Wow! Opportunity knocks!
NDSU Senior RHP Jay Flaa drafted in the 6th round by the Baltimore Orioles. Senior sign.....
Printable View
Wow! Opportunity knocks!
NDSU Senior RHP Jay Flaa drafted in the 6th round by the Baltimore Orioles. Senior sign.....
2014 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made 15 appearances with one start on the mound for North Dakota State ... Pitched 26 innings and compiled an ERA of 6.58 with 29 strikeouts and 12 walks ... Posted a record of 2-2 ... Allowed 19 earned runs on 38 hits ... Struck out a season-high four batters at Northern Colorado on March 9.
2013 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Went 1-1 with a 4.75 ERA and logged 36 1/3 innings in 13 appearances ... Earned a spot in the weekend rotation and made five starts over the last half of the Summit League schedule ... Pitched seven innings for a win over Fort Wayne allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts ... Matched a season-high with four strikeouts in the first Summit League championship game but lost 2-0 to South Dakota State after going 7 1/3 innings without a walk and just six singles.
2012 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the entire season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
2011 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., a Division II program in the Northern Sun conference ... Started 10 games for the Marauders with a 1-7 record and 9.49 ERA ... Walked 41 and struck out 39 batters in 49 1/3 innings ... Pitched six innings of one-hit ball with one unearned run and a season-high nine strikeouts in a 12-1 win over Minnesota-Crookston ... Pitched a nine-inning complete game at Minnesota Duluth in a 4-3 loss.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2010 from Mandan High School ... Led the Braves to the Class A state championship on his home field as a senior, hitting a three-run double that provided the eventual winning runs ... All-conference, all-state, and all-state tournament selection ... Played American Legion baseball for the Mandan Chiefs, going 11-1 with two saves and a 1.80 ERA for the state championship team in 2011 ... Also played basketball in high school.
PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Carol Flaa of Mandan ... Has an older brother, Brent ... Played for the Walla Walla Sweets in the West Coast League in the summer of 2014 ... Majoring in business administration.
http://www.gobison.com/roster.aspx?r...&path=baseball
2015 - 1-1 record, 3.79 ERA, 14 apps, 35.2 IP, 54 SO, 24 H, 15 ER, 16 BB, .194 BA against
Congrats Jay. Best of luck to you and your dream of professional baseball.
Baseball America scouting report:
Quote:
Scouting Report:
A senior righthander, Flaa was North Dakota State's top reliever for a team that won just 20 games this season. He pitches off an 88-91 mph fastball and puts hitters away with a hard upper-70s slider that's a swing-and-miss offering. He had 58 strikeouts in 29 innings the previous summer in the West Coast Collegiate League, then had 54 in 36 innings in the spring for the Bison.
Beverages on Mr Flaa tonight! The draft slot bonus for Baltimore to spend right here in the 6th round is $232,600Quote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
Oh wait..........gotta see if that is what they are offering. A lot of these teams draft seniors with a much lower bonus amount agreed upon, so the team can spend the money on players with high price tags.
Some of the bonus amounts for senior signs are as low as $5000, even $1000.
The Orioles' picks so far:
1 25 Orioles D.J. Stewart OF Florida State FL
1 36 Orioles Ryan Mountcastle SS Hagerty HS, Oviedo, Fla. FL
2 68 Orioles Jonathan Hughes RHP Flowery Branch (Ga.) HS GA
3 102 Orioles Garrett Cleavinger LHP Oregon OR
4 133 Orioles Ryan McKenna OF St. Thomas Aquinas HS, Dover, N.H. NH
5 163 Orioles Jason Heinrich OF River Ridge HS, New Port Richey, Fla. FL
6 193 Orioles Jay Flaa RHP North Dakota State
congrats to flaa.
pretty crazy how a severe headcold when coming through ellis island can impact generations to follow.
I'm just wondering why his ancestors didn't finish writing their last name. Needs a "gan" at the end. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NDB2
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/o...609-story.html
While I hope Flaa gets his entire slot amount ($232,000), this article gives some clues as to where the money is going. Especially the 7th round pick, high school RHP Gray Fenter. He is mentioned as needing 1st day money to sign, so I wouldn't be surprised to see money shifted from the 2 senior draftees, perhaps one or two others. The top picks don't look to need extra money, in fact the 2nd rd pick was a surprise, so that draft slot may also be a source of funds for elsewhere.Quote:
A pair of college seniors — right-hander Jay Flaa of North Dakota State (sixth round) and left-hander Reid Love of East Carolina (10th round) complete the haul for the second day.
Rajsich said he didn't expect any issues signing the 11 players selected so far. Major League Baseball recommends signing bonus figures for each draft slot in the first 10 rounds. The Orioles have $6,850,400 allotted for signing bonuses,
with a small overage allowed before they face penalties.
