Tigers Near Record Deal With Porcello

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Tigers ink Rick Porcello, irritate Selig
Published 8/14/2007 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
... The deal appears to be for something north of $7 million and Baseball America reports that it is a Major League contract. This is significant, more significant than the money, because it means that Porcello is placed on the 40 man roster immediately. And with that comes an option year this season. But I believe due to his age at time of signing, he’ll get a 4th option year meaning that the Tigers won’t have to put him on the big league roster until 2011. ...

Rasmus injured and the Cardinals sign Zawacki
Published 8/14/2007 by whiteyball at Whiteyball
... Baseball America is reporting that the Tigers are on the verge of signing Rick Porcello to a $7.7 million contract.  I know most really wanted Porcello when the Cards’ picked, myself included, but that money is totally ridiculous. ...

Tigers Sign Porcello; Are the Tigers the New Yankees?
Published 8/14/2007 by Scott Warheit at Quo Vadimus
... or $7.7 million guaranteed. Either way, it's a record breaking contract, the most money paid to a prep prospect ever (surpassing Josh Beckett's $7.0 million deal in 1999). Not only that, but the Tigers ...

Draft signing grumblings
Published 8/14/2007 by Mike A. at River Ave. Blues
... Rick Porcello is about to become a very, very rich man kid. There’s a chance ...

Porcello getting a major league deal
Published 8/14/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
The Tigers are reportedly on the verge of signing Rick Porcello to a major league contract worth $7.7 million. ...

That's A Lot Of Mozzarella
Published 8/14/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... Baseball owners will begin gathering in Toronto today for meetings Wednesday and Thursday and I'm guessing that Mike Illitch of the Tigers will be the least popular person in the room. Not because Little Caeser's makes a crummy pizza but because his Tigers are making life very difficult for the rest of baseball. For the fourth straight year they've gone above the recommended bonus for their first-round pick, handing high-school pitcher Rick Porcello the fourth-highest guarantee in history this time around. ...

Tuesday Morning Rockpile: Those Guys?
Published 8/14/2007 by Russ <info@purplerow.com> at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... The Tigers will reportedly sign Rick Porcello to the richest deal ever given to a high schooler. A major league contract for four years, $7.7M -- no reason to think the Rockies organization would have given that amount out. Not that that is a bad thing. Is it really prudent to hand out that amount of money? ...

Pickoff Moves
Published 8/14/2007 by Rob at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... "It's different than New York." Matthews said. "Yankees fans are passionate about their team, but they're a little more couth, they have a little more class than Boston fans. At least in New York, they appreciate guys who play the game hard and play the game right, and they let you know it. In Boston, they just smash you for three straight days, they're just dogging you the whole time." Rick Porcello Signs $7.7M/4-Year ML Deal; Will It Affect The Angels And Matt Harvey? Rick Porcello signed a $7.7M/4-year major league deal with the Tigers, eclipsing Josh Beckett's $7M major league deal of a few years ago, and the biggest deal for a high school pitcher ever. Unfortunately, this virtually guarantees that ...

Rick Porcello Gets His Tiger Stripes
Published 8/14/2007 by Ian Casselberry <info@blessyouboys.com> at Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts
... Last night, the team reached an agreement with ...

Porcello Signs with Tigers
Published 8/14/2007 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
... This is a great addition for Detroit, but it’s got to be something of a slap in the face of Selig and MLB, which recommended a signing bonus of $1.17 million for the 27th pick this year. Of course, you could argue that Porcello slipped so far because of his reported demands. And that brings us to the uncomfortable question of why, exactly, MLB even has a draft… ...

Blink
Published 8/15/2007 by Craig Brown at Royals Authority
... Last week, I wrote a rather optimistic post about the process and how I wasn’t too worried that this drama was going down to the wire. But in light of reports that Detroit is paying Rick Porcellio $7 million for four years kind of throws all my feel-good theories right out the window. The contract supposedly carries a $3.5 million bonus, well above the recommended $1.17 million bonus for the 27th overall pick in the draft. Of course, we all knew that Porcello was going to get more than slot money. For one thing he’s represented by Lucifer Scott Boras. And Porcello was thought to be the best high school arm in the draft who could go as high as second overall. But teams were scared of his demands so he dropped all the way to the Tigers. ...

Scouting Report: Rick Porcello
Published 4/4/2008 by kileymcd at SaberScouting
Rick Porcello By Kiley McDaniel I was able to make it out to see arguably the top pitching prospect in baseball last night on minor league opening day. The Lakeland Flying Tigers (why they’re flying, nobody knows) opened their Florida State League season versus the Tampa Yankees at Legends Field and I was able to get a good look at RHP Rick Porcello. Porcello was considered the top prep arm in the 2007 Draft and the best prep arm since Josh Beckett–and he was paid as such, receiving a $7 million dollar big league deal with a $3.5 million bonus . Since he signed, the buzz has ...