The Padres and supplemental first-round pick Zach Eflin have agreed on a $1.2 million bonus, contingent on him passing a physical on Monday.
A righthander from Hagerty HS in Oviedo, Fla., Eflin has a fastball that has reached 97 mph and a changeup that was one of the best in the high school ranks this spring. He also shows signs of at least an average curveball. He had committed to Central Florida.
The assigned value for his No. 33 slot was $1,525,000, which means the Padres saved $325,000 toward their bonus pool for the top 10 rounds. Eflin was pitching his way toward the middle of the first round until coming down with triceps tendinitis and missing all of April.
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I would assume that Jankowski will sign for slot as soon as the CWS is over. Seems like the kind of guy who just wants to play ball. With the pool surplus the Padres now have, do you think they will be able to sign both Weickel and McCanna? I would think as long as they can get to a little over $1mil for Weickel he should sign, would McCanna be worth giving the rest of the surplus to?
Posted by Dustin | June 17, 2012 at 6:58 pm | ShortcutI think that’s a reasonable assumption on Jankowski. I believe they’ll definitely add Weickel, but I’m not sure how signable McCanna is. But it looks like they’ll have enough of a surplus to tempt McCanna with roughly $1 million if they want to.
Posted by Jim Callis | June 17, 2012 at 9:01 pm | Shortcut