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With fewer than two weeks to go before the First-Year Player Draft signing deadline, there are only 12 first-round picks who have signed with their respective teams. That leaves 20 unsigned picks with roughly 12 days to go before the clock on signing these highly touted prospects expires. It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that those figures add up to an exciting and nail-biting conclusion to the Draft signing period.
It officially ends at the end of the day on Monday, Aug. 17 -- technically, according to the Commissioner's Office, at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 18 -- and if the brief history of the August signing deadline is any indication, many of these deals won't come until the final minutes -- even seconds -- as the clock strikes midnight. If that's the case, the Commissioner's Office will have even more paperwork to do than in year's past.
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18. Chad James, Florida Marlins: There's been little to nothing reported on this front for some time, but it might come down to that suggested 10 percent slot cut. His father, Duane, told the Daily Oklahoman in mid-July, "What he's asking is within 10 percent of what was paid to that pick last year. His is in line with what's there."
It officially ends at the end of the day on Monday, Aug. 17 -- technically, according to the Commissioner's Office, at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 18 -- and if the brief history of the August signing deadline is any indication, many of these deals won't come until the final minutes -- even seconds -- as the clock strikes midnight. If that's the case, the Commissioner's Office will have even more paperwork to do than in year's past.
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18. Chad James, Florida Marlins: There's been little to nothing reported on this front for some time, but it might come down to that suggested 10 percent slot cut. His father, Duane, told the Daily Oklahoman in mid-July, "What he's asking is within 10 percent of what was paid to that pick last year. His is in line with what's there."
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