate it. Scout.com sometimes lists bonuses under the profiles for the players, but the information is spotty at best. I’ve essentially just been googling things like “Phillies international signings” and trying to find what I can. I need information for all 30 teams. Anything you can provide me would be of great assistance. If you do have some time and find anything, just post in the comments here or email me, this format will work;

Team – Player’s name, year signed, bonus amount

Example

Phillies – Carlos Carrasco, 2003, $300,000.

Thanks again.

Update –> I have a few names, but for now, just assume I have zero information. Redundancies are not an issue here, the more information the better.

3 Phillies to Hawaii Winter Baseball

hat tip to “Ricky Branch” for posting this one, Michael Taylor, Dominic Brown and Chris Kissock are heading to Hawaii.

Instructional League rosters

hat tip to andyb for locating the list on the Crosscutters website

its a large image, so click below so it doesn’t stretch out the page….

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D’Arnaud makes NYPL Top 20

…and hes the only one.

He came in at #5 behind Jason Castro (Houston), David Cooper (Toronto), Adam Reifer (Cardinals) and Derek Norris (Nationals)

Full info here. Basically praised his defense, said he’s getting even better there, and that he’s got good contact skills and can drive the ball to right field.

2008 Draft Recap; Epilogue

Part 1: Rounds 30-50
Part 2: Rounds 20-29
Part 3: Rounds 11-19
Part 4: Rounds 1-10
Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts

Today we put the final coat of paint on the 2008 draft in terms of short term analysis. The true value of this draft isn’t likely to be known for 4-5 years, maybe even more because of the sheer number of high school picks taken. It will be fun to watch guys progress over the next year or two, but we’ll need much more time to evaluate true worth. I have some general thoughts, as well as some comparison info to post as well. Lets get to it.

Edit. Yeah, Epilogue. I finished writing this at 4AM last night. It slipped my mind.

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2008 Draft Review, Part 4

Part 1: Rounds 30-50
Part 2: Rounds 20-29
Part 3: Rounds 11-19
Part 4: Rounds 1-10
Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts

This is the biggest portion of the draft in terms of things to discuss, so lets get right to it.

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2008 Draft Recap; Part 3

Part 1: Rounds 30-50
Part 2: Rounds 20-29
Part 3: Rounds 11-19
Part 4: Rounds 1-10
Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts

Today we’ll get to rounds 11-19, where you need to find good value and start to move away from the org filler and into the legit prospects. Before we dig into each pick, some thoughts regarding yesterday’s post

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4 Phillies make the GCL Top 20

I’ll be doing something similar to what BA does, highlighting the 20 best prospects in each league, but they beat me to the punch on the GCL list. Which is ok, because mine is likely to look much different. Anyway, today is the GCL, and the Phillies are well represented.

4. Jason Knapp
7. Sebastian Valle
8. Zach Collier
13. Anthony Hewitt

2008 Draft Recap; Part 2

Part 1: Rounds 30-50
Part 2: Rounds 20-29
Part 3: Rounds 11-19
Part 4: Rounds 1-10
Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts

We’ll continue on with the draft recap. I wanted to highlight a couple questions asked in Part 1 here before moving on.

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2008 Draft Recap; Part 1

My original plan was to start by giving an overview of the draft, talking about the overall numbers and how they are different from the last two drafts, but I decided to kind of change course a bit. Instead, I’ll save that summary until the end of the line, and instead I’ll start at the back of the draft and work my way forward. I’ll go round by round, giving my thoughts on each pick. Since lots of the late round guys didn’t sign, I’m going to do the first few installments in big chunks. This is my plan;

Part 1: Rounds 30-50
Part 2: Rounds 20-29
Part 3: Rounds 11-19
Part 4: Rounds 1-10
Part 5: Overview of the draft/comparison to last 2 drafts

There is plenty to discuss here in each section. So lets get to it.

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