Lost in the shuffle of the playoff race and the playoffs themselves, Jersey announced on September 28th that they had come to terms with superstar ace Jose Ramos on a 7 year contract extension. Ramos the 6 time All-Star and 3 time 20-game winner was rewarded with the most lucrative contract in Jersey Shore history. The extension will pay him $163.52 million over the next 7 seasons, which comes to an average of $23.36M per season. This number is over 3 times what he made this season and the contract will pay him through his 35 year old season.
"It was an easy but yet a tough decision for us," GM Josh Swain commented, "the guy has won 49 games over the last 2 years and is one of the elite starters in the game. It was a no brainer to re-sign him in the position we are in right now. The money was a little difficult, but you have to pay to keep top talent and that's all it really comes down to."
With Los Angeles likely to decline Stan Hickman's $23.7M team option, Ramos will become the 3rd or 4th highest paid player of the 2024 season at the moment. Jersey's decision on star Mike Bryant's team option of $26M would be third if it's picked up.
Ramos led the league in wins for the 2nd straight year with 24 and finished 2nd only behind Kevin Bush in pitcher WAR with 7.9 compared to Bush's 9.3. It was the 6th season of Ramos's career that he surpassed 225 innings pitched and age 28 he sits with a record of 136-46. The 136 wins place him in a 2-way tie for 20th place all time with Chuck Phillips.
Finances with Jersey Shore might get interesting next season with Dave Dodd, Mikey Bryant and Sergio Martinez contracts are all up, but the D-Bags should bring a loaded team next year still searching for that 1st title.
GO D-BAGS
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Friday, September 20, 2013
2018 Jersey Shore Amatuer Draft
The only downside of finishing the 2017 season with BSA's best record (besides being knocked out in the first round) is that Jersey Shore would receive the last pick in the 2018 Rule IV draft held on July 1. Drafting late in the draft hasn't been a problem so far for the D-Bags who have found some mid-late 1st round gems over the years. Here we will break down Jersey's 2018 draft.
1st Round, 30th overall (acquired from LA) - 1B/C Owen Carter - When the LA Bruins signed MR Jose Gomes in the off season, the rights to their first round pick become the D-Bags with the type A compensation attached to him. With LA's pick, GM Swain was very surprised to find Carter still available. He was the best catcher in the draft and had really started to show his skills after 2 years at University of Arizona. He was previously drafted in the 2015 draft, 12th overall, by the Kansas City Cougars, but they couldn't come to an agreement, so off to Tuscon he went. Carter has an overall skill set of average contact, great gap power and above average HR power and eye. His defense should come out to be average to play at the big league level. The D-Bags really enjoyed the jump in HR and BB his senior season, hitting 12 HR and walking 47 times in only 48 games. If everything goes to plan, Carter should be the heir apparent to catcher someday.
1st Round, 32nd overall - 1B/DH Sergio Barron. Using their own first round pick, and the last in the round, Jersey selected high school 1B/DH Sergio Barron. Barron who hails from Jefferson-Youngsville High School in Jefferson, NY, isn't your typical 19 year old. At 6'3" and 250 pounds he is a force on the field. While he lacks speed, he was drafted for his bat. He compiled 37 HR, 111 RBI and 69/32 BB/K with a triple slash of .381/.485/.791. His senior year his .435 average and .519 OBP ranked among the elite in at the HS level. Jersey power hitters aren't known for their patience and limiting K's so Barron is a difference. With being so young we might not see him for awhile, but one day this kid could be a force at the plate.
Supplemental Round, 50th overall - SP Michael Manning. Using the 2nd of 2 picks from the Gomes compensation the Bags selected High School pitching Manning out of Madawaska Valley HS. Manning sits 6'1, doesn't have the best stuff and but makes up for it with above average control and movement. His fastball tops out at 89-90 and his forkball is best of his 4 below average pitches. With some technique going into one of his pitches he might be able to pick up stuff while in the minors. He never had a great season in high school on the surface but his 4 year FIP was 2.60, topping out a best 2.06 his senior year. He carried a 8.29 K/BB ratio while giving up .55 HR/9. While he doesn't look like front line material, if a little time goes into him he might be a mid to back-end rotation option.
