Nolan Reimold selected in 2nd round!

factman · Post by **factman** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:05 pm

UK-
I'll try this one more time. Next year, Nolan will have NO options, so when he is drafted, they wouldn't have to offer him ANY signing bonus, because he doesn't have the option of staying in school and playing another year of college baseball. If you want to believe he will stay at BG, go right ahead
(and I hope you are right), but believe me......IT WILL NOT HAPPEN!!!
He could move up to the first round next year, but even if he did, they still would not have to offer any singning bonus, because he can't go back and play at BG another year and would reenter the draft in 2006, thus the Orioles would lose him if he isn't signed. There are no good options for him, no matter what they offer in 2006, other than sitting out, and I don't consider that good, as it doesn't pay much. That is just the way baseball works. If you are drafted in the late rounds (30-60) you might be able to improve yourself with a GREAT season, but a second rounder, could never make up the lost money.
Did I do any better that time?

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:46 pm

I understood what you were saying, just wasn't fully convinced by the argument. It's all fine and dandy, but you seemed to be convinced that Nolan would not be offered a signing bonus just because he is a senior and has no other options but to go pro. Teams are not likely to screw him over as has been evident from the fair market value deals that players have received over the past years regardless of whether they are seniors, juniors or high school players. Draft position is what commands your signing bonus and subsequernt contract, not experience level. Nolan obviously projects to the next level by Baltimore, hence if he came back to BG he would likley have even more interest from other teams. Plus, your sitting out assumption has proven to be incorrect as we have seen from the Scott Boras's players who have held out and been "punished" by Major League teams with record breaking signing bonuses and contracts for minor leaguers. As much as I hate Boras, he has made it that players drafted high in the first year draft can obtain outrageous bonuses and contracts. The way Nolan would hurt himself is if he would drop in draft position, which could easily happen or he could very well put himself into the first round. Regardless, he takes a calculated risk either way. Take the money now, or put it off in the hope of greater dividends. All of this said, I do believe he is likely to go pro, otherwise Baltimore wouldn't have been so eager to draft him ahead of the projections. Still, I can have reservations and hopes that he will stay, no matter how unlikey it may seem.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:29 pm

Congrats Nolan!!! I'd love to have him back for one more year but it isn't going to happen.

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:43 am

On WSPD's newsbreak this morning they said Reimold was a left-handed pitcher? I sent them an email when I got into work, so hopefully they got it corrected!

Good luck Nolan! Hopefully we will see you up with the Orioles in the not too distant future!

factman · Post by **factman** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:46 am

The CBS draft site had him listed that way too.......don't you just love news services!

dduncan · Post by **dduncan** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:03 am

I'm looking for Andy Hudak to get drafted sometime today. I highly doubt he will go undrafted. Unless he was signed by someone already. He's a free agent and I assume that if he gets drafted, his free agency no longer exists. They finished 18 rounds yesterday.

8 playes from the state of Ohio got drafted yesterday:

2 round: Nolan Reimold, OF, BG, Baltimore
4 round: Justin Thomas, P, Youngstown St, Seattle
7 round: Jon Niese, P, Defiance HS, NY Mets
10 round: Courtney Billingslea, P, Sinclar CC, NY Mets
12 round: Craig Stammen, P, U of Dayton, Washington
13 round Jay Johnson, OF, Xavier, Boston
14 round: David Duncan (no, it's not me), P, New Richmond HS, Minnesota
18 round: Chad Wagler, P, Kent St, San Fran

Duncan was ranked the #1 prospect. Looks like he'll be going to Georgia Tech, unless Minnesota decides to throw some $ his way.

duckunder53 · Post by **duckunder53** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:42 am

This is the list that I had of players drafted that are associated with Ohio. Just a couple of extra players that you missed.

#61. Nolan Reimold (BGSU), RF, Baltimore Orioles

#97. Matt Maloney (Ole Miss/Huron HS), LHP, Philadelphia Phillies

#102. Jensen Lewis (Vandy/Cin. Anderson HS), RHP, Cleveland Indians

#113. Justin Thomas (YSU/Oregon Clay HS), LHP, Seattle Mariners

#209. Jonathan Niese (Defiance HS), LHP, New York Mets

#299. Courtney Billingslea (Sinclair CC), LF, New York Mets

#322. Michael Penn (Michigan/Columbus Worthington Christian HS), RHP, Kansas City Royals

#354. Craig Stammen (Dayton U./Versailles HS), RHP, Washington Nationals

#408. Jay Johnson (Xavier Univ.), CF, Boston Red Sox

#435. David Duncan (New Richmond HS), LHP, Minnesota Twins

#463. Brad Coon (Trevecca Nazarene Univ./Eastlake North HS), CF, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

#552. Chad Wagler (Kent State U./Lake HS), RHP, San Fran. Giants

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:04 pm

Wheewww...At least Kevin Leady will be a Falcon for 3 years!

kslates · Post by **kslates** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:23 pm

JoeFalcon wrote:Wheewww...At least Kevin Leady will be a Falcon for 3 years!

