Cubs 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft Negotiation List (Updated 7/8)
Players selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft (MLB Rule 4 Draft) are placed on a club's Negotiation List.
The Cubs signed 29 of the 41 players they selected in the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft (MLB Rule 4 Draft).
In most cases, a player selected by a club in the Rule 4 Draft will remain on the club's Negotiation List until either the player signs or until the signing deadline (whichever comes first), and if a club does not sign a Rule 4 Draft pick by the deadline (5 PM Eastern on Friday 7/7 in 2017), the player is removed from the club's Negotiation List and becomes eligible for selection again in the next Rule 4 Draft in which the player would be eligible for selection. The exception to this rule is any college senior with no baseball eligibility left. This class of player remains on the club's Negotiation List until the player signs or until one week prior to the next Rule 4 Draft (whichever comes first). The Cubs signed all of their 2017 draft picks who have no college eligiility left, so no players will remain on the Negotriation List beyond July 7th.
A player selected in the Rule 4 Draft will be declared a free-agent if he is not offered a contract by the signing deadline.
Also, any player eligible for selection in the Rule 4 Draft who is not drafted ("Non-Drafted Free-Agent" or "NDFA") can sign with any club after the conclusion of the draft any time up until one week prior to the next Rule 4 Draft, unless and until the NDFA enrolls in a junior college or four-year college, in which case MLB Rule 4 Draft eligibility rules apply.
A player selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft or a Rule 4 eligible NDFA cannot be signed to a Major League contract.
A player selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft or a Rule 4 eligible NDFA can be "Signed for Future Service" (contract is for the following season) if the player signs a contract after July 1st.
CUBS 2016 RULE 4 DRAFT NEGOTIATION LIST (updated 7-8-2017):
Brendon Little, LHP (FSC - Manatee-Sarasota) - JC SOPH - SIGNED
Alex Lange, RHP (LSU) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Cory Abbott, RHP (Loyola Marymount) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Keegan Thompson, RHP (Auburn) - COLLEGE SR (REDSHIRT JR) - SIGNED
Erich Uelman, RHP (Cal Poly - SLO) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Nelson Velazquez, OF (PJ Education School - Carolina, PR) - HIGH SCHOOL - SIGNED
Jeremiah Estrada, RHP (Palm Desert HS - Palm Desert, CA) - HIGH SCHOOL - SIGNED
Ricky Tyler Thomas, LHP (Fresno State) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Austin Filiere, 3B (MIT) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Chris Carrier, OF (U. of Memphis) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Brian Glowicki, RHP (U. of Minnesota) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Rollie Lacy, RHP (Creighton) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Ben Hecht, RHP (Wichita State) - COLLEGE SR (REDSHIRT JR) - SIGNED
Austin Upshaw, 1B (Kennesaw State) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Luis Vazquez, SS (Alberto Melendez Torres School - Orocovis, PR) - HIGH SCHOOL- SIGNED
Jared Young, 2B (Old Dominion) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Brandon Hughes, CF (Michigan State) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Peyton Remy, RHP (Central Arizona JC) - JC SOPH - SIGNED
Casey Ryan, RHP (U. of Hawai'i) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Chris Singleton, CF (Charleston Southern) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Brendan King, RHP (Holy Cross) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Sean Barry, RHP (U. of San Diego) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Skyler Messinger, SS (Niwot HS - Niwot, CO) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND U. of Kansas
Brady Miller, RHP (Western Oregon) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
Braxton Light, RHP (Wallace State CC) - JC SOPH - SIGNED
Mitch Stophel, RHP (King University) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Bryce Bonnin, RHP (Barbers Hill HS - Mont Belvieu, TX) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND U. of Arkansas
Darius Vines, RHP (Oxnard JC) - JC FR - WILL RETURN TO Oxnard JC
Kier Meredith, CF (Robert B. Glenn HS - Kernersville, NC) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND Clemson
Jake Steffens, RHP (Santa Clara) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Cam Balego, SS (Mercyhurst) - COLLEGE SR - SIGNED
Ramsey Romano, SS (Long Beach State) - COLLEGE SR (REDSHIRT JR) - SIGNED
Hunter Ruth, RHP (Buchholz HS - Gainesville, FL) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND U. of Florida
Joe Donovan, C (Westmont HS - Westmont, IL) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND U. of Michigan
Andrew Karp, RHP (Florida State) - COLLEGE JR (REDSHIRT SOPH) - WILL RETURN TO Florida State
Ben Ramirez, 3B (Eastlake HS - Chula Vista, CA) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND USC
Tanner Allen, CF (UMS-Wright Prep) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND Mississippi State
Alex Cornwell, LHP (Maranatha HS - Pasadena, CA) - HIGH SCHOOL- WILL ATTEND USC
Russell Smith, LHP (Midlothian HS - Midlothian, TX) - HIGH SCHOOL - WILL ATTEND TCU
Cooper Coldiron, 2B (U. of Houston) - COLLEGE SR (REDSHIRT JR) - WILL RETURN TO U. of Houston
Jeffrey Passantino, RHP (Lipscomb) - COLLEGE JR - SIGNED
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