2nd Round, 93rd overall - SP Jonathon Phillips. For the 3rd time in 4 picks, Jersey reached for a high school player, selecting Phillips out of Butler HS. There's no easy way to say this, but Phillips was a beast his senior year. He won the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award while finishing 8-0 in 8 starts, compiling a 1.87 ERA to go with a 0.79 WHIP and struck out 85 hitters in just 53 innings. That included a 17-strikeout No-Hitter on May the 11th. The downside for Phillips, is depsite his overwhelming velocity and fastball and his nasty slider, he lacks a 3rd pitch. He does look a little wild, but got away with it HS with kids flailing away at pitches. He will probably start in the minor leagues but I doubt he ever sees anytime in the bigs as a starter. He could turn out to be a decent reliever though.
3rd Round, 128th overall - 1B Ryan McBride. McBride is an unathletic 1B who does have some skills as a hitter especially contact. He won't hit for a ton of power, despite hitting 14 HR his senior year for the Iowa State Hawkeyes. If he can gain some power he could be a legit prospect, but if he pans out like his potential stacks up, he might start one day a team looking for a cheap 1B or DH option, but more than likely is a guy who puts up good-great numbers in AAA.
4th Round, 157th overall - LF David Murphy. Murphy is another high schooler who has speed and power.....and not much else. In his 1 high school year he did hit over 300 with 13 HR, but he is a boom or bust player. The type of player you find in the around the 150th pick in a draft. Someone with a above average skill you could hope turns elite in his time in the minors.
There was nothing of note in the last 6 players and I would guess would be surprised if more than 2-3 of them made any roster. Overall I give this draft a B. It yielded a very nice looking player at a premium position, a potential above average power bat, and two pitchers who could pitch at the major league level one day. Not great, but in an overall weak draft position picking at the end of every round, gems are hard to come by. It will be fun watching Carter and Barron to see if they live up to those 1st round expectations that Jersey fans are accustomed to seeing.
GO D-BAGS
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Analyzing the 2010 Draft; 6 Years Later
The 2010 amateur draft took place September 1st, 2010 towards the end of the then VBL6's 1st season in existence. A lot of people like to put grades on drafts the minute they happen, but taking a 6 year window and looking back is a much better way to grade. As we are just a month away from the 2016 amateur draft, let's look back at that 2010 draft, see all the potential that has come out, find our busts, steals and overall....let's see what happened. The 2010 draft is FILLED with hitters who are scattered all over the BSA.
First off, there was ALOT of talent taken in our first amateur draft, many of today's stars came right here out of that draft. Where else to start but #1 overall. The then Eugene franchise, who is now Reno, selected SP Tommy Connare, who did have extreme upside. He never did learn a dominant 3rd pitch and has had up and downs as a SP, who is now a main cog in the Los Cabos bullpen. Not a bust, but didn't live up to #1 pick hype.
The first hitter taken, and the #2 pick in the draft was Mr. John Doby by Vista, and he is still with the team. At times Doby has been dominant posting career numbers of .291/.407/.488. Doby's problems have been injuries and staying on the field though. In 4+ BSA seasons the most games he has played in a season is 127.
Now look break down that first round and find the steal and bust of the round.
The hitter steal of the first round falls to Jersey at 21 in 2B Mike Bryant. Bryant is a 2 time All Star, has finished 2nd in MVP voting 2 seasons in a row. He leads all players in the draft class in HR, RBI, BA, SLG and OPS.
For every steal there is a bust, and unfortunately for Jacksonville that pick came at pick 6. Chris Dawson a powerful 1B out of UNC looked to be at the time a cornerstone at 1B for Jacksonville for the next 12-15 years, but after 3 years in the minors he was traded to Baffin where he would play AAA ball until last year before seeing some action. While he still has talent, at 28 years old with only 6 HR and 21 RBI to his BSA career, at this point he is my first round bust of a hitter.
Other players of note drafted in the first round include OF Carlos Perez (3rd), OF Stu Wilson (8th), C Bryan Sandstrom (9th), OF Al Burrill (11th), OF Antonio Sanchez (17th), IF Tom Jacobson (18th), 3B Luis Alou (19th), OF Rocky Anderson (22nd), and OF Porter Standford (28th).
