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The Cardinals Draft Tracker

For years, I created a draft tracker for all MLB teams which would show who was take, if players have signed, how much they were signed for, and the teams’ spending. Since my general baseball writing days are done, I’ve stopped following the draft like I used to; I still follow it for the Cardinals.

Below is anything and everything related to the Cardinals draft; players, spending, breakdowns, etc. I will update it as much as possible; after the draft, it should be updated daily with signing information.

Draft Notes:

The deadline to sign picks is July 15; only college seniors can sign past that date and their deadline is next year’s draft.
The Cardinals draft pool is $9,143,300 this year; the draft pool is the amount they have allotted for the first 10 rounds (12 picks this year).
Once the Cardinals spend over their $9+ million, they will be assessed penalties. The Cardinals have exceed their pool by just under 5% threshold since this system was put in place; they are taxed 100% on the overage. That 5% threshold puts their anticipated spending at $9,600,500. Anything over 5% includes the 100% tax and potential lost picks in the future.
Picks in rounds 1 through 10 receive a recommended slot amount; those are not firm totals, as long as they don’t exceed the bonus pool. Typically, team take guys that will receive above slot bonuses in the first 3 rounds, then sign some college seniors for lower bonus amounts to balance out their spending.
Picks in the first 3 rounds are protected. Picks in rounds 1 and 2 that do not sign will net the team an additional pick in the following years draft at the same place (if the Cards do not sign their second round pick this year – #70 overall – they will receive pick #71 in 2017). Unsigned picks from the third round will net a team a pick at the end of the third round in the next draft (so if the Cards don’t sign pick 106 overall, they will receive a pick at the end of 2017’s third round). Anything after the third round is not protected.
Picks after round 10 receive a slot amount of $100,000; if a player signs for more than that amount, that overage is included in the bonus pool. So, the 11th round pick received a $150,000 bonus; $50,000 taken away from the $9,143,300 the Cardinals have to spend.

Updated: 07/18/2016

Round	Pick	Player	Pos	School	State	Slot	Signed	Difference
1	23	Delvin Perez	SS	International Baseball Academy	PR	$2,222.5	$2,222.5	$-
1	33	Dylan Carlson	OF	Elk Grove HS	CA	$1,909.5	$1,350.0	$(559.5)
1	34	Dakota Hudson	RHP	Mississippi	MS	$1,878.0	$2,000.0	$122.0
2	70	Connor Jones	RHP	Virginia	VA	$920.1	$1,100.0	$179.9
3	106	Zac Gallen	RHP	North Carolina	NC	$563.1	$563.1	$-
4	136	Jeremy Martinez	C	USC	CA	$421.6	$600.0	$178.4
5	166	Walker Robbins	OF	George County HS	MS	$315.6	$450.0	$134.4
6	196	Tommy Edman	SS	Stanford	CA	$236.4	$236.4	$-
7	226	Andrew Knizner	C	North Carolina State	NC	$185.3	$185.3	$-
8	256	Sam Tewes	RHP	Wichita State	KS	$172.9	$100.0	$(72.9)
9	286	Matt Fiedler	OF	Minnesota	MN	$161.7	$100.0	$(61.7)
10	316	Danny Hudzina	3B	Western Kentucky	KY	$156.6	$3.0	$(153.6)
11	346	John Kilichowski	LHP	Vanderbilt	TN	$100.0	$200.0	$100.0
12	376	Brady Walen	SS	Union HS	WA	$100.0	$475.0	$375.0
13	406	Shane Billings	OF	Wingate	NC	$100.0	$50.0	$-
14	436	Vincent Jackson	OF	Tennessee	TN	$100.0	$-	$-
15	466	J.R. Davis	2B	Oklahoma State	OK	$100.0	$-	$-
16	496	Tyler Lancaster	C	Spartanburg Methodist JC	SC	$100.0	$-	$-
17	526	Matt Ellis	RHP	UC Riverside	CA	$100.0	$-	$-
18	556	Austin Sexton	RHP	Mississippi State	MS	$100.0	$-	$-
19	586	Daniel Castano	LHP	Baylor	TX	$100.0	$130.0	$30.0
20	616	Stefan Trosclair	1B	Louisiana Lafayette	LA	$100.0	$-	$-
21	646	Cade Cabbiness	OF	Bixby HS	OK	$100.0	$-	$-
22	676	Mick Fennell	OF	California U of Pennsylvania	PA	$100.0	$-	$-
23	706	John Crowe	OF	Francis Marion	SC	$100.0	$-	$-
24	736	Anthony Ciavarella	LHP	Monmouth	NJ	$100.0	$-	$-
25	766	Spencer Trayner	RHP	North Carolina	NC	$100.0	$-	$-
26	796	Eric Carter	RHP	Louisiana Lafayette	LA	$100.0	$-	$-
27	826	Michael O’Reilly	RHP	Flagler	FL	$100.0	$-	$-
28	856	Pat Krall	LHP	Clemson	SC	$100.0	$-	$-
29	886	Noel Gonzalez	RHP	Lewis-Clark State	ID	$100.0	$-	$-
30	916	Josh Burgmann	RHP	Vauxhall HS	CAN	$100.0	$-	$-
31	946	Jonathan Murders	2B	Bolivar HS	MO	$100.0	$200.0	$100.0
32	976	Leland Tilley	RHP	Bellevue	NE	$100.0	$-	$-
33	1006	Caleb Lopes	2B	West Georgia	GA	$100.0	$-	$-
34	1036	Jonathan Mulford	RHP	Adelphi	NY	$100.0	$-	$-
35	1066	Jackson Lamb	RHP	Michigan	MI	$100.0	$-	$-
36	1096	Robbie Gordon	RHP	Maryville	MO	$100.0	$-	$-
37	1126	Andy Young	3B	Indiana State	IN	$100.0	$-	$-
38	1156	Robert Calvano	RHP	Nebraska Omaha	NE	$100.0	$-	$-
39	1186	Aaron Bond	OF	San Jacinto JC	TX	$100.0	$-	$-
40	1216	Jeremy Ydens	OF	St. Francis HS	CA	$100.0	$-	$-

