The Dodgers have agreed to terms with second-rounder Mitchell Hansen, Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs reports on Twitter. Hansen will receive a $1MM bonus, per Jim Callis of MLB.com (via Twitter).
Hansen, who had been committed to Stanford, is a high school outfielder out of Texas. He rated as high as 37th on draft boards coming in, with ESPN.com’s Keith Law giving him that tag based on “above-average tools across the board,” including good athleticism, solid raw power, and a strong defensive profile.
The MLB.com team also saw Hansen as a top-forty draft prospect, while Baseball America had him just a peg lower. Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs took the dimmest view of Hansen’s future, putting him in the 61st slot.
The reported signing bonus will require the Dodgers to cover $78,900 in overages as against the slot value of the 67th selection. Hansen becomes the highest Dodgers pick to sign thus far, with righties Walker Buehler and Kyle Funkhouser chosen ahead of him and still unsigned.
Wonder if they’ll sign funkhouser & buehler.
I can’t see a scenario in which they don’t sign both of them. Both are first-round steals and the Dodgers will make them top priority.
Depends on how much money they want to get.
I just don’t see them being that stingy. Walker is likely waiting until after the CWS to negotiate, but Funk might be bargaining pretty hard currently.
It’s not being stingy, it’s whatever the slot is value at. I think funkhouser is the only one they won’t sign. Hopefully they do though.