On the pitching side of things things were a little bit more clouded. Even though Cy Young winner Steve Haynes was picked at #10, my steal of the first round is SP Greg Casey, pick 24, by San Fransisco. The flame thrower spent his first big league season notching 34 saves as the SF closer before being moved to a starter and eventually traded to Hendersonville. Haynes and Casey have matching career records of 44-37.
As for the bust for pitching in the first round, my pick is Rob King, pick 12, by then Somerton out of the Univ. of Georgia. King never became that front line starter Somerton had envisioned and didn't make the big league club until 2013 with New orleans, going 0-6 in 11 starts with an ERA of 7.11. He now pitches in the Toronto Titan's system at the A ball level.
Other pitchers of note in the first round include: Richard White (4th) and Ross Holley (7th).
Drafts are not won in the first round, they are usually the safe picks. Drafts are won by finding those gems in the later rounds. Here's what we found in the 2nd round:
All-Star Catcher Gernot Renner (2nd Round, 6th pick), breakout star OF Domingo Martinez (2nd Round, 11th), former 40 HR man OF Ghebru Olatunji (2nd, 15), CF Jose Estrada (2nd, 19), 2015 ROY 3B/SS Adam Morrow (2nd, 21), and Boston setup man Horace Thomas (2nd, 16th).
The 3rd round is where I find 3 of my Top 5 steals of the overall draft though. How these guys fell so far, no one might ever know. Round 3, pick 14 3B Bryce Hester. Hester leads all players in hits from the 2010 draft class and who has been traded 4 times since being drafted. At pick 27 in Round 3, Kansas City selected 1B Tony Marin. Marin was released by KC before he had the chance to get much playing time and proved everyone he was a player when he hit .323 with 46 HR and 139 last season and finished 2nd in MVP voting.
In a very mundane pitching class the biggest steal of the draft might be then Oklahoma, now Toronto's pick, the 7th pick of the 3rd round. They selected a SP by the name of Mike Haward. Haward is an All Star and a 2 time champion with Hendersonville who leads all pitchers of the 2010 class in wins with 55.
In the 4th round Jersey found in a gem in Russell "The Muscle" Phillips with pick 21 in the round. Phillips was later traded to Sacramento, then to Niagara Falls where he broke out last year with his 40 HR campaign and looks like a legit slugger.
The 4th round also is where current Greenville closer Jorge Valentin was taken by then Sunnyvalle, now New York. In 161 career innings he has an ERA of 2.62 with 30 saves.
In Round 5 with the 10th pick then Haddonfield, now Indy, selected OF Todd Church. Church's first year as a regular was in 2015 where he busted out hitting .327 with 166 hits and 30 doubles for the Lions.
My last gem of the draft was found in Round 7. The 13th pick of the round the then Long Beach Havens, selected out of Oklahoma 1B/OF Robbie McLaughlin. McLaughlin is known as having one of the best eyes in the game combined with good contract and 30+ 2B power to the gaps and that's from a 7th round pick.
Overall there are 17 hitters who have played in 400+ games, 7 players who have 500+ hits and 3 players with 100+ HR. 3 pitchers have 40+ wins, 3 have 20+ saves, we have a Cy Young winner and have been runner up for MVP on 3seperate occasions. Not bad for a class whom most players are 27 or recently turned 28.
Make those draft lists, there are gems and late finds to be found!
First off, there was ALOT of talent taken in our first amateur draft, many of today's stars came right here out of that draft. Where else to start but #1 overall. The then Eugene franchise, who is now Reno, selected SP Tommy Connare, who did have extreme upside. He never did learn a dominant 3rd pitch and has had up and downs as a SP, who is now a main cog in the Los Cabos bullpen. Not a bust, but didn't live up to #1 pick hype.
The first hitter taken, and the #2 pick in the draft was Mr. John Doby by Vista, and he is still with the team. At times Doby has been dominant posting career numbers of .291/.407/.488. Doby's problems have been injuries and staying on the field though. In 4+ BSA seasons the most games he has played in a season is 127.
Now look break down that first round and find the steal and bust of the round.
The hitter steal of the first round falls to Jersey at 21 in 2B Mike Bryant. Bryant is a 2 time All Star, has finished 2nd in MVP voting 2 seasons in a row. He leads all players in the draft class in HR, RBI, BA, SLG and OPS.
