Royals Sign Eight More Draft Picks

The Royals are filling up their minor league system by adding to their draft class. Today, they confirmed the signing of eight more players, including third rounder Carter Hope out of Texas and fourth round catcher Zane Evans.

The full list of today’s signees:

3rd round: Carter Hope
4th round: Zane Evans (reportedly for $400,000)
7th round: Kyle Bartsch
10th round: Alex Newman ($125,000)
11th round: Xavier Fernandez
19th round: Andrew Edwards
23rd round: Javier Reynoso
27th round: Christian Flecha

That leaves just competitive balance pick Sean Manaea and Cody Stubbs as the lone unsigned draftees out of the top 10 rounds. Manaea is reportedly “very likely” to sign, though he won’t be signing for a discount. The slot amount for Manaea, the 34th overall selection, is $1.623 million, and the Royals have signed many of their players in the first ten rounds to under-slot deals to accommodate a higher signing bonus. They’re currently comfortably under their draft bonus pool cap at $1.6 million under budget.

Stubbs shouldn’t be a difficult signing. He’s a senior in college as it is. He hasn’t signed yet because North Carolina is playing in the College World Series. Once UNC is eliminated, he should sign quickly. He’ll likely be the last to sign out of the first ten rounds. First round pick Hunter Dozier signed early and is already set to head to Idaho Falls to start his professional career.

Rd	Pos	Name	DOB	From	Signed?
1	SS	Hunter Dozier	8/22/1991	Stephen F Austin	6/10/13 – $2.2 million
CB	LHP	Sean Manaea	2/1/1992	Indiana State
2	LHP	Cody Reed	4/15/1993	NW Mississippi CC	6/11/13 – $1,198,500
3	RHP	Carter Hope	2/5/1995	Woodlands HS (TX)	6/14/13
4	C	Zane Evans	11/29/1991	Georgia Tech	6/14/13 – $400,000
5	OF	Amalani Fukofuka	9/25/1995	James Logan HS (CA)	6/11/13 – $175,000
6	RHP	Luke Farrell	6/7/1991	Northwestern	6/11/13
7	LHP	Kyle Bartsch	3/10/1991	University of South Alabama	6/14/13
8	1B	Cody Stubbs	1/14/1991	North Carolina
9	OF	Daniel Rockett	11/9/1990	UT-San Antonio	6/11/13 – $147,000
10	OF	Alex Newman	12/7/1992	Cypress College (CA)	6/13/13 – $125,000
11	C	Xavier Fernandez	7/15/1995	Puerto Rico BB Academy	6/14/13
12	1B	Brandon Dulin	12/29/1992	Longview College MO)	6/11/13
13	LHP	Jonathan Dziedzic	2/4/1991	Lamar University	6/11/13
14	RHP	Chase Darhower	1/12/1993	NW Florida St College	6/11/13
15	OF	Dominique Taylor	8/11/1992	UC Irvine	6/11/13
16	RHP	Kevin McCarthy	2/22/1992	Marist	6/11/13
17	RHP	Kevin Perez	8/1/1993	Miami Dade CC South	6/11/13
18	C	Frank Schwindel	6/29/1992	St. John’s	6/11/13
19	RHP	Andrew Edwards	10/7/1991	Western Kentucky University	6/14/13
20	RHP	Glenn Sparkman	5/11/1992	Wharton County JC (TX)	6/11/13 – $100,000
21	1B	Shane Conlon	2/27/1992	Kansas State University
22	RHP	Andrew Brockett	7/5/1992	Richmond University	6/11/13
23	LHP	Javier Reynoso	10/31/1992	Middle Georgia College	6/14/13
24	OF	Riley King	4/23/1994	Carroll College (MT)	6/11/13
25	SS	Logan Gray	1/12/1995	Rockhurst HS
26	SS	Trace Tam Sing	12/7/1991	Washington State University
27	LHP	Christian Flecha	5/9/1995	Caguas Military Academy (PR)	6/14/13
28	SS	Kevin Kuntz	5/29/1990	University of Kansas	6/11/13
29	RHP	Alex Black	2/27/1991	Columbia University	6/11/13
30	2B	Andrew Ayers	4/20/1991	California St Sacramento	6/11/13
31	RHP	Timothy Zeuch	8/1/1995	Mason HS (OH)
32	RHP	Michael Shawaryn	9/17/1994	Gloucester Catholic HS (NJ)
33	LHP	Dalton Moats	5/24/1995	Park Hill Senior HS (KC MO)
34	RHP	Isaac Anderson	9/4/1993	College of Southern Idaho
35	LHP	Clay Miller	7/1/1994	Bayfield HS (CO)
36	1B	Ryan McBroom	4/9/1992	West Virginia University
37	3B	Will Craig	11/16/1994	Science Hill HS (TN)
38	OF	Jake Matthews	12/29/2004	Ironwood Ridge HS (AZ)
39	SS	John Sternagel	9/21/1994	Rockledge HS (FL)
40	RHP	Keaton Steele	10/30/1991	Missouri

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