Konnor Griffin and Braden Montgomery inked vital draft offers in latest days, each of which have been lined this morning at MLBTR. Pre-draft rankings and scouting reviews are supplied by Keith Regulation of the Athletic, Baseball America, FanGraphs and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. A couple of different $2MM+ signings from this week:
- The Twins signed Kaelen Culpepper at $3.9344MM, reviews Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline (X hyperlink). The Kansas State infielder will get full slot worth for the twenty first decide. Culpepper usually 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 outdoors the strike zone. The proper-handed hitter put up a .328/.419/.574 slash with 11 homers and 17 stolen bases in his last 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 reviews (on X) that the highschool agreed to a $2.5MM bonus that’s above the approximate $1.98MM worth for the forty seventh decide. FanGraphs writes that Sanford may very well be the most effective defensive participant in the highschool class, whereas Regulation calls him a possible plus gloveman at shortstop. He’ll have to fill out a 6’1″ body to offer a lot punch offensively, however his glove had him as fringe first-round expertise within the eyes of most evaluators.