For every steal there is a bust, and unfortunately for Jacksonville that pick came at pick 6. Chris Dawson a powerful 1B out of UNC looked to be at the time a cornerstone at 1B for Jacksonville for the next 12-15 years, but after 3 years in the minors he was traded to Baffin where he would play AAA ball until last year before seeing some action. While he still has talent, at 28 years old with only 6 HR and 21 RBI to his BSA career, at this point he is my first round bust of a hitter.
Other players of note drafted in the first round include OF Carlos Perez (3rd), OF Stu Wilson (8th), C Bryan Sandstrom (9th), OF Al Burrill (11th), OF Antonio Sanchez (17th), IF Tom Jacobson (18th), 3B Luis Alou (19th), OF Rocky Anderson (22nd), and OF Porter Standford (28th).
On the pitching side of things things were a little bit more clouded. Even though Cy Young winner Steve Haynes was picked at #10, my steal of the first round is SP Greg Casey, pick 24, by San Fransisco. The flame thrower spent his first big league season notching 34 saves as the SF closer before being moved to a starter and eventually traded to Hendersonville. Haynes and Casey have matching career records of 44-37.
As for the bust for pitching in the first round, my pick is Rob King, pick 12, by then Somerton out of the Univ. of Georgia. King never became that front line starter Somerton had envisioned and didn't make the big league club until 2013 with New orleans, going 0-6 in 11 starts with an ERA of 7.11. He now pitches in the Toronto Titan's system at the A ball level.
Other pitchers of note in the first round include: Richard White (4th) and Ross Holley (7th).
Drafts are not won in the first round, they are usually the safe picks. Drafts are won by finding those gems in the later rounds. Here's what we found in the 2nd round:
All-Star Catcher Gernot Renner (2nd Round, 6th pick), breakout star OF Domingo Martinez (2nd Round, 11th), former 40 HR man OF Ghebru Olatunji (2nd, 15), CF Jose Estrada (2nd, 19), 2015 ROY 3B/SS Adam Morrow (2nd, 21), and Boston setup man Horace Thomas (2nd, 16th).
The 3rd round is where I find 3 of my Top 5 steals of the overall draft though. How these guys fell so far, no one might ever know. Round 3, pick 14 3B Bryce Hester. Hester leads all players in hits from the 2010 draft class and who has been traded 4 times since being drafted. At pick 27 in Round 3, Kansas City selected 1B Tony Marin. Marin was released by KC before he had the chance to get much playing time and proved everyone he was a player when he hit .323 with 46 HR and 139 last season and finished 2nd in MVP voting.
In a very mundane pitching class the biggest steal of the draft might be then Oklahoma, now Toronto's pick, the 7th pick of the 3rd round. They selected a SP by the name of Mike Haward. Haward is an All Star and a 2 time champion with Hendersonville who leads all pitchers of the 2010 class in wins with 55.
In the 4th round Jersey found in a gem in Russell "The Muscle" Phillips with pick 21 in the round. Phillips was later traded to Sacramento, then to Niagara Falls where he broke out last year with his 40 HR campaign and looks like a legit slugger.
The 4th round also is where current Greenville closer Jorge Valentin was taken by then Sunnyvalle, now New York. In 161 career innings he has an ERA of 2.62 with 30 saves.
In Round 5 with the 10th pick then Haddonfield, now Indy, selected OF Todd Church. Church's first year as a regular was in 2015 where he busted out hitting .327 with 166 hits and 30 doubles for the Lions.
My last gem of the draft was found in Round 7. The 13th pick of the round the then Long Beach Havens, selected out of Oklahoma 1B/OF Robbie McLaughlin. McLaughlin is known as having one of the best eyes in the game combined with good contract and 30+ 2B power to the gaps and that's from a 7th round pick.
Overall there are 17 hitters who have played in 400+ games, 7 players who have 500+ hits and 3 players with 100+ HR. 3 pitchers have 40+ wins, 3 have 20+ saves, we have a Cy Young winner and have been runner up for MVP on 3seperate occasions. Not bad for a class whom most players are 27 or recently turned 28.
Make those draft lists, there are gems and late finds to be found!
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