Saturday noticed a smattering of gamers get inked to main bonuses, together with Cardinals first-rounder JJ Wetherholt and Cubs first-rounder Cam Smith. Just a few extra notable signings from the previous day:
- The Marlins agreed to a $2.8MM take care of second-rounder Carter Johnson, per Craig Mish of the Miami Herald. That’s considerably greater than the $1.6MM slot worth for the 56th total choose, and comes on the heels of Miami signing their first-rounder to a deal that got here in effectively beneath slot worth yesterday. Johnson, a highschool shortstop dedicated to Alabama, was ranked pretty extremely throughout the board, with The Athletic’s Keith Regulation score him because the Twenty sixth-best prospect on this yr’s class on the excessive finish whereas MLB Pipeline ranked him on the low finish at fortieth within the class. Whereas evaluators recommend he has an excellent really feel for hitting, he’s almost universally anticipated to finish up at second or third base long-term due partially to his massive body; he’s listed at 6’2”, 180 lbs.
- The Mets agreed to a $2,031,700 take care of second-rounder Jonathan Santucci at the moment, in line with MLB.com’s Jim Callis. The deal is full slot worth for the forty fifth total choice. Santucci is a school southpaw listed a 6’2”, 205 lbs. Evaluators appear pretty break up on the Duke product, with Baseball America (#32) and MLB Pipeline (#37) each rating the lefty inside the prime 40 prospects on this yr’s draft whereas evaluators at Fangraphs (#50) in addition to Regulation (#50) and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel (#64) are a lot much less bullish. As famous by Regulation in his writeup of Santucci, the lefty’s stuff is spectacular however he’s missed appreciable time all through his school profession because of an elbow fracture final spring and a rib harm that value him a number of begins this season. Given Santucci’s notable harm historical past, it’s not essentially shocking that evaluators are break up on the lefty, and Regulation provides that “His draft standing might be extra a perform of what groups see in his medical reviews than what the scouts and analysts say.”
