Thursday, August 14, 2008

Update on Smoak and Darnell

As reported - here- by The Greenville News USC's former 1b Justin Smoak and USC's former 3b James Darnell have some decisions to make...well it seems Darnell has come to terms with San Diego as reported HERE on their site.

Now we await Smoak and his deal closing or will it? - latest update is HERE from the Texas site.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If Smoak doesn't reach an agreement with the Rangers by 12 p.m., he could either go back to the University of South Carolina for his senior season, or he could sign with an independent team.

Anonymous said...

Darnell signed for a $740,000 bonus, according to Baseball America.

Anonymous said...

The Texas Rangers signed first baseman Justin Smoak, the 11th overall pick in the 2008 draft, just prior to the midnight (et) deadline on Friday. No financial terms were disclosed, per club policy.

Anonymous said...

USC’s record-setting star said he signed for more than $3 million.