Monday, June 9, 2014

Astros start to agree to terms with picks

Via Brian McTaggart, we read that the Astros have agreed to terms with 9th Round pick Bryan Radziewski and 40th Round pick Alex Hernandez. McTaggart also has the news that A.J. Reed will be in Houston tomorrow for a physical and will sign his deal.

So the list of confirmed signings as of right now:
2nd Round pick A.J. Reed
8th Round pick Bobby Boyd
9th Round pick Bryan Radziewski
10th Round pick Jay Gause
40th Round pick Alex Hernandez

Those who look like they're just ironing out some details include:
1st Round pick Brady Aiken
6th Round pick Brock Dykxhoorn
7th Round pick Derick Velazquez
11th Round pick Dean Deetz
16th Round pick Ramon Laureano
27th Round pick Brandon McNitt
30th Round pick Sean McMullen

Brian McTaggart also wrote this afternoon that the Astros and Aiken have agreed to a $6.5m signing bonus, which is $1,492,200 under the slot for the 1-1 pick.