The Dodgers have signed their first-round draft decide, highschool shortstop Kellon Lindsey. His minor league contract comes with a $3.3 million signing bonus.
Lindsey handed his bodily and the contract turned official Tuesday.
The twenty third general decide within the lately accomplished beginner draft, Lindsey hit .403/.567/597 in 25 video games as a senior at Hardee Excessive College in Wauchula, Florida. He was additionally the varsity’s quarterback on the soccer workforce.
“He’s a dynamic athlete, and shortstops are so exhausting to seek out,” Dodgers vp of baseball operations Billy Gasparino mentioned in a press release. “We additionally love his work ethic, and we expect he’s going to be a really prototype Dodger participant that all of us like and are rooting for sooner or later.”
Lindsey, 18, was thought-about among the many quickest gamers within the draft class. In keeping with MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, Lindsey recorded the quickest 30-yard dash on the MLB Draft Mix, clocking in at 3.538 seconds.
Though the $3.3 million bonus is taken into account below slot for the No. 23 decide, it’s the biggest bonus the Dodgers have given to a first-round draft decide since Zach Lee in 2010 ($5.25 million).
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