Models for the Indians to follow in signing non-drafted free agents

We covered in most previous post what I thought was going to happen in the signing of guys who were eligible but were not drafted in the 5 round draft last week.  

So far this has played out somewhat as expected.   Two teams to take a look at that I consider good models of what the Indians should be doing are the Phillies and the Royals.  Here is what Baseball America lists as the players signed by each team:

Philadelphia

• Jake McKenna, LHP, Ocean City (N.J.) HS | Scouting Report (No. 434 on BA 500)
• Jordan Fowler, LHP, Central Missouri
• Sam Jacobsak, RHP, Northeastern
• J.P. Woodward, LHP, Lafayette
• Noah Skirrow, RHP, Liberty | Scouting Report (No. 249 on BA 500)
• Chase Antle, RHP, Coastal Carolina | No. 13 on top undrafted seniors list
• Billy Sullivan, RHP, Delaware

Kansas City

• Saul Garza, C/DH, Louisiana State | Link | Scouting Report (No. 379 on BA 500)
• Kale Emshoff, C, Arkansas-Little Rock | Link | Scouting Report (No. 174 on BA 500)
• John McMillon, RHP, Texas Tech | Scouting Report (No. 357 on BA 500) | No. 3 on top undrafted seniors list
• A.J. Block, LHP, Washington State (No. 20 on Baseball America's top undrafted seniors list)
• Tucker Bradley, OF, Georgia | Scouting Report (No. 317 on BA 500)
• Chase Wallace, RHP, Tennessee | Scouting Report (No. 440 on BA 500)

Philadelphia focused exclusively on pitchers, signing 7, including one HS pitcher.  Note that 3 of the players they signed were at least rated by BA, although their rating would have made them anywhere from 7th-10fth round picks.   

Kansas City, on the other hand, signed a mix of 3 pitchers and 3 position players.   Note that each one of them was ranked in some fashion by Baseball America.   One of KC's signees was projected to go in the first 5-6 rounds.

A combination of what I said the other day about signing guys to major league deals and what KC and Philadelphia did is what I was/am looking for from the Indians: Lots of pitchers and some position players if relatively highly ranked with the total number of signees being 10-15 with 1-2 of them being highly ranked college pitchers being placed immediately on the 40-man roster.  

The Indians tend to play these things tight to their vest and have a plan as to when they want these signings announced.   For us fans that part is nerve-wracking, especially when you see other teams signing bunches of players early.