Roster changes (transfers, draft, etc.)

[baseballfanatic]

Little late on the draw this year, but here's where we stand regarding potential roster changes. The "graduating" section is a little iffy as I believe all of these players were advanced a year by UA in the media guide, so they could potentially still have access to their extra year due to COVID. Once again, if you hear about anybody else coming/going, I'll edit them into the post.

Graduating (and confirmed not using extra year)
William Freeman
Johnny Hawk
Jackson Tate

Graduating (but coming back)
Brock Guffey

Transfers (Out)
Connor Shamblin - Memphis
TJ Reeves - Jacksonville St
Will Patota - Georgia Southern
Grant Knipp - Campbell
Brayden Rowe - Wallace State CC

Transfers (In)
Tommy Seidl - Harvard
David(Hunter) Furtado - Wake Forest
Eric Foggo - Stetson
Ryan Bader - Northwestern

Drafted Players
Peyton Wilson -- 66th overall (Comp Balance Round B) Royals -- Signed
Dylan Smith -- 74th overall (3rd round) Tigers -- Signed
Chase Lee -- 164th overall (6th round) Rangers -- Signed
Sam Praytor -- 179th overall (6th round) Marlins -- Signed
Tyler Ras -- 410th overall (14th round) Rockies -- Signed

Drafted Signees
Noah Miller -- 36th overall (Comp Balance Round A) Twins -- Signed
Luke Holman -- 602nd overall (20th round) Blue Jays -- Unsigned

 

[baseballfanatic]

Tyler Ras selected in the 14th round (410 overall) to the Rockies

 

[baseballfanatic]

Signee Luke Holman selected in the 20th round (602 overall) by the Blue Jays.

 

[baseballfanatic]

Sam Praytor signed with the Marlins.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1417124470419075072

 

[baseballfanatic]

Tyler Ras signs with the Rockies.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1417320317631016962

 

[gymcoach]

Hope Luke Holman sticks with $1 million demand and ends up in Crimson.

 

[baseballfanatic]

Hope Luke Holman sticks with $1 million demand and ends up in Crimson.

The one Blue Jays forum I know about doesn't seem too hopeful about him signing with them. They're saying the Jays only have about 33k left in their draft budget + overage.

 

[baseballfanatic]

D1Baseball's transfer tracker shows that we've picked up a grad transfer from Northwestern -- Ryan Bader. I haven't seen this anywhere else, so I'm not sure how correct this one is, yet. He's a LHP who only had one appearance last year, but I can't find if that was because of injury or what. PerfectGame had him as the 99th best LHP in his 2017 HS class.

Not a very exciting take if you just look at his stats at NU, but they've trended "better" every year. He's very reminiscent of Brock Guffey, IMO. Doesn't seem to have overpowering stuff. Hopefully he can have success here like Guffey has (2021 injury-riddled season notwithstanding)

 

[baseballfanatic]

Noah Miller signed with the Twins.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1418690048556470275

 

[baseballfanatic]

Peyton Wilson signs with the Royals.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1419034893112258565

 

[baseballfanatic]

Dylan Smith signs with the Tigers.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1419735196996358151

 

[baseballfanatic]

That should be all of our draft signings except for Luke Holman, but with the Blue Jays being so near their signing bonus pool limit + overage, we should be out of the woods with him. Unless he significantly lowers his asking price, they won't have enough money to sign him without losing future 1st-round picks.

All-in-all pretty good draft result. Biggest loss is also probably my biggest "surprise" signing in Ras. It would've been great to have him back to anchor what is going to be a very young and inexperienced pitching staff, especially with Connor Shamblin transferring.