The Cardinal Draft Tracker
As I noted in this morning’s podcast, the Cardinals are going to have some difficulty signing all of their draftees in the first 10 rounds; the college players might not create a bonus pool surplus to get the high schoolers. Below I have laid out different tables to track the signings.
I’ll be updating these as often as possible. These are current as of 06/24/2015.
First is the Pool Tracker. The Cardinals have $7,387,200 to spend without penalty on their first 10 rounds, plus any overage after that. The table also has the amount they can spend plus 5%; that’s the amount they can spend without losing future picks.
Note: All figures are in thousands.
| Available | Used | Overage |
|---|---|---|
| $7,387.2 | $7,214.4 | $(172.8) |
| Available + 5% | Used | Overage |
| $7,756.6 | $7,214.4 | $(542.2) |
Next is the signed percentage for the full draft.
| Drafted | Signed | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 30 | 71% |
The following table is everyone the Cardinals drafted. As they are signed, I’ll put the bonus in, along with the difference in slot value. Signed players are bolded.
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos | School | State | Slot | Signed | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Nick Plummer | OF | Brother Rice HS | MI | $2,124.4 | $2,124.4 | $- |
| 1 | 39 | Jake Woodford | RHP | Plant HS | FL | $1,585.4 | $1,800.0 | $214.6 |
| 2 | 66 | Bryce Denton | 3B | Ravenwood HS | TN | $935.0 | $1,200.0 | $265.0 |
| 3 | 100 | Harrison Bader | OF | Florida | FL | $570.3 | $400.0 | $(170.3) |
| 3 | 105 | Jordan Hicks | RHP | Cypress Creek HS | TX | $543.3 | $600.0 | $56.7 |
| 4 | 131 | Paul DeJong | 3B | Illinois State | IL | $422.9 | $200.0 | $(222.9) |
| 5 | 161 | Ryan Helsley | RHP | Northeastern State | OK | $316.5 | $225.0 | $(91.5) |
| 6 | 191 | Jacob Evans | LHP | Oklahoma | OK | $237.0 | $150.0 | $(87.0) |
| 7 | 221 | Jesse Jenner | C | San Diego | CA | $179.1 | $10.0 | $(169.1) |
| 8 | 251 | Ian Oxnevard | LHP | Shorewood HS | WA | $167.4 | $500.0 | $332.6 |
| 9 | 281 | Andrew Brodbeck | 2B | Flagler | FL | $156.2 | $5.0 | $(151.2) |
| 10 | 311 | Kep Brown | OF | Wando HS | SC | $149.7 | $- | $(149.7) |
| 11 | 341 | Paul Salazar | RHP | Lutheran South Academy | TX | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 12 | 371 | Jacob Schlesener | LHP | Logan-Rogersville HS | MO | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 13 | 401 | Craig Aikin | OF | Oklahoma | OK | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 14 | 431 | Carson Cross | RHP | Connecticut | CT | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 15 | 461 | Ryan Merrill | SS | Iowa Western CC | IA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 16 | 491 | Max Almonte | RHP | Villanova | PA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 17 | 521 | Chris Chinea | C | LSU | LA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 18 | 551 | Josh Rolette | C | Shawnee HS | OK | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 19 | 581 | Ryan McCarvel | C | Howard JC | TX | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 20 | 611 | Luke Doyle | 2B | Yavapai JC | AZ | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 21 | 641 | Gadyn Grenier | SS | Bishop Gorman HS | NV | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 22 | 671 | Hunter Newman | 1B | Trevecca Nazarene | TN | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 23 | 701 | Gio Brusa | OF | Pacific | CA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 24 | 731 | Daniel Martin | 2B | Azusa Pacific | CA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 25 | 761 | Kyle Molnar | RHP | Aliso Niguel HS | CA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 26 | 791 | Brennan Leitao | RHP | Sacramento State | CA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 27 | 821 | Gregory Tomchick | RHP | Old Dominion | VA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 28 | 851 | Mitchell Traver | RHP | TCU | TX | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 29 | 881 | Ben Yokley | RHP | Air Force | CO | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 30 | 911 | Matt Vierling | OF | CBS HS | MO | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 31 | 941 | Aaron Coates | LHP | Glasgow HS | DE | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 32 | 971 | Thomas Spitz | OF | Wingate | NC | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 33 | 1001 | Chandler Hawkins | LHP | Arkansas State | AR | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 34 | 1031 | Parker Kelly | RHP | Westview HS | OR | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 35 | 1061 | Luke Harrison | RHP | Indiana | IN | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 36 | 1091 | Dylan Tice | 2B | West Chester | PA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 37 | 1121 | Stephen Zavala | C | Whittier | CA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 38 | 1151 | Orlando Olivera | OF | Missouri Baptist | MO | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 39 | 1181 | R.J. Dennard | 1B | Armstrong State | GA | $100.0 | $- | $- |
| 40 | 1211 | Joseph Hawkins | SS | Missouri State | MO | $100.0 | $- | $- |
Update: 10th round pick Kep Brown will not sign and will attend the University of Miami in the fall. The Cardinals will lose $149,700 from their bonus pool; they will still have $23,100 available to spend without penalty after taking out Brown’s slot value. That leaves $385,000 to spend before they lose draft picks; they probably won’t be able to sign any of Paul Salazar (11th), Jacob Schlesener (12th) or Kyle Molnar (25th) with only $485,000 available to spend.
They have until July 17th to sign their picks.
The last 2 tables are breakdowns of what they took. First is by position:
| C | 5 | 12% |
| 1B | 2 | 5% |
| 2B | 4 | 10% |
| 3B | 2 | 5% |
| SS | 3 | 7% |
| OF | 8 | 19% |
| RHP | 13 | 31% |
| LHP | 5 | 12% |
Second is by education level:
| High School | 14 | 33% |
| JuCo | 3 | 7% |
| College | 25 | 60% |
