Royals Sign More Draftees to Join Hunter Dozier

A day after announcing the signing of their first round pick, Hunter Dozier, the Royals announced signings of 17 others, including four of their first eleven picks from the first ten rounds.

The big signing yet to happen is that of lefty Sean Manaea, who the Royals view as a second first round pick. The Royals saved about a million dollars with Dozier’s $2.2 million bonus when compared to the slot value for the eight overall pick, and they saved just over $162,000 with their bonus offer to fifth round pick Amalani Fukofuka. That puts them in a good spot to give Manaea an offer that will surely surpass the $1.6 million dollar slot amount for the 34th overall pick. Manaea was originally a potential top ten pick but a hip injury dropped him out of the first round. It’s not expected to be a significant issue once he has surgery to repair a torn labrum. Manaea is advised by Scott Boras.

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)
4	C	Zane Evans	11/29/1991	Georgia Tech
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
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)
11	C	Xavier Fernandez	7/15/1995	Puerto Rico BB Academy
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
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
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)
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

Additionally, you should check out the coverage of the signings by Royals Review, who dug up the reactions by some of the new signees on Twitter just after they’d agreed to terms: it’s interesting to look at.

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