Newcomb Signs

[Bruce Nye]

Nice!  Doc, talking shit to Lou.  Musta been something special in his birthday cake!

[xboom28x]

Heyman reporting that Angels and Newcomb have finalized deal pending physical for about $2.5M

[jsnpritchett]

Heyman reporting that Angels and Newcomb have finalized deal pending physical for about $2.5M

 

Soooo, basically for slot (marginally over).  Really don't get the point of delaying for that long.

[jsnpritchett]

Mike DiGiovanna ‏@MikeDiGiovanna 10s

#Angels have reached agreement with first-round pick Sean Newcomb, a LHP from Univ. of Hartford, on a signing bonus of $2,518,400.

 

Slot value was $2.475, so he got an extra $43,000.  Congrats...

 

EDIT: MLB Trade Rumors notes, "That number was the maximum amount of money the Halos could allot to Newcomb without exceeding their bonus pool."

Edited July 18, 2014 by jsnpritchett

[xboom28x]

Seems silly. Either his agent sucks or he was just very indecisive about going back for senior season.

[Stradling]

It's much ado about nothing. Because of his college work load he wasn't going to pitch this year anyways, or at least not much.

[jsnpritchett]

It's much ado about nothing. Because of his college work load he wasn't going to pitch this year anyways, or at least not much.

 

That's fine.  Still don't see why he wouldn't have just signed earlier then.  Why not secure things and get the money rolling in?

 

Is it a big deal?  No.  Just seems pointless.

[DMVol]

Done:

 

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/angels-agree-to-terms-with-sean-newcomb.html

[Second Base]

If sitting there doing nothing for one extra month resulted in 43,000 dollars more, wouldn't you do it?

I don't blame the kid at all.

Now go out there and pitch up to your abilities.

Edited July 18, 2014 by ScottyA_MWAH

[T.G.]

Let the nicknames begin...

 

"Big Daddy" Newcomb

Edited July 18, 2014 by True Grich

[ukyah]

someone said earlier that he was waiting for the angels to sign all their picks to see how much was left over from the bonus pool. that appears to be a prescient comment because that's what happened. he took everything that was left.

[Inside Pitch]

Glad that is over with.    Hope we see him pitch this year.

[eaterfan]

If sitting there doing nothing for one extra month resulted in 43,000 dollars more, wouldn't you do it?

I don't blame the kid at all.

Now go out there and pitch up to your abilities.

I don't think anything went wrong here. I think he was waiting to take the remaining balance. The angels were trying to sign everyone and give him what they could. I think what people were questioning is why the Angels took so long to sign him, not why the kid took so long to sign.

That being said, signing early can get you in the system earlier and advancing faster. Hitting FA or arb a year earlier is worth far more than $43,000.

[Stradling]

I thought we read early on that his arm was so good that there was a belief he could help get leftys out at the major league level as early as this year. Am I remembering this right? I think it led to people on here worrying that they signed him to be a reliever.

[DMVol]

I thought we read early on that his arm was so good that there was a belief he could help get leftys out at the major league level as early as this year. Am I remembering this right? I think it led to people on here worrying that they signed him to be a reliever.

Some of the talking heads on MLB TV said that during the draft but that doesn't seem to jive with the statements in the more recent news reports that, because of a "heavy workload" this year in college, the Angels weren't planning on pitching him much the rest of this year....Dunno....

[jsnpritchett]

I thought we read early on that his arm was so good that there was a belief he could help get leftys out at the major league level as early as this year. Am I remembering this right? I think it led to people on here worrying that they signed him to be a reliever.

 

Harold Reynolds said that, and it got spread around.  Ric Wilson and others shot it down.

 

Also, responding to a post eaterfan made, I actually was talking about Newcomb delaying, not the Angels.  The Angels signed all of their other top 10 picks by more than 2 weeks ago.  The money available to him (assuming the Angels didn't want to go over their allotment--which clearly they didn't) wasn't going to change between that time and now.

[laagamer]

He's a big kid.

 

Maybe he'll work out. Maybe he won't. 

[ukyah]

everybody is making a mountain out of a mole hill. his agent had a tactic to guarantee him the most money possible. he wasn't going back to school. once the angels had signed all their other picks, then he and his agent knew exactly how much they could get. the rest is just the contractual negotiations and reviews. end of story.

[T.G.]

Remember how long it took for Jered Weaver to sign after being drafted? 

[jsnpritchett]

everybody is making a mountain out of a mole hill. his agent had a tactic to guarantee him the most money possible. he wasn't going back to school. once the angels had signed all their other picks, then he and his agent knew exactly how much they could get. the rest is just the contractual negotiations and reviews. end of story.

 

No, not making a mountain out of anything, as I said.  It's not a big deal.  Just could have been done sooner.

[Stradling]

The only people affected by the late signing is us fans that were worried about whether he would sign or not. Well I guess Newcombe was affected, he had to wait a few weeks to buy his fully loaded Chevy Tahoe or whatever he's going to buy.

[Jeff Fletcher]

The Angels only planned to have Newcomb start 4-6 games because of the 100 innings he already pitched in college, so if he'd signed earlier he'd obviously have gotten some more instruction and indoctrination into the system, but he wouldn't have pitched any more.

[RallyMo]

Remember how long it took for Jered Weaver to sign after being drafted? 

 

HE'LL NEVER RE-SIGN WITH THE ANGELS DUE TO THAT! STUPID ANGELS!

[Docwaukee]

My guess is that this was agent driven.  They waited to see if the halos had any leftover money to go above slot.  He got himself a little extra cash. 

 

He's in so it's all good. 

[Lou]

Career Over