Nationals Farm Authority

With the signing of Jack McGeary, here is the final scorecard of the Nationals 2007 draft:

• 39 players signed out of 53 drafted
• The Nationals spent $7,619,300 in bonuses for players selected in the first ten rounds ($7,819,800 if you include the amount referenced to allow McGeary to attend Stanford full-time)
  • That leaves the bonus amounts for an additional 26 players unknown. I am going to guess-timate a 15% reduction in bonus amount starting with the last known figure ($100K for Pat McCoy in the 10th round). With that assumption the Nationals spent roughly $8 million in bonuses from the 2007 draft.
    • 2006: $5.1 million
    • 2005: $4.0 million
• All 20 of their top 20 players drafted have been signed
• 23 of their top 25 players drafted have been signed (18th rd 1B Sawyer Carroll and 20th rd OF Dan Cook)
• 9 high school players signed
  • 3 lefthanded pitchers
  • 2 righthanded pitchers
  • 2 outfielders (includes Smolinski)
  • 1 third baseman
  • 1 catcher
• 26 college players signed
  • 2 lefthanded pitchers
  • 12 righthanded pitchers
  • 6 outfielders
  • 1 first baseman
  • 2 shortstops
  • 3 catchers
• 4 junior/community college players signed
  • 1 righthanded pitchers
  • 1 outfielder 
  • 1 first baseman
  • 1 third baseman