CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa – Friday, July 18 marked the deadline for all players
selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft to come to terms
with the teams that selected them. After the 5:00 p.m. deadline had
come and gone, 33 of the 53 of the former Perfect Game All-Americans that were selected in this year's draft had come to agreement with their drafting teams.
The
collective total of the players that had signed, outside of Joey
Martarano and Darius Day, whose bonuses had not been revealed, is
$56,653,400. That comes out to an average of $1.83 million per player
selected.
And
that does not include the $6.5 million that was initially offered to
the No. 1 overall pick, Brady Aiken.
Aiken,
who started the 2013 Perfect Game All-American Classic for the West
squad, did not sign with the Houston Astros. It was initially
reported within days of the June Amateur Draft that Aiken and the
Astros had agreed on a deal worth $6.5 million. In a bizarre change
of events, the Astros withdrew that initial offer and Aiken did not
accept their counter offer at the deadline.
Tyler
Kolek, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft, signed with the Miami
Marlins for $6 million. Nick Gordon and Alex Jackson, the draft's
Nos. 5 and 6 overall selections, signed for $3.851 and $4.2 million
with the Twins and Mariners respectively.
Since
the game's inception in 2003, 149 All-Americans have been drafted in
the first round, and 84 have made their big league debuts. Aiken
became the seventh All-American taken No. 1 overall, joining players
such as Justin Upton, Bryce Harper, Gerrit Cole and Carlos Correa.
Here
are the Perfect Game All-Americans selected in the 2014 MLB Draft and
the bonuses they signed for. If the players that didn't sign, their
college commitment (or the school they attended in 2014 that they
intend to return to) is listed in parenthesis.
Rd. |
Pick |
Player |
Team |
Bonus |
1 |
1 |
Brady Aiken |
Houston Astros |
Did not sign (UCLA) |
1 |
2 |
Tyler Kolek |
Miami Marlins |
$6,000,000 |
1 |
5 |
Nick Gordon |
Minnesota Twins |
$3,851,000 |
1 |
6 |
Alex Jackson |
Seattle Mariners |
$4,200,000 |
1 |
12 |
Kodi Medeiros |
Milwaukee Brewers |
$2,500,000 |
1 |
14 |
Tyler Beede |
San Francisco Giants |
$2,613,200 |
1 |
16 |
Touki Toussaint |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
$2,700,000 |
1 |
22 |
Grant Holmes |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
$2,500,000 |
1 |
23 |
Derek Hill |
Detroit Tigers |
$2,000,000 |
1 |
26 |
Michael Chavis |
Boston Red Sox |
$1,870,500 |
1 |
28 |
Foster Griffin |
Kansas City Royals |
$1,925,000 |
1 |
30 |
Luis Ortiz |
Texas Rangers |
$1,750,000 |
1 |
31 |
Justus Sheffield |
Cleveland Indians |
$1,600,000 |
1 |
32 |
Braxton Davidson |
Atlanta Braves |
$1,705,000 |
1 |
33 |
Michael Kopech |
Boston Red Sox |
$1,500,000 |
1 |
34 |
Jack Flaherty |
St. Louis Cardinals |
$2,000,000 |
|
40 |
Chase Vallot |
Kansas City Royals |
$1,350,000 |
|
41 |
Jacob Gatewood |
Milwaukee Brewers |
$1,830,000 |
2 |
49 |
Sean Reid-Foley |
Toronto Blue Jays |
$1,128,800 |
2 |
50 |
Monte Harrison |
Milwaukee Brewers |
$1,800,000 |
2 |
51 |
Michael Gettys |
San Diego Padres |
$1,300,000 |
2 |
53 |
Joe Gatto |
Los Angeles Angels |
$1,200,000 |
2 |
57 |
Andrew Suarez |
Washington Nationals |
Did not sign (Miami) |
2 |
59 |
Ti'Quan Forbes |
Texas Rangers |
$1,200,000 |
2 |
60 |
Cameron Varga |
Tampa Bay Rays |
$1,097,500 |
|
69 |
Marcus Wilson |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
$1,000,000 |
|
74 |
Gareth Morgan |
Seattle Mariners |
$2,000,000 |
3 |
87 |
Dylan Davis |
San Francisco Giants |
$650,000 |
3 |
93 |
Jakson Reetz |
Washington Nationals |
$800,000 |
4 |
106 |
Daniel Mengden |
Houston Astros |
$470,000 |
6 |
169 |
Dylan Cease |
Chicago Cubs |
$1,500,000 |
8 |
227 |
Stone Garrett |
Miami Marlins |
$162,400 |
11 |
339 |
A.J. Vanegas |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
$100,000 |
11 |
344 |
Karsten Whitson |
Boston Red Sox |
$100,000 |
11 |
345 |
Justin Bellinger |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Did not sign (Duke) |
14 |
408 |
Bryce Montes de Oca |
Chicago White Sox |
Did not sign (Missouri) |
15 |
464 |
Trenton Kemp |
Boston Red Sox |
$250,000 |
21 |
616 |
Mac Marshall |
Houston Astros |
Did not sign (LSU) |
21 |
628 |
Matt Crownover |
San Francisco Giants |
Did not sign (Clemson) |
22 |
649 |
Joey Martarano |
Chicago Cubs |
Signed |
23 |
696 |
Darius Day |
Texas Rangers |
Signed |
26 |
788 |
Reese Cooley |
Cleveland Indians |
Did not sign (Chipola College) |
28 |
835 |
Keaton McKinney |
New York Mets |
Did not sign (Arkansas) |
28 |
854 |
David Peterson |
Boston Red Sox |
Did not sign (Oregon) |
30 |
892 |
Brandon Murray |
Philadelphia Phillies |
Did not sign (South Carolina) |
33 |
987 |
Devin Smeltzer |
San Diego Padres |
Did not sign (Florida Gulf Coast) |
35 |
1047 |
Cobi Johnson |
San Diego Padres |
Did not sign (Florida State) |
36 |
1069 |
D.J. Peters |
Chicago Cubs |
Did not sign (Cal State Fullerton) |
38 |
1136 |
Carl Chester |
Milwaukee Brewers |
Did not sign (Miami) |
38 |
1138 |
Benito Santiago |
San Francisco Giants |
Did not sign (Tennessee) |
39 |
1171 |
Tucker Simpson |
Baltimore Orioles |
Did not sign |
39 |
1174 |
Jon Littell |
Washington Nationals |
Did not sign (Oklahoma State) |
40 |
1197 |
Bryce Carter |
San Diego Padres |
Did not sign (Stanford) |