It appears as if speculation that Lawrie would play in the World Junior Championship before signing with the Brewers was correct, and indeed, he will probably play for the Canadian Olympic team too:

If he is selected for the Olympics in addition to the juniors tournament, Lawrie would get six weeks of top-notch, wooden-bat International competition. He likely would travel from Edmonton to North Carolina around Aug. 4 to catch the end of Team Canada’s “training camp” against Team USA, then would head to Asia for the Olympics. At some point along the line, Lawrie would have to pass a physical and sign his Brewers contract.

Major League teams face an Aug. 15 deadline to sign their Draft picks. Last summer, the first year the signing deadline was in place, many of the top high school picks waited until the final hours to sign, and that could be the case again this year. Unsigned players of interest to the Lawrie camp include No. 15 overall selection Ethan Martin, a high school right-hander from Georgia.

Or is he ineligible once he’s a pro?

Decker, better known as a wide receiver than an outfielder, was nevertheless drafted by the Brewers in the 39th round out of Minnesota. I just talked to him, and as expected, there is pretty much zero chance of him signing.

Courtesy of brewerfan.net:

1s. Jake Odorizzi – $1,060,000
1s. Evan Fredrickson – $1,010,000
2. Cutter Dykstra – $737,000
2. Cody Adams – $653,000
3. Logan Schafer – $404,000
4. Josh Romanski – $247,000
5. Maverick Lasker – $176,000
6. Jose Duran – $131,500
7. Trey Watten – $100,000
8. Erik Komatsu – $130,000
9. Michael Bowman – $85,000
10. Greg Miller – $75,000

Nashville’s Fox affiliate has a video feature on Lintz; it’s not clear that he’s signed, but I kind of assume so given that there’s no other good reason to do the piece now, a month after the draft. At the very least, Lintz talks like being in the organization is a foregone conclusion, so that’s good news.

Also, as I posted in the Callix a few days back, it looks like 41st-round Fullerton SS Joe Scott is an unofficial draft-and-follow, and might sign if he plays well in his Alaska summer league.

In the first game, Post 7 lost 9-5 to the Langley Blaze as Blaze catcher Brett Lawrie, the 2008 No. 16 overall selection by the Milwaukee Brewers, had two three-run home runs in the game.

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Seth Lintz is finally, at long last, signed.

He has a college basketball scholarship, and wasn’t expecting to get drafted.

He pulled out of school recently and returned to Alabama, where he is deciding whether to skip college to play professional baseball.

“I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” said Dedrick, who continues to work out, practicing both basketball and baseball with former Hillcrest teammates.

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Alex Eisenberg at THT with the goods, including video:

Odorizzi has a very short arm action from hand break to when the arm reaches a cocked position; this shortness imparts a sneaky quality to his fastball…the Brewers might want to clean up his arm action-not overhaul it, but make it more efficient…I love Odorizzi’s upside…I love pitchers who are also athletes, and that picture fits Odorizzi…Given the combination of athleticism, three potentially average or better pitches and good command, Odorizzi gives the Brewers excellent value at No. 32.

Grade – B+

I’m not sure what they’re doing at the University of San Francisco, but they seem to excel at finding big left-handed pitchers with poor mechanics and mediocre velocity and turning them into pitchers who can pump out 97-mph fastballs…The mechanics shown in the above video do not generate fastballs in the upper 90s-not even close. Too awkward, too long of an arm action, and too inefficient a chain of kinetic events…However, what did not change in Frederickson was the very poor control…Since the velocity here is so far off from what has been reported, I can’t give Frederickson a grade until I see him as the pitcher he is reputed to be.

Grade – Incomplete

I figured this deserved its own FanShot in addition to being noted here, but Lawrie almost certainly will not sign until near the August 15th deadline now.

Does anybody have/or know of any videos/links to some tapes of brewers draft picks.
i.e. Lawrie, Odorizzi, Dykstra, Frederickson and others.

p.s. $5 to anyone that can find footage of Odorizzi breaking the aluminum bat.

For the first time in Jack Zduriencik’s nine years as scouting director, the Brewers’ first-round pick won’t sign in time to play pro ball this summer. Brett Lawrie, a prep catcher from British Columbia, joined the Canadian Junior National team on Sunday to begin preparing for the world tournament later in the month in Edmonton, Alberta.

Lawrie, 18, also has been selected to play for the Canadian Olympic team that will compete in August in Beijing. That would preclude Lawrie from playing pro ball this year.

"We’d like to have him but we knew this was going to happen," said Zduriencik, who attended the Futures Game. "But he’s playing and playing at a high level. It’s a big event for him and a wonderful thing to participate in.

"His agent is very positive about him wanting to be a Brewer. We’re going to be supportive and watch him play. We’ll have somebody there for all of his games."

The deadline for signing 2008 draft picks is Aug. 15. Because of Lawrie’s national commitments, negotiations probably will not be concluded until that day or just before.

"Talks have been positive and cordial," Zduriencik said. "The sooner we get him signed, the better for us. I think we’re going to be fine. He wants to be a Brewer."

I just got word from 19th-round RHP Blake Billings, from Hillcrest HS in Alabama, that he’s signed and in Arizona. After Lawrie signs, which is a foregone conclusion, the Brewers will have signed their first 26 picks, which is phenomenal work.

30th-rounder Wayne Dedrick signs; he was a high school teammate of 19th-round pick Blake Billings.

The signing deadline is tomorrow, and the only player I know of that for sure isn’t signing is 23-rounder Marcus Knecht

Royals sign Tim Melville. Melville was considered, along with Odorizzi, to be at the top of the signable high school arms.