James Paxton’s attorney, Richard Johnson, claims the University of Kentucky violated Paxton’s rights as a student when they told him he had to sit for an interview with the N.C.A.A.
In an email sent out to the media, Johnson attached his reply to U.K.’s response to his client’s motion for temporary injunction.  This was the formal reply he emailed us about, and [...]

It all started with the Toronto Blue Jays interim president laying out his reasons for missing out on signing their 37th overall pick in the MLB draft this past summer.  Once the Toronto Globe and Mail quoted Paul Beeston in this article, Kentucky left-hander James Paxton’s college baseball career was in jeopardy. 
Beeston was simply explaining to the media why he did not come to [...]

If you take a quick glance at any team’s board on draft day, you’ll learn that great baseball players can come from all ends of the globe. Unlike football and basketball, the National Pastime often sees it stars come from rural areas and smaller schools within the college landscape. While major universities have their fair [...]

Birmingham, Ala. — With the college baseball season fast approaching, BDD Live returns for its first podcast of 2009. Join host Eric SanInocencio as we give you insight and opinion from all over the collegiate landscape as teams prepare for what they hope are season ending trips to
Omaha for the College World Series. Four [...]

The Chicago Cubs announced that the club has agreed to terms with the third selection of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, Josh Vitters.  Vitters, who turns 18 on August 27, graduated from Cypress (Calif.) High School this past June.
The top-ranked position player out of high school by Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus, Vitters was [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks announced they have signed right-handed pitcher Jarrod Parker, their first round pick (ninth overall) in the 2007 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft (reports are for $2.1 million).  Parker, 18, was drafted out of Norwell High School in Bluffton, Ind.
“We are excited to add another quality prospect to our system,” said [...]

Thanks again to BA's Jim Callis…

No. 1 overall pick David Price has officially come to terms with the Devil Rays. Price will receive a $5.6 million bonus as part of a six-year major league contract worth a guaranteed $8.5 million and possibly as much as $11.25 million.
Price’s bonus is the second-largest in draft history, behind [...]

Jonathan Mayo from MILB.com is reporting that the 11th overall pick, Phillippe Aumont, has agreed to terms with the Seattle Mariners. The bonus is for $1.9 million. The Canadian right-hander will receive 100K less than No. 10 pick Madison Bumgarner and about 200K above the suggested 2007 slot.

This just in from Baseball America:
“The Newark Star-Ledger’s Dan Graziano and Ed Price–a former BA staffer, in the interest of full disclosure–have reported that the Yankees have signed their first-round pick, righthander Andrew Brackman. Baseball America has confirmed the contract’s details with another source with knowledge of the deal.The former North Carolina State two-sport talent signed a [...]

The San Francisco Giants have signed their top pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft in left-handed pitcher Madison Bumgarner (10th selection overall).
Bumgarner, a 6-4, 215-pound left hander, helped Hudson's South Caldwell High School to the North Carolina state championship in 2007.  Gatorade's North Carolina Player of the Year posted an 11-2 record with a [...]