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Cardinals Sign Miller For $2,875,000

Posted Aug. 17, 2009 3:57 pm by Jim Callis
Filed under: Signings

The Cardinals have signed first-round pick Shelby Miller for $2,875,000. His bonus is the highest in the first round this year, the second-highest for a drafted player in club history and well over MLB’s $1,386,000 recommendation for the No. 19 slot.

A righthander from Brownwood (Texas) High, Miller had the best high school fastball in the draft, a heater that sits at 92-93 mph, touches 97 and has tremendous life and deception. He had committed to Texas A&M.

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So how does this affect other hs arms still out there–Wheeler, Matzek, Purke? Obviously Wheeler had the best combination of stuff, projection and physicality and Matzek being lefthanded with a nice package of pitches and projection, as well as a ++ FB of his own, so will they settle in somewhere in the $3 million range now that Miller is done for $2.8?

Posted by Mike | August 17, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Shortcut

HUGE news from Cardinals Camp today! They drafted the high ceiling pitcher we all hoped they would AND was able to sign him even though it was quite a bit over slot. With this signing and the big International signing of Mateo this looks like a very good year of adding high end talent to the system that we just dealt a number of quality players from. Props to Cards Ownership and Mo!

Posted by JC | August 17, 2009 at 4:05 pm | Shortcut

how good do you project nick franklin to be?

Posted by dylan | August 17, 2009 at 5:22 pm | Shortcut

Love the signing. As JC notes, it’s very important to add back talent after the mid season trades.

Posted by Allen | August 17, 2009 at 5:39 pm | Shortcut

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