FanPost

2018 Blue Jays MLB Draft Signing Table

Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports

With the 2018 draft in the books, the focus now turns to getting the new draftees signed so it's time to roll out the annual Signing Table. With the advent of slotting, there's not quite the intrigue there used to be, but it's still a useful summary of the draftees and where everything stands.

The ranking is the average of four public sources: Baseball America (top 500), Perfect Game (top 500), MLB.com (Jon Mayo and Jim Callis, top 200) and FanGraphs (top 130). It also shows how many lists on which the draftee was included, since the average will be biased upwards by non-inclusion on a list vs. being ranked too low for inclusion.

As usual, post any links to information on signings/signability and I'll do my best to keep the table promptly updated. One thing that will be different this year is there will be no links to sources in the table. This will greatly simplify the task of updating, and the links are in the comments anyway so it's not like they're totally gone for those interested. Thanks to everyone who adds the links that make this work.

The 2018 signing deadline is Friday, July 6th.

UPDATE 7/7: The Blue Jays signed 32 of their 40 draft picks, spending $9,589,300 in reported bonuses. Five bonuses remain unreported, and Jim Callis reported their spending as $1,908,200 in total beyond slot, implying a further $301,000 in unreported bonuses. Hopefully those are entered in MLB's Draft Tracker at some point, and I will update if that occurs. They exceeded their slot allocation by $327,200 (4.1%), resulting in overage tax of $245,400 and bringing total draft related spending to $10,135,700 (including the unallocated $301,000).

FURTHER UPDATE 7/18: Baseball America's Draft Database now has those last five unreported bonuses, and the table below is updated to reflect them (tying into the above totals).

Archive: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017

Name Rd/Ovl Pos Class Ranking Status Slot Bonus vs. Slot MiLB
Jordan Groshans 1/12 SS HS 37 (4/4) Signed $4,200,900 $3,400,000 -$800,900 GCL
Griffin Conine 2/52 RF JR 51 (4/4) Signed $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $0 NWL
Adam Kloffenstein 3/88 RHP HS 43 (4/4) Signed $652,900 $2,450,000 +$1,797,100 GCL
Sean Wymer 4/116 RHP JR 88 (3/4) Signed $478,600 $478,600 $0 NWL
Chris Bec 5/146 C SR Signed $357,500 $5,000 -$352,500 NWL
Addison Barger 6/176 SS HS 145 (3/4) Signed $271,100 $271,100 $0 GCL
Nick Podkul 7/206 3B JR 303 (1/4) Signed $211,900 $175,000 -$36,900 NWL
Joey Murray 8/236 RHP JR 321 (2/4) Signed $169,600 $169,600 $0 NWL
Jake Brodt 9/266 1B SR Signed $149,400 $5,000 -$144,400 NWL
Cal Stevenson 10/296 CF SR 454 (1/4) Signed $140,200 $5,000 -$135,200 APP
Hunter Steinmetz 11/326 CF JR Signed $125,000 $0 NWL
Nick Allgeyer 12/356 LHP R-JR 460 (2/4) Signed $125,000 $0 NWL
Brad Wilson 13/386 RHP JR Signed $125,000 $0 APP
John Aiello 14/416 3B JR 211 (2/4) Signed $125,000 $0 APP
Troy Watson 15/446 RHP SO Signed $100,000 $0 APP
Josh Hiatt 16/476 RHP R-SO 465 (2/4) Signed $50,000 $0
Austin Havekost 17/506 RHP JR 496 (1/4) Signed $100,000 $0 APP
Fitz Stadler 18/536 RHP JR Signed $100,000 $0 APP
Adrian Ramos 19/566 OF J2 Signed $125,000 $0 GCL
Vinny Capra 20/596 SS SR Signed $1,000 $0 NWL
Kobby Lopez 21/626 LHP HS Unsigned
Gage Burland 22/656 P SR Signed $1,000 $0 GCL
Troy Squires 23/686 C R-SR 426 (1/4) Signed $1,000 $0 GCL
Mike Pascoe 24/716 RHP J2 Signed $100,000 $0 APP
Will McAffer 25/746 RHP JR Signed $50,000 NWL
Brett Wright 26/776 C R-JR 453 (2/4) Signed $100,000 $0 NWL
Kyle Luckham 27/806 RHP HS 191 (2/4) Unsigned
Andy McGuire 28/836 1B R-JR Signed $1,000 $0 APP
Cre Finfrock 29/866 RHP R-JR 483 (1/4) Signed $75,000 APP
Cobi Johnson 30/896 RHP R-JR Signed $125,000 NWL
Austin Easter 31/926 RHP SR Unsigned
Joey Pulido 32/956 RHP SR Signed $1,000 APP
Matt Harris 33/986 P R-SR Signed $1,000 $0 APP
Grant Townsend 34/1016 RHP JR Signed $50,000 APP
Damiano Palmegiani 35/1046 3B HS Unsigned
Kameron Guangorena 36/1076 C HS 112 (4/4) Unsigned
Parker Caracci 37/1106 P R-SO 245 (1/4) Unsigned
Francisco Ruiz 38/1136 C HS Signed $100,000 $0
Cole Beverlin 39/1166 RHP HS Unsigned
Drew Labounty 40/1196 SS R-SR Unsigned
Ryan Thurston NDFA LHP R-SR Signed GCL
Jackson Rees NDFA RHP R-SR Signed GCL
Total $7,982,100 $9,890,300 +$327,200
Total + 5% $8,381,205 -$71,905

In addition to the above rankings, the following were included in BA's state lists beyond the Top 500: Bec, Podkul, Burland, Johnson, Ruiz. Beyond their top 130, FanGraphs listed another 163 players ordered by demographic, with four Blue Jays draftees included on this portion: Wymer (~131rd), Barger (~233rd), Caracci (~243rd), Aiello (~273rd)

Editor's Note: This is a FanPost written by a reader and member of Bluebird Banter. It was not commissioned by the editors and is not necessarily reflective of the opinions of Bluebird Banter or SB Nation.