True Blue LA - 2016 Dodgers 13th-round draft pick, OF Cody ThomasWhere The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2016-06-22T10:36:20-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/117310972016-06-22T10:36:20-07:002016-06-22T10:36:20-07:00Cody Thomas signs his contract<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BG7nuL3GymI/">Cody Thomas signs his&nbsp;contract</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>Dodgers' 13th-round pick Cody Thomas, a two-sport player at Oklahoma, signs his contract with the Dodgers.</p></p></div>
https://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/22/12005382/cody-thomas-signs-his-contractEric Stephen2016-06-17T16:09:36-07:002016-06-17T16:09:36-07:00Dodgers announce 10 draft deals, also sign Thomas
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<figcaption>Dodgers 13th-round pick Cody Thomas played baseball and football at Oklahoma, and two-sport leverage got him a nice bonus to turn pro. | <a href='http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=127257'>Photo: OU Athletics</a></figcaption>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dodgers</a> have signed outfielder Cody Thomas, their 13th-round draft pick and a two-sport player out of Oklahoma, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/743923574122160128">per Jim Callis of MLB.com</a>. In addition, the club made official the signings of 10 more picks, including <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/16/11936174/gavin-lux-contract-dodgers-first-round-mlb-draft-bonus-pool?_ga=1.265272075.585467274.1464630106">the already-reported deal with first-round shortstop Gavin Lux</a>.</p>
<p>Thomas will receive a $300,000 bonus, per Callis, which means $200,000 will count against the bonus pool. There are no allotted slot amounts for picks outside of the first 10 rounds, but any bonus amount over $100,000 for players drafted from rounds 11 through 40 counts against <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/7/11874580/mlb-draft-2016-dodgers-signing-bonus-pool">the bonus pool</a>.</p>
<p>Callis also reported two more signing bonuses.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">7th-rder Luke Raley signs w/<a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers">@Dodgers</a> for $150k (pick 221 = $187,400). OF, top D-II pick in <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBDraft">@MLBDraft</a>, 2nd ever from Lake Erie (Ryan Rua).</p>
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/743985994463076352">June 18, 2016</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">8th-rder Andre Scrubb signs w/<a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers">@Dodgers</a> for $125k (pick 251 = $175,100). High Point RHP, 6-4/275, up to 95, good curve. <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBDraft">@MLBDraft</a></p>
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/743986271069048834">June 18, 2016</a>
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<p>For the Dodgers, that means with the seven known signing bonuses to date the club is $125,100 over slot, which would be 1.30 percent of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/9/11879830/2016-mlb-draft-tracker-dodgers-picks">their total $9,336,500 pool</a>. If a team goes five percent over, the penalty is 75 percent of the overage amount plus the loss of a future draft pick, something no team has done since this system was implemented in 2012.</p>
<p>The Dodgers can go up to $466,824 over their pool amount (provided they sign all of their first 12 picks) with no draft pick loss, but only a 75-percent tax on the overage.</p>
<p>The Dodgers on Friday also officially announced signings of second-rounder <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/10/11901402/mitchell-white-2016-mlb-draft-dodgers-second-round">Mitchell White</a>, fourth-rounder <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/10/11907660/dodgers-2016-mlb-draft-dj-peters-fourth-round">D.J. Peters</a>, seventh-rounder <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/13/11927906/dodgers-2016-mlb-draft-luke-raley-seventh-round">Luke Raley</a>, ninth-rounder <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/13/11927976/dodgers-2016-mlb-draft-anthony-gonsolin-ninth-round">Anthony Gonsolin</a>, 15th-rounder <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/13/11916586/2016-mlb-draft-brayan-morales-dodgers-15th-round">Brayan Morales</a>, 24th-round outfielder Saige Jenco out of Virginia Tech, 25th-round right-handed pitcher Chandler Eden of Texas Tech, 27th-round left-handed pitcher Austin French out of Brown and 28th-round right-handed pitcher Jacob Perkins out of Division III Ferrum College in Virginia.</p>
