Giants Sign 3rd Round Pick Chase Johnson out of “Harvard West”/Cal Poly SLO
The Giants are going to be announcing some draft signings today, in addition to their first rounder, which I wrote about earlier today. Once again, from Jim Callis:
#Giants sign 3rd-rder Chase Johnson for $440k. Cal Poly RHP, 91-94 all the way to 97, solid CH better than brk ball, bullpen guy. #mlbdraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 18, 2013
Bleacher Report has done a scouting report on Chase Johnson which you can check out here. You’ll notice that his big league player comp is Octavio Dotel, which if you’re drafting a reliever, you could do worse.
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With this signing of Johnson for $440,00, the Giants are now under budget according to Baseball America, but there’s probably going to be a lot of updating coming soon…
Giants announced that they've signed @arroyo_c and 19 other players from the 2013 Draft. They've signed nine of top 11 picks.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) June 19, 2013
Hoping that update comes all at one time, and we’ll make sure to get that information to you once we get it.