CLEVELAND, OH— The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has signed OF TIM FEDROFF, their 7th round selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
Fedroff, 21, finished his 2008 sophomore season at the University of North Carolina where he hit .404 (115-285) with 78 runs scored, 22 doubles, 5 triples, 12 home runs, 71 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 67 games as he helped the Tarheels advance to the College World Series. The Flagtown, NJ native finished 3rd among all Division I players in the entire nation in hits (115), T5th in total bases (183), T17th in runs scored (78), 37th in average (.404) and T37th in doubles (22), while also recording a .542 slugging percentage and a .568 on-base percentage (1.110 OPS).
Following the 2008 season, Fedroff was named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive season and earned 1st Team All-America honors by Rivals.com while also being selected to the 1st Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The 5’11, 190-pound outfielder (bats L, throw R) hit .344 with 5HR and 41RBI in 63 games during his freshman year at North Carolina while being named a Freshman All-American and 2nd team All-ACC. Fedroff will begin his professional career with the Mahoning Valley Scappers in the coming days.
The Indians have now signed 23 picks from the June 5-6 First-Year Player Draft, including 12 of the club’s first 14 selections.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Indians Sign Fedroff
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5 comments:
Close to signing Putnam and Haley, apparently. Signing these guys is certainly better than not signing them. However, this is how you screw up a draft AND get management (and fans) convinced the draft is a waste of money and a crapshoot: overdraft guys and then have to pay them above-slot bonuses to sign. Right now, the only draft choice who appears to be worth the money we signed him for is Eric Berger who was, not surprisingly, an 8th round pick, an area of the draft (after 5th round) that Mirabelli is good on.
For the novice draft fan saying that the quality of a draft is only known after a few years is a nice dodge but Mirabelli's record basically says that what you see the first year is usually what you get.
One other point: Bryce Stowell, who tore up the Cape Cod League is apparently going back to school meaning that one of the Indians' few significant late round picks that blossomed this summer is being allowed to walk instead of being signed. Things like this further weaken an already weak draft class.
Good to hear about Putnam and Haley. I won't get all worked up over how much they pay them though....if they truly have talent, get them in here. I could care less 2-3 years down the road if they underpaid or overpaid a guy. Same goes with any draft, be it the NBA, NFL or MLB. If they perform, no one will care what they signed for.
TL,
We all agree with that. It is about percentages. If you are going to pay some guy a lot of money it would seem that it would be best to pay a REAL draft prospect that money. So, as always, it comes down to whether Mirabelli and Grant are better than conventional wisdom. When Haley was drafted Tim Mehlville was available. Ditto for guys like Putnam and Fedroff as well as Phelps and Roberts.
That's the rub, really. It's not about the money entirely. It is about the money being paid to a guy who isn't, even with all potential considered, worth that money. And, when you have a chance to spend money on a low draft pick, absolutely the BEST scenario because you haven't wasted a high draft pick on a guy who isn't worth the slot bonus of that pick, you are wasting the money.
"One other point: Bryce Stowell, who tore up the Cape Cod League is apparently going back to school meaning that one of the Indians' few significant late round picks that blossomed this summer is being allowed to walk instead of being signed. Things like this further weaken an already weak draft class."
Dennis, I'm glad that you were wrong about this one! Wrong once again! Of course, this is not something unusual!
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