Pool Info
Available	Used	Overage
$9,143.3	$9,515.3	$372.0
Available + 5%	Used	Overage
$9,600.5	$9,515.3	$(85.2)

Signing Info
Drafted	Signed	%
42	34	81%

Non-Drafted Free Agents

Player	Pos	School	State
Yariel Gonzalez	3B	University of Science and Arts	OK
Levi MaVorhies	RHP	Kansas State	KS
Anthony Shew	RHP	San Francisco	CA
Keaton Siomkin	RHP	Cal – Berkley	CA
Colton Thomas	LHP	New Mexico	NM
Ross Vance	LHP	West Virginia	WV

Links and Rumors
1.23: Perez signs at slot per Jim Callis.
1.33: Carlson signing per Callis.
1.34 Hudson signs per Callis.
2.70: Jones signed above slot per Callis.
3.106: Gallen signs per Callis.
4.136: Martinez signs above slot per Chris Cotillo.
5.166: Robbins signs above slot per Callis.
6.196: Edman signs per Callis.
7.226: Knizner signed per Brian Walton, who he noted from Callis.
8.256: Tewes signed per Callis under slot.
9.286: Fiedler signs per Callis.
10.316: Hudzina signs per Callis under slot.
11.346: Kilichowski received an over slot bonus per Callis.
12.376: Walen signs above slot per Jonathan Mayo.
19.586: Castano signs per Callis over slot.
The Cardinals have announced most picks and NDFAs in press releases; the exceptions are Perez (1), Hudson (1), Jones (2), Gallen (3), Kilichowski (11), Walen (12), and Y. Gonzalez (NDFA); still working on bonus info for those not listed. Murders (31) signed per Cardinals twitter; need confirmation on bonus.

Location
State	Total	%
AK	0	0%
AL	0	0%
AR	0	0%
AZ	0	0%
CA	5	12%
CO	0	0%
CT	0	0%
DC	0	0%
DE	0	0%
FL	1	2%
GA	1	2%
HI	0	0%
IA	0	0%
ID	1	2%
IL	0	0%
IN	1	2%
KS	1	2%
KY	1	2%
LA	2	5%
MA	0	0%
MD	0	0%
ME	0	0%
MI	1	2%
MN	1	2%
MO	2	5%
MS	3	7%
MT	0	0%
NC	4	10%
ND	0	0%
NE	2	5%
NH	0	0%
NJ	1	2%
NM	0	0%
NV	0	0%
NY	1	2%
OH	0	0%
OK	2	5%
OR	0	0%
PA	1	2%
RI	0	0%
SC	3	7%
SD	0	0%
TN	2	5%
TX	2	5%
UT	0	0%
VA	1	2%
VT	0	0%
WA	1	2%
WI	0	0%
WV	0	0%
WY	0	0%
PR	1	2%
CAN	1	2%