If a player signs for less than his pick's slot value, the team can reassign it. Players selected after the 10th round can sign for a maximum of $100,000, with any overage taken off the bonus pool for the first 10 rounds.
http://m.orioles.mlb.com/news/articl...day-2-of-draftQuote:
Orioles select high-upside arms on Day 2 of Draft
Quote:
The Orioles continued to look for undervalued arms with high upsides during Day 2 of the Draft on Tuesday.
In the sixth round, the O's selected right-hander Jay Flaa from North Dakota State University. Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 225 pounds, he went 1-1 with a 3.79 ERA in 14 appearances, striking out 54 over 35 2/3 innings. Flaa was the 193rd pick overall...........
Jay Flaa was on with Jack Michaels radio show yesterday. I was able to listen to some of it. He is extremely excited to be getting a chance to live out a dream. I wish him all the best. Kids out there should take note that never give up on your dreams. Jay is getting his chance in Baseball and look at all the football and basketball players from NDSU getting their chances as well. If you never reach for the stars you will never grasp them.
Flaa is more common than Flaagan. Flaa is Norwegian for bog or swamp.Quote:
Originally Posted by bri-dog
Yes. And "gan" means creature. Sounds about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by FargoBorne
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/o...ry.html#page=2Quote:
The Orioles also announced the signings of sixth-round right-hander Jay Flaa and 10th-round lefty Reid Love.
Jay Flaa's signing bonus is being listed by MLB as $10,000
The 6th round slot was for $232,600, so my North Dakota math tells me that is $222,600 the Orioles have to
spend on attempting over-slot signings. Perhaps high school players such as 4th rd pick Ryan McKenna (OF),
5th rd pick Jason Heinrich (OF) and 7th rd pick Gray Fenter (RHP) were promised higher than slot bonus to sign.
But, in the meantime, Flaa has an opportunity.....:cheers:
Jay Flaa's 1st game was on June 29th against the 7-0 RedSox in the Gulf Coast League, 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 SO
http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp...ching/2015/ALL
The roster is showing him as being assigned to short-season Aberdeen, so will be interesting to see
if he stays there. Or was this game in the Gulf Coast League Flaa's spring training game and he gets to then bypass the GCL for Aberdeen (next level up). Orioles GCL team is in the same division as the Twins' GCL team.
Jay Flaa's next game was up a level in the Orioles system, getting promoted from the rookie Gulf Coast League
to short-season Aberdeen. He pitched the 9th inning, July 2nd, in a 2-1 loss to the Staten Island Yankees, no hits or runs allowed. The Gulf Coast League tends to be where high school players are assigned after signing,
as well as teenagers coming to the US from the Dominican League for their first experience in country.
Aberdeen and the short-season New York-Penn League tends to have college players assigned to it,
as well as players with more experience, such as already having played a season in the GCL.
So are you mike or carol Flaa?Quote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
She's the older sister Nora Flaa, but she's so cute everyone calls her No Flaa. She's a big recruiting fan and recently got married to to Tim Zone, so now you can call her a No Fla Zone. :rimshot: :hide:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hail bison
sorry, I couldn't help myself, purple all around. (Except for the recruiting part, he's really up on his recruiting.:bowdown:
wow you are a jackass hail bison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hail bison
keep bringing the updates bruinbison!
Interesting, Jay Flaa gets to pitch the 9th inning again, this time getting his 1st save. 1 IP, 1 H, O R, a 0.00 ERA after 3 games.
Al Swearengen, ahhh, the role Ian McShane was born to play.....although IIRC he was good in The Battle of Britain also!
Gotta watch Deadwood again someday, especially since the wife (mine, not Mrs Flaa) never saw the series.
Had to make one more post on Flaa after seeing Swearengen's pic.....:offtopic:
Time of bump this thread: What is Flaa's status ? Is he attending the Orioles' spring training camp? Anyone have any info on Mr. Flaa ?
he's not on the 40 man roster and wasn't one of the 16 non roster invitees.
He made it to Class A short season last year. I imagine he has some work in front of him. His stats were consistent with a 23 year old college pitcher in short season class A ball but I don't know anything more than that. 6th round means a team feels a guy has some serious potential and I am sure they are keeping pretty close tabs on his development. With his age, college experience, and draft slot, I would guess they would like to see him at high AA by the end of 2016 and knocking on the door at AAA. With those variables in place and a relatively high draft pick, he has got to be on a fast track either up or out.Quote:
Originally Posted by southcliffbison
I think that saying his stats are consistent with a 23 year old in short season sells him somewhat short. His numbers were excellent. That being said, I would put the odds of his assignment to start the season at something like 3:1 for Lo-A/Hi-A. Lo-A is the most commonly skipped full-season level and the Orioles are willing to push their college players quickly, but skipping minor league levels is much more the exception than the rule. It would be pretty atypical to have a player spend the season in a short season league and get all the way to AA the following year, but if he does what he did last year I wouldn't rule it out. I just wanted to suggest that he doesn't need to be in AAA by the end of the season for it to have been a very successful year.
