Italiano signs...
Dunno if this has been posted, but I don't see a diary on it, so here you go.
"The A's announced that they have signed their second-round selection from the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, right-handed pitcher Craig Italiano.
Italiano, who attended Flower Mound High School in Texas, was selected with the second round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers as compensation for the loss of free agent Damian Miller. Italiano, whom A's scouting director Eric Kubota said had "maybe the best high school arm in the country this year," will report to rookie ball in Arizona.
The A's have signed 29 of their first 33 selections from the draft."
Good news. Now, if we can just convince Smoak to join our new crowd...
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Awesome.
by Kyli on Jul 8, 2005 8:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Great news
Hes going to Arizona though, I guess you wont be able to add a new head Saint.
by pickinmachine on Jul 8, 2005 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just need Smoak and Buck now, really. :)
by rookieoftheyear on Jul 8, 2005 8:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That would be ideal...
by ZeroIndulgence on Jul 8, 2005 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...and Mazzaro
by gojohn10 on Jul 8, 2005 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hsnt
by Zonis on Jul 8, 2005 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clarificaion
by gojohn10 on Jul 8, 2005 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard about it during the game
by OaklandSi on Jul 8, 2005 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
News on Smoak
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/sports/12080958.htm
Posted on Fri, Jul. 08, 2005
USC signee Smoak denies reaching deal with A's
Despite published reports that the Oakland A's have met former Stratford standout Justin Smoak's signing-bonus demand, the all-state first baseman and USC signee said Thursday he has had no recent contact with A's officials and intends to enroll at USC next month.
Smoak, who plummeted to the 16th round of the draft after saying a $1 million bonus would persuade him to skip college, said he last spoke to A's general manager Billy Beane "two or three weeks" ago when he reaffirmed his desire to play college baseball.
"I told him I really wanted to go to school and that I really wanted to play at South Carolina," said Smoak, who had been projected as high as a late-first-round pick. "I didn't feel like stressing out about it all summer and waiting to the last minute."
Smoak, who said he recently went through student orientation at USC, batted .558 with 18 home runs during his senior year at Stratford. He is playing this summer for the South Carolina Diamond Devils.
"I doubt I'll hear back from (the A's)," he said. "In August, right now, I'm going to South Carolina."
-- Kent Babb
by pogues on Jul 8, 2005 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Smoak
Anything is possible, and Smoak's statement was certainly not Shermanesque, but I wouldn't count on him signing with the A's based on his statements.
There's a reason he fell so far in the draft. It was worth a shot, though.
I assume the A's are confident about signing the others, and there don't seem to be any hitches.
by bear88 on Jul 9, 2005 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was worth a flier...
Because in a year's time, he'll be worth more.
by Ozzz on Jul 9, 2005 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless
Red Barber, announcer
by Furious George on Jul 9, 2005 1:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But...
by secret ASian man on Jul 9, 2005 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check your source
All is not lost. Time will tell.
by Hang Man on Jul 9, 2005 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But then...
by Ozzz on Jul 9, 2005 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh well.
by Kyli on Jul 9, 2005 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs






















