2016 Draft Pick Discussion, Rounds 21-40

[JDBrewCrew]

Caleb Whalen ‏@cwhalen07 25m25 minutes ago

Off to Montana! Let the new journey begin! #playball

 

Looks like he's signed.

[1992casey]

Summing up the Wisconsin picks in Rounds 21–40:

 

[pre]ROUND PICK TEAM NAME SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL POSITION

21 624 Padres Taylor Kohlwey UW-La Crosse Holmen OF

22 651 Brewers Cam Roegner Bradley Beloit Memorial LHP

24 723 Twins Matt Byars Michigan State Lodi C

26 794 Cubs Austin Jones UW-Whitewater Madison Memorial RHP

31 917 Phillies Tyler Frohwirth Minnesota State Brookfield Academy RHP

31 945 Pirates Jordan Jess Minnesota Ripon LHP

34 1008 Reds Ty Weber Menomonee Falls HS Menomonee Falls RHP

39 1166 White Sox Justin Lavey Kenosha Tremper HS Kenosha Tremper SS

39 1178 Yankees Brian Keller UW-Milwaukee Germantown RHP

40 1208 Yankees Nate Brown Arrowhead HS Arrowhead RHP[/pre]

First round call for Lux leads historic weekend for Wisconsin players in MLB Draft

[splitterpfj]

Jose Gomez, Round 39, is 5' 3".

[rwa12]

Not much of a strike zone...

[Jim Goulart]

From this link --

 

Matt Smith had indications that he would be selected in the top 10 rounds of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

 

“I had a Pirates' scout call me the day before asking me if I'd sign,” said Smith, a Seneca Valley graduate and senior right-handed pitcher at Georgetown University.

 

“Then I didn't hear anything. Then I thought I'd go in the 15-20 range and then the 20-30 range."

 

Smith, a 6-foot-3 right-handed pitcher, ended up going in the 34th round to the Milwaukee Brewers. “It's a weird system,” Smith said. “When the draft begins, you really don't know where you'll end up or in what round. All bets are off.”

 

Smith was 3-6 with a 4.56 ERA for Georgetown this year. “I fell a little,” Smith said. “But I can't wait to get going at rookie ball.”

 

Smith was assigned to the rookie league affiliate Arizona Brewers in Phoenix.

[Jim Goulart]

Based on this article, and his spiffy hat in the photo, it would seem that 32nd round RHP Wilson Adams will sign, and will likely be among the many Maryvale arms, but no official confirmation just yet.

 

And yes, the article's title is a bit premature

[Eye Black]

Brewers PD announce RHP Emerson Gibbs (33), SS Jomar Cortes (37), and CF Jose Gomez (39) have signed.

 

According to our signing tracker they have now signed 27 of the 41 draft selections.

[And That]

Brewers PDCF Jose Gomez (39) signed.

Shortest player in Brewers history?

[brewmann04]

I was hoping that we can get this kid signed

741). Blake Lillis, LHP, St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Kansas)

[WV Brew]

Michael Gonzales signed. Prep pitcher.

 

link

[WV Brew]

Parker Bean has signed per his own tweet:

 

link

[molitor fan]

Ronnie Gideon is on the Helena roster as of today....

[And That]

http://m.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/22/second-drafted-signee-opts-play-razorbacks/

 

25th round pick (and teammate of Riley Pint) LHP Blake Lillis is still undecided on whether to sign with the Brewers or play college ball with the Razorbacks, per the above link.

[brewmann04]

Lets hope they can get this kid signed.

[Jim Goulart]

Brewers have signed 30th round RHP Dalton Brown out of Texas Tech and assigned him to the Maryvale roster. Brown had been with his club at the College World Series.

[splitterpfj]

Brewers report, Ryan Aguilar has signed - round 31.

[WV Brew]

Audio interview with Ryan Aguilar. He played 1B last year with Arizona but has been an outfielder most of his baseball life. Models his game on Jacob Ellsbury.

 

Link

[Eye Black]

LINK: The Brewers 25th round selection LHP Blake Lillis (and Riley Pint HS teammate) has made up his mind he will not be signing and is instead attending Arkansas.

[Mudville9]

LINK: The Brewers 25th round selection LHP Blake Lillis (and Riley Pint HS teammate) has made up his mind he will not be signing and is instead attending Arkansas.

 

Disappointing, but understandable in the fact that we used up all our extra cash.

[beekay414]

LINK: The Brewers 25th round selection LHP Blake Lillis (and Riley Pint HS teammate) has made up his mind he will not be signing and is instead attending Arkansas.

 

Welp.

 

@jimcallisMLB

25th-rder Blake Lillis inks w/@Brewers for $127,814. Kansas HS LHP, projectable 6-3/175, teammate of @Rockies 1st-rder Riley Pint. @MLBDraft

5:22 PM - 15 Jul 2016

[And That]

My guess is that:

 

A) Is every last penny they had short of being penalized a pick; and,

B) They had a deal with Crow that fell through, and they were able to convince Lillis to sign for the same amount.

[beekay414]

B) They had a deal with Crow that fell through, and they were able to convince Lillis to sign for the same amount.

 

Do we have any official word on Crow?

[And That]

No word on Crow, and I hope I'm wrong and they do sign both. They've already signed at least a half dozen more guys than I thought they would, so it's all cake at this point.

[Eye Black]

Well I have no idea what exactly happened regarding Blake Lillis, but I am ecstatic the report I linked turned out to be wrong! Here is the same publication standing by their original statement that he had told the Arkansas coaches he was coming to play college ball... Lillis changes mind, signs with Brewers.

 

The job this front office did signing these picks is truly remarkable. It is astonishing to have signed almost the entire class when the MLB draft signing rate I believe is usually south of 75%.

[beekay414]

Just an FYI, there's no real information out there that we signed Brennan Price. Just that tweet from his mom but the Brewers have never confirmed it so we're sitting at 37 of the 41 signed.