The Cardinals have agreed to sign second-round pick Carson Kelly to a $1.6MM bonus, reports Jim Callis of Baseball America (Twitter link). Kelly's bonus is almost triple the recommended $574.3K bonus for the 86th overall pick and, as Callis notes, is the highest any team has gone over a slot price to sign a pick from this year's draft crop. Kelly will take his physical in St. Louis tomorrow, tweets B.J. Rains of FOX Sports Midwest.
Kelly, a high schooler who had committed to the University of Oregon, is regarded as both a third baseman and as a right-handed pitching prospect. The Cardinals indicated they will develop Kelly as a third baseman, as noted by MLB.com's Mike Still in his profile of Kelly following the draft.
YES YES YES!!!! Glad to see Kelly decided to join the Cardinals. Huge steal in the second round forsure
Ol Bud isn’t going to be happy about this……..