<p>Thomas was not among the picks made official by the Dodgers.</p>
<p>Among the first 10 rounds, deals for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/15/11942880/mlb-draft-2016-mitch-white-signed-dodgers-2nd-round">White</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/10/11907660/dodgers-2016-mlb-draft-dj-peters-fourth-round">Peters</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/lraley00/">Raley</a> have already been reported. The new one is Gonsolin, whose <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/7/11874580/mlb-draft-2016-dodgers-signing-bonus-pool">slot value at pick No. 281 is $163,400</a>.</p>
<p>To date the only unsigned Dodgers picks in the top 10 rounds are No. 32 overall pick <span>Will Smith</span>, No. 36 selection Jordan Sheffield and fifth-round pick Devin Smeltzer. The club has only announced seven of the nine deals, with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/11/11909862/dustin-may-bonus-dodgers-mlb-draft-2016-third-round">Dustin May (third round)</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/16/11961872/andre-scrubb-contract-dodgers-2016-mlb-draft">Kevin Lachance (10th)</a> agreements not yet made official.</p>
<p>To date, the Dodgers have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/mlb-draft/2016/6/9/11879830/2016-mlb-draft-tracker-dodgers-picks">signed 21 of their 42 draft picks</a>, with 18 officially announced by the club.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2016/6/17/11966976/cody-thomas-contract-dodgers-2016-mlb-draftEric Stephen2016-06-12T09:00:03-07:002016-06-12T09:00:03-07:00Dodgers draft 2-sport athlete Thomas in 13th round
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> selected outfielder Cody Thomas in the 13th round of the 2016 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb-draft">MLB Draft</a>, a validation of the former two-sport high school star in Texas who chose baseball over football this season at the University of Oklahoma.</p>
<p>The 6'4 Thomas, a left-handed batter and right-handed thrower, hit .299/.354/.556 with six home runs and eight doubles in 40 games as a junior, his first time in three years at Oklahoma that he really played much baseball.</p>
<p>"He could be a monster," Sooners coach Pete <a target="new" href="http://newsok.com/article/5498950">Hughes told John Helsley of The Oklahoman in May</a>. "He's committed to this thing."</p>
<p>But it wasn't always that way.</p>
<p>Thomas was a two-sport star at Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas, and was ranked as the <a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/the-west-gets-richer/#gYuh7lvaxYXGtZBP.97" target="_blank">165th-best draft prospect by Baseball America</a>. But with a commitment to play both the outfield in baseball and quarterback in football at Oklahoma, he had a lot of leverage. Thomas was drafted in the 30th round of the 2013 draft by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">Yankees</a>, but instead chose to enroll in school.</p>
<p>He was just 1-for-12 in 14 games as a freshman for the baseball team, and in 2014 the backup quarterback for the football team, starting three times.</p>
<p>In 2015, <a href="http://newsok.com/article/5390205" target="_blank">he quit the baseball team to focus on football</a>, trying to win the open quarterback competition. But that job ultimately went to Baker Mayfield, and the entirety of Thomas' contribution in 2015 consisted of two games and three pass attempts, completing one.</p>
<p>So in January, Thomas <a href="http://newsok.com/article/5474426" target="_blank">reversed course and quit football to focus solely on baseball</a>, and that decision seems to have paid off. Possibly literally, should he sign with the Dodgers.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6639995/cody-thomas-batting-2016-draft-ou-athletics.0.jpg"><br><font size="-2"><i>Photo Credit: OU Athletics</i></font></p>
<p>Thomas was with the Sooners at the Dodgertown College Baseball Classic on March 6, but did not play.</p>
<p>The Dodgers have drafted two players from the University of Oklahoma who made the majors — outfielder and future longtime <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a> announcer Joe Simpson in the third round in 1973, and future Stuntmen member Mickey Hatcher in the fifth round in 1977.</p>
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