In this breaking Astros rumors and news update, the Houston Astros have failed to sign #1 overall draft pick Brady Aiken after the two sides couldn't come to terms on a long-term agreement.
Per ESPN's Jim Bowden, in addition to missing out on the 17-year-old lefty, the Astros also failed to ink two other draft picks before today's deadline:
Team officials guesstimated this week that if Brady Aiken was a free agent, he'd get something in the range of $30m-$40m. What a system.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 18, 2014
According to Jim Callis of MLB.com, the Astros will receive the #2 overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft as compensation:
Baseball source: @Astros did not sign Aiken or Nix either. Houston gets No. 2 overall pick next year. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 18, 2014
Aiken has a standing offer from UCLA to play collegiate ball there for the next four years, provided that he decides to go the university route:
UCLA Wins! They get Brady Aiken next year if he goes to college #UCLA @UCLA
— JIM BOWDEN (@JimBowdenESPNxm) July 18, 2014
As reported by Callis, the Houston Astros offered Aiken at least 40% of his slot value ($3,168,840), thus handing the #2 pick to the Astros as compensation. Additional reports indicate that the Astros upped their offer to somewhere in the $5 million range. However, Aiken did not accept, making him the third #1 overall pick in MLB history to refuse to sign.
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