photo: Chris Holba (East Carolina)
St. Louis Cardinals press release
The St. Louis Cardinals announced today (Thursday) that they have agreed to terms with 24 players from last week’s amateur draft and one non-drafted free-agent. Today’s announcement brings the total number of 2018 draftees signed and/or agreed to terms to 28 players, including nine of the team’s top 10 selections.
In addition to the players listed below in BOLD, the Cardinals reached agreement today with non-drafted free-agent right-handed pitcher Tommy Parsons (Adrian College, MI) who is the active career wins leader (40) among all NCAA Divisions, including a 23-game win streak.
2018 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT – SIGNED/AGREED TO TERMS AS OF JUNE 14
| Rd | Player (overall pick) | Pos. | B-T | Ht | Wt. | School | Hometown |
| 1. | Nolan Gorman (19) | 3B | L-R | 6-1 | 210 | Sandra Day O’Connor (Ariz.) High School | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| CBA. | Griffin Roberts (43) | RHP | R-R | 6-3 | 205 | Wake Forest University | Midlothian, Va. |
| Cmp2. | Luken Baker (75) | 1B | R-R | 6-4 | 225 | Texas Christian University | Spring, Texas |
| 3. | Mateo Gil (95) | SS | R-R | 6-2 | 190 | Timber Creek (Texas) High School | Keller, Texas |
| 5. | Nick Dunn (153) | 2B | L-R | 5-10 | 175 | University of Maryland | Sunbury, Pa. |
| 6. | Edgar Gonzalez (183) | RHP | R-R | 6-1 | 200 | Fresno State University | Newark, Calif. |
| 7. | Brendan Donovan (213) | 3B | L-R | 6-1 | 195 | University of South Alabama | Enterprise, Ala. |
| 8. | Lars Nootbaar (243) | LF | L-R | 6-3 | 210 | University of Southern California | El Segundo, CA |
| 9. | Matt Duce (273) | C | L-R | 5-11 | 190 | Dallas Baptist University | Sierra Vista, Ariz. |
| 10. | Kevin Woodall, Jr. (303) | 1B | R-R | 6-6 | 240 | Coastal Carolina University | Georgetown, S.C. |
| 11. | Chris Holba (333) | RHP | R-R | 6-3 | 210 | East Carolina University | O’Fallon, Ill. |
| 12. | Francisco Justo (363) | RHP | R-R | 6-4 | 205 | Monroe College (N.Y.) | Bronx, N.Y. |
| 16. | Samuel “Evan” Sisk (483) | LHP | L-L | 6-2 | 209 | College of Charleston | Chester, S.C. |
| 17. | Kyle Leahy (513) | RHP | S-R | 6-5 | 200 | Colorado Mesa University | Boulder, Colo. |
| 18. | Cole Aker (543) | RHP | R-R | 6-2 | 205 | University of Tampa | Kernersville, N.C. |
| 19. | Josh Shaw (573) | 2B | R-R | 6-1 | 195 | St. John’s University | Wayne, N.J. |
| 22. | Kevin Vargas (663) | SS | R-R | 6-1 | 175 | International Baseball Academy | Ceiba, Puerto Rico |
| 23. | Michael Baird (693) | RHP | R-R | 6-5 | 210 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Parker, Colo. |
| 24. | Eli Kraus (723) | LHP | L-L | 6-1 | 190 | Kent State University | Medina, Ohio |
| 25. | Troy Montemayor (753) | RHP | R-R | 6-1 | 160 | Baylor University | San Antonio, Texas |
| 26. | Connor Coward (783) | RHP | R-R | 6-0 | 200 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 27. | Perry DellaValle (813) | RHP | R-R | 6-0 | 195 | Seton Hill (Pa.) University | North Royalton, Ohio |
| 28. | Justin Toerner (843) | CF | L-L | 5-10 | 165 | California State University-Northridge | Temecula, Ca. |
| 31. | Ty Cohen (933) | RHP | R-R | 6-1 | 195 | Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) | Woodstock, Ga. |
| 32. | Brandon Purcell (963) | C | R-R | 6-1 | 205 | Georgia College and State University | Glennville, GA |
| 33. | Chris Rivera (993) | RHP | R-R | 5-9 | 175 | Long Beach State University | Watsonville, Calif. |
| 37. | Christian Caudle (1,113) | C | R-R | 6-4 | 230 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Klein, Texas |
| 40. | Andrew Warner (1,203) | RF | R-R | 6-2 | 225 | Columbia (Mo.) College | Lee’s Summit, Mo. |
| NDFA | Tommy Parsons | RHP | R-R | 6-5 | 185 | Adrian (Mich.) College | New Albany, Ohio |
Brian Walton’s take
Note that the only players previously signed are the first four names in the above table. Everyone from the fifth round on down are newly-announced in this press release.
However, 10 of the 24 had already been disclosed with the release of the preliminary State College roster on Wednesday. We had also previously reported the Parsons signing.
With nine of the 11 selections from the first 10 rounds signed, the Cardinals have spent about $7.1 million of their allocation of just under $8 million.
For more
The State College roster is current here at The Cardinal Nation and the Roster Matrix is also up to date, including all confirmed signings and assignments. Most of the above players’ team assignments have not yet been disclosed. See the left menu bar in red under ROSTERS/PLAYERS/MOVES to access them all.
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