Konnor Griffin and Braden Montgomery inked important draft offers in current days, each of which had been lined this morning at MLBTR. Pre-draft rankings and scouting stories are supplied by Keith Legislation of the Athletic, Baseball America, FanGraphs and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. A number of different $2MM+ signings from this week:
- The Twins signed Kaelen Culpepper at $3.9344MM, stories Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline (X hyperlink). The Kansas State infielder will get full slot worth for the twenty first choose. Culpepper typically ranked a bit under the place he was chosen on pre-draft prognostications. Evaluators credit score him with a well-rounded offensive skillset and the instruments to doubtlessly stick at shortstop, although there’s some trepidation about his propensity to chase pitches exterior the strike zone. The correct-handed hitter put up a .328/.419/.574 slash with 11 homers and 17 stolen bases in his ultimate season with the Wildcats. Trey Yesavage (Blue Jays) and Vance Honeycutt (Orioles) are the remaining unsigned first-round picks headed into tomorrow night’s deadline.
- The Pirates went above slot to ink second-rounder Wyatt Sanford away from a dedication to Texas A&M. Callis stories (on X) that the highschool agreed to a $2.5MM bonus that’s above the approximate $1.98MM worth for the forty seventh choose. FanGraphs writes that Sanford could possibly be the very best defensive participant in the highschool class, whereas Legislation calls him a possible plus gloveman at shortstop. He’ll must fill out a 6’1″ body to supply a lot punch offensively, however his glove had him as fringe first-round expertise within the eyes of most evaluators.