You were worried about him being drafted??

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:53 am

From the Baltimore Orioles website on Nolan:

With the second-round pick, the Orioles selected right fielder Nolan Reimold from Bowling Green State University. He hit .360 with 20 homers and 62 RBIs for the Falcons and was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. The 21-year-old Reimold could develop into one of the organization's top power prospects. He is 6-foot-4 and growing into his 205-pound frame.

"He is a big, strong athletic kid with a plus arm," Orioles scouting director Joe Jordan said. "He profiles in right field. He does bring some power to the game. He's got a chance to be an impact type player and he definitely has the physical ability."

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp ... p&c_id=bal

Also, I was unaware that Nolan had taken an agent. That would have been nice to know throughout this whole thread.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /506080430

Falconboy · Post by **Falconboy** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:26 pm

You would think that if Nolan thinks he has a good chance of playing in MLB next season or very soon he probably will be gone for sure. But, if he has no chance of playing on a MLB team anytime soon and would be trecking through Minor League teams for a while , you would think he might lean towards returning. I don't , maybaye thats just what I would do.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:47 pm

falconboy wrote:You would think that if Nolan thinks he has a good chance of playing in MLB next season or very soon he probably will be gone for sure. But, if he has no chance of playing on a MLB team anytime soon and would be trecking through Minor League teams for a while , you would think he might lean towards returning. I don't , maybaye thats just what I would do.

The way baseball works you will be trekking through the minor leagues almost no matter what. He is probably best served to start that trek now, rather than later. Throughout a minor league career the oftentimes most valuable stat to an organization is age. If you're performing in league Y at age Z. If Z is greater than the average age for league Y then you get docked points. If Z is less than the average age for league Y you're considered a legit prospect. Either way there is almost no chance for Reimold to be playing in MLB next season. His best case scenario is probably for a late season call up in '07, with a chance for full time in '08.

I heard Nolan on 1470 the other day and it certainly sounded as though he'll be going pro. He talked how he has played in a summer league in Kansas to get experience with wooden bats, so he doesn't expect that to be a hangup to his potential (transition to wooden bats is a big change for some hitters).

dduncan · Post by **dduncan** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:31 pm

The way baseball works you will be trekking through the minor leagues almost no matter what. He is probably best served to start that trek now, rather than later. Throughout a minor league career the oftentimes most valuable stat to an organization is age. If you're performing in league Y at age Z. If Z is greater than the average age for league Y then you get docked points. If Z is less than the average age for league Y you're considered a legit prospect. Either way there is almost no chance for Reimold to be playing in MLB next season. His best case scenario is probably for a late season call up in '07, with a chance for full time in '08.

That's exactly right, and may be another reason why Andy Hudak didn't get drafted. Andy is already 2 years older than Nolan and isn't really a step ahead, skill wise. I'm sure Andy will sign with someone, but will be given a short leash to prove himself in the minors compared to Nolan, who the O's will be giving a big bonus to.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:51 am

You were worried about him being drafted??

Yes, he was listed in another thread as a Top 30 prospect in the state of Ohio and was speculated to possibly go in the draft.

dduncan · Post by **dduncan** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:19 am

Here's a good word from Jim Callis, at Baseball America on Reimold:

What did you hear regarding Orioles second-round pick Nolan Reimold before the draft? He appears to be one of the earliest overdrafts, considering he went 61st overall and wasn't on BA's Top 200 Prospects list. However, I did notice that BA had two blog notes on the kid, so someone was following him. On a larger scale, how did first-year Baltimore scouting director Joe Jordan do in his first draft?

Adam Forster
New York

The Orioles didn't overdraft Reimold, a Bowling Green State outfielder who was left off our Top 200 because of bad timing more than anything else. He homered 12 times in his first 28 games this spring, establishing himself as a solid third- to fifth-rounder. But when area scouts called crosscheckers and scouting directors in to see him, Reimold apparently caught draftitis and tried to hit every pitch out of the park. He hit just two homers in a 14-game stretch, the top-level scouts weren't impressed and when we completed our Top 200 in mid-May, Reimold didn't belong.

Shipping the Top 200 in our Draft Preview to our printer coincided with Reimold snapping out of his funk. He closed the season by hitting .480 with six homers in his final eight games, bringing his season totals to .360-20-62. He can do more than just punish pitchers, running well for his size (6-foot-4, 205 pounds) and showing solid tools across the board.

In the weekend before the draft, as we were trying to project the first round, we heard Reimold mentioned as a possible supplemental first-rounder for a couple of clubs. Had we redone the Top 200 at this point, he would have ranked in the 75-125 range.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/co ... askba.html

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