I wasn't selling him short. He as a 6th round draft pick, 23 years old, and has college experience. There should be an expectation for him to perform at a high level immediately with that much invested in him as a 6th round pick in the minors and he delivered. If he comes out where he left off, he won't give the organization much of a choice but to keep moving him forward. That is why I suggested at the end of the year, he could very well be in discussions for AAA. Not necessarily this season, but to start 2017 or soon thereafter.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffdaryl3rd
He was a 6th round pick but he signed for around 10k in slot that is projected to cost 180k to get signed. The argument could be made that the O's might cut him if he doesn't produce at a high level. Then again they might hang onto him even if he has some struggles due to the fact he is not costing a lot to have around. One thing to keep in mind is he did not pitch a lot of innings in college. He likely needs a some innings to refine his game against quality batters.
My guess is he needs be solid in AA this season and he will be on track. If he excels beyond that, more power to him.
Jay Flaa made the roster for Baltimore's Low A minor-league team,
the Delmarva Shorebirds. Good to see him get his opportunity
with full season ball as opposed to short season Aberdeen
(which has not started yet). Delmarva is 16-11 so far, 2.5 games
back in the SAL (league).
Flaa had one rough outing on April 18th, 108.00 ERA that day.
The 6' 3" 225 lb rhp has an ERA of 6.14 on the season in 7.1 IP,
4 BB, 7 SO and a 1.23 WHIP. Since it he is a reliever it will take
him a while to get that ERA low after the one bad outing.
Jay Flaa's numbers on the season so far, ERA improving:
1-0, 1 save, ERA 3.57 in 13 games, 22.2 IP, 11 BB, 23 SO 1.28 WHIP
Jay Flaa has picked up a couple more wins in relief for Delmarva,
currently 3-0, ERA at 3.54, 16 games, 28 IP, 3 HR, 12 BB, 29 SO, 1.18 WHIP, 1 save
Jay Flaa with a rough outing July 7th, gave up a 2 run HR.
Pitched 2.2 innings, but did have 5 SO.
Still 3-0 on the season, 18 games, 3.66 ERA, 32 IP, 13 BB, 34 SO, 1.13 WHIP, 1 save
Jay Flaa, now 25, is at Baltimore's High A Frederick farm team this season, Carolina League.
Has been in 20 games as a relief pitcher, 4-4 in save opportunities, 26.1 IP 20 H, 1 HR, 20 BB, 36 SO
Has had a 7.45 ERA last 10 games, raising his ERA to 4.44, with a 1-2 W-L record on the season.
Jay Flaa pitched 1 inning yesterday, no hits or runs allowed.
For the season is at 0-0, 4.33 ERA, 26 games, 35.1 IP, 26 H, 17 ER, 27 BB, 45 SO, .210 avg, 1.5 WHIP
Opponents BA is really good. Am I right thinking is main issue is improving control? I'm not great with BB numbers, but the BB looks high relative to IP. With that said, you'd think he'd have a chance to get to AA.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
Jay Flaa having a better 2nd half of the season, in his last 10 appearances has a 3-1 record with a 1.62 ERA, 16.2 IP, 9 H, 6 BB, 29 SO
Now at 4-3, 3.53 ERA on the season. Looks like much better chances of being in a AA bullpen next season. And if he is lucky, Baltimore can use an extra bullpen guy in the Arizona Fall League.
29 strikeouts in 16.2 innings - wow :hungry:
Jay Flaa article:
https://bismarcktribune.com/sports/b...mpression=true
Pitched in the Arizona Fall League after the regular season at AAA.Quote:
Pitching for the Bowie, Md., Baysox in the Class AA Eastern League last summer, he had a 3-1 record with two saves. He surrendered 35 hits and 27 runs, 20 earned, in 65 innings, walking 28 and striking out 67. That works out to a 2.77 ERA and a 0.97 whip. Opposing batters hit just .155 against him.
Saw Jay Flaa’s name in the Twins’ box score this morning, pitching the 9th (no hits no runs) in Baltimore’s 8-7 spring training loss to Minnesota. Flaa is 26 now and currently not on the Orioles 40 man roster, so looks to be a long-shot to make the team. Hope he has a good season because, as lousy as Baltimore will be, there will be opportunities. If they have anyone worth trading they would be natural sellers before the trade deadline, so that would also bring opportunities.
Jay off to a solid start after 5 games pitched at AAA Norfolk. 0-1 Record, 1.86 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 1 SV, 4 Walks, 8K's in 9.2 innings thus far. Keep up the good work young man!
Hopefully Baltimore trades away a few more pitchers before the trade deadline - 1 traded so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by slips
Flaa is 27 now but in his 1st season of AAA. Has pitched well in the last month -
Last 10 games - 1-1 3.06 ERA - 1 Save - 17.2 IP - 19 H - 6 ER - 8 BB - 22 SO