NINE OF THE TEAM’S TOP 10 SELECTIONS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14, 2018– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today 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
- 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
- Mateo Gil (95) SS R-R 6-2 190 Timber Creek (Texas) High School Keller, Texas
- Nick Dunn (153) 2B L-R 5-10 175 University of Maryland Sunbury, Pa.
- Edgar Gonzalez (183) RHP R-R 6-1 200 Fresno State University Newark, Calif.
- Brendan Donovan (213) 3B L-R 6-1 195 University of South Alabama Enterprise, Ala.
- Lars Nootbaar (243) LF L-R 6-3 210 University of Southern California El Segundo, Calif.
- Matt Duce (273) C L-R 5-11 190 Dallas Baptist University Sierra Vista, Ariz.
- Kevin Woodall, Jr. (303) 1B R-R 6-6 240 Coastal Carolina University Georgetown, S.C.
- Chris Holba (333) RHP R-R 6-3 210 East Carolina University O’Fallon, Ill.
- Francisco Justo (363) RHP R-R 6-4 205 Monroe College (N.Y.) Bronx, N.Y.
- Samuel “Evan” Sisk (483) LHP L-L 6-2 209 College of Charleston Chester, S.C.
- Kyle Leahy (513) RHP S-R 6-5 200 Colorado Mesa University Boulder, Colo.
- Cole Aker (543) RHP R-R 6-2 205 University of Tampa Kernersville, N.C.
- Josh Shaw (573) 2B R-R 6-1 195 St. John’s University Wayne, N.J.
- Kevin Vargas (663) SS R-R 6-1 175 International Baseball Academy Ceiba, Puerto Rico
- Michael Baird (693) RHP R-R 6-5 210 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Parker, Colo.
- Eli Kraus (723) LHP L-L 6-1 190 Kent State University Medina, Ohio
- Troy Montemayor (753) RHP R-R 6-1 160 Baylor University San Antonio, Texas
- Connor Coward (783) RHP R-R 6-0 200 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Perry DellaValle (813) RHP R-R 6-0 195 Seton Hill (Pa.) University North Royalton, Ohio
- Justin Toerner (843) CF L-L 5-10 165 California State University-Northridge Temecula, Calif.
- Ty Cohen (933) RHP R-R 6-1 195 Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) Woodstock, Ga.
- Brandon Purcell (963) C R-R 6-1 205 Georgia College and State University Glennville, Ga.
- Chris Rivera (993) RHP R-R 5-9 175 Long Beach State University Watsonville, Calif.
- Christian Caudle (1,113) C R-R 6-4 230 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Klein, Texas
- 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
