FROM CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE
In the June 2008 MLB entry draft, a total of 218 Cape Cod Baseball League graduates were selected by Major League teams. Fourteen of them were chosen in the first round and the 12 who signed became instant millionaires, as did one former CCBL player who was picked in the supplemental round. Versatile Yarmouth-Dennis catcher Buster Posey led the greenbacks parade by pocketing $6,200,000 from the San Francisco Giants. It was the largest bonus paid to any player taken in the 2008 draft of amateur players. In all, the CCBL graduates’ bank balances increased by $27,764,000!
Here’s the list, by the numbers:
No./Round Player CCBL Team Drafted By Signing Bonus
# 5 / 1st Buster Posey Y-D Giants $6.20M
# 7 / 1st Yonder Alonso Brewster Reds $2.00M
# 8 / 1st Gordon Beckham Y-D White Sox $2.60M
# 9 / 1st Aaron Crow Falmouth Nationals Unsigned
# 10 / 1st Jason Castro Y-D Astros $2.07M
# 11 / 1st Justin Smoak Cotuit Rangers $3.50M
# 13 / 1st Brett Wallace Falmouth Cardinals $1.84M
# 17 / 1st David Cooper Brewster Blue Jays $1.50M
# 18 / 1st Ike Davis Wareham Mets $1.575M
# 20 / 1st Josh Fields Y-D Mariners Unsigned
# 21 / 1st Ryan Perry Orleans Tigers $1.48M
# 22 / 1st Reese Havens Cotuit Mets $1.419M
# 23 / 1st Alan Dykstra Chatham Padres $1.15M
# 25 / 1st Christian Friedrich Falmouth Rockies $1.35M
TOTAL IN FIRST ROUND: $26,684,000
# 31 / 1S Shooter Hunt* Falmouth Twins $1.08M
TOTAL FOR FIRST ROUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL ROUND 1: $27,764,000
*-Hunt was the first player selected in the “supplemental” round between Rounds 1 and 2. Three other former Cape Leaguers taken in Round 1S received bonuses of $877,000 or more.
