If we can call Buxton and Berrios done deals, that makes 19 signings thus far. Pretty good...

Good to see.

From Twins website:

"MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota has now officially signed deals with 15 of its 43 picks from the 2012 First-Year Player Draft.

The latest signees include fifth-rounder Tyler Duffey, a right-handed pitcher from Rice, who was at Target Field for Tuesday's game against the Phillies. Duffey struck out 68 in 51 1/3 innings for the Owls in 2012."

It also looked like Buxton took batting practice with the Twins. In the same group as Mauer and Morneau. Didn't really see anything on how he hit.

Came across this in the BA draft blog.

Twins drafted most players in the Baseball America top 500, 23.

Byron Buxton (1), J.O. Berrios (49), Adam Brett Walker (58), J.T. Chargois (77), Mason Melotakis (88), Luke Bard (93), L.J. Mazzilli (143), Timmy Robinson (153), Christian Powell (195), Zach Jones (199), James Marvel (206), Taylor Rogers (277), Alex Muren (295), Jake Proctor (298), D.J. Baxendale (319), Erich Knab (338), Jerad Grundy (351), Justin Jones (381), Tyler Duffey (388), D.J. Hicks (400), Will LaMarche (401), Andre Martinez (404), Jorge Fernandez (471).

see the whole thing here: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/page/2/

So here is what I got so far...

#2 (1st round) Byron Buxton, $6 million(200,000 under slot)
#32 (S round) Jose Berrios, $1.55 million
#63 (2nd round) Mason Melotakis, $750,000(68,500 under slot)
#73 (2nd round) JT Chargois
#97 (3rd round) Adam Walker, $490,000
#130 (4th round) Zach Jones, $376,000
#160 (5th round) Tyler Duffey
#190 (6th round) Andre Martinez, $260,000(60,000 over slot)
#220 (7th round) Jorge Fernandez
#250 (8th round) Christian Powell
#340 (11th round) Taylor Rogers
#370 (12th round) Alex Muren
#430 (14th round) Jake Proctor
#490 (16th round) Will Hurt
#520 (17th round) Dalton Hicks
#580 (19th round) Jonathan Murphy
#640 (21st round) Bo Altobelli
# 760 (25th round) Joel Licon
#1030 (34th round Bryan Haar

So besides Bard, who should be an easy sign, they have signed all players in the first 8 rounds. Keep it up Terry and Co.

Pretty solid work by the Twins FO. I like most of the picks but still so many holes that will take time to patch up. It's a solid start to the rebuilding process though.

A couple dollar figure updates...

#2 (1st round) Byron Buxton, $6 million(200,000 under slot)
#32 (S round) Jose Berrios, $1.55 million(slot)
#63 (2nd round) Mason Melotakis, $750,000(68,500 under slot)
#73 (2nd round) JT Chargois
#97 (3rd round) Adam Walker, $490,000(slot)
#130 (4th round) Zach Jones, $376,000(20,000 above slot)
#160 (5th round) Tyler Duffey, $267,000(slot)
#190 (6th round) Andre Martinez, $260,000(60,000 over slot)
#220 (7th round) Jorge Fernandez
#250 (8th round) Christian Powell
#340 (11th round) Taylor Rogers
#370 (12th round) Alex Muren
#430 (14th round) Jake Proctor
#490 (16th round) Will Hurt
#520 (17th round) Dalton Hicks
#580 (19th round) Jonathan Murphy
#640 (21st round) Bo Altobelli
# 760 (25th round) Joel Licon
#1030 (34th round Bryan Haar

Why is management taking so long to officially announce the rest and assign these guys to their minor league clubs? So many other clubs have mass assigned their R league and GCL draftees....

What's the rush? they don't start until mid to late july right?

Actually the GCL twins schedule says first game is Monday...

Oh, i bet they announce this weekend then.

I know what you mean. If you look at the transactions and draft results pages, Buxton is the only one who is on there as signed. I tweeted beat writer Rhett Bollinger about it. He said he would look into it but a few days have passed and nothing has changed.

As far as the rosters go, they still have a few signings to go so with some players they might not be sure where they will start yet. They probably won't have the opening day rosters avaliable until a day or so before the leagues start. Thats the way they do it with the full season minor league teams as well.

Missing from our list has been Bryan Santy, Pick round number 30, catcher out of U of Wash.
Assigned to GCL today:
Haar
Santy
Licon
Murphy
Hurt
Proctor
Mauren
Fernandez
Berrios
Buxton
GCL first game today, Elizabethan starts tomorrow so expecting those not assigned today to be assigned there tomorrow? All but one unassigned player listed here as signed was a college player...

I just seen about Santy this morning, that makes an even 20 so far...

#2 (1st round) Byron Buxton, $6 million(200,000 under slot)
#32 (S round) Jose Berrios, $1.55 million(slot)
#63 (2nd round) Mason Melotakis, $750,000(68,500 under slot)
#73 (2nd round) JT Chargois
#97 (3rd round) Adam Walker, $490,000(slot)
#130 (4th round) Zach Jones, $376,000(20,000 above slot)
#160 (5th round) Tyler Duffey, $267,000(slot)
#190 (6th round) Andre Martinez, $260,000(60,000 over slot)
#220 (7th round) Jorge Fernandez
#250 (8th round) Christian Powell
#340 (11th round) Taylor Rogers
#370 (12th round) Alex Muren
#430 (14th round) Jake Proctor
#490 (16th round) Will Hurt
#520 (17th round) Dalton Hicks
#580 (19th round) Jonathan Murphy
#640 (21st round) Bo Altobelli
#760 (25th round) Joel Licon
#910 (30th round) Bryan Santy
#1030 (34th round Bryan Haar

I saw Brown signed with the Tribe for over slot and McCullers signed for the most over slot by any player this year. Not sure what the exact numbers are.

Are you as shocked as I am that Bard hasn't signed? He was lucky to get picked where he did, he couldn't possibly be trying to get more money.

I'm really not sure what Bard is doing either. Its possible he is asking for slot while the Twins are offering below slot. Still, I would be surprised if a deal isn't reached.

As for McCullers, the Astros easily had the best draft. My opinion about Correa is that he would have been a good pick even if he demanded slot. The fact that he was willing to sign for $2.4 million under was icing on the cake, that icing was what ultimately allowed them to sign McCullers. If I were an Astros fan I would be very excited about this draft.

Once again from MLBTR:

"The Twins have signed second round selection J.T. Chargois, according to Baseball America's Jim Callis (on Twitter). Chargois served as Rice's closer, and Callis notes that he can get his 93-95 mph fastball as high as 98 mph to go along with a plus curveball."

Terry Ryan learned something from the Travis Lee fiasco...

Middle Georgia college reports Jarret Leverett has agreed to terms with the twins