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Diamondbacks To Sign First-Rounder Drey Jameson

By Mark Polishuk | June 16, 2019 at 12:45pm CDT

The Diamondbacks have agreed to a deal with 34th overall pick Drey Jameson, MLB.com’s Jim Callis reports (Twitter link).  Jameson was one of two compensatory first-rounders awarded to the D’Backs after Patrick Corbin and A.J. Pollock rejected qualifying offers and left in free agency.  High schooler Brennan Malone was taken with the other compensation pick (33rd overall) and agreed to his own contract with Arizona earlier this week.

Jameson, a right-hander out of Ball State, inked a deal with a $1.4MM bonus.  This is significantly below the $2,148,100 assigned slot price for the 34th overall pick, though Callis notes that “issues had to be ironed out after [Jameson’s] physical.”  These savings will help the Diamondbacks navigate their enormous draft class, as while Arizona’s $16,093,700 bonus pool was the largest of any team, the Snakes also had five extra picks beyond their allotted ten choices in the draft’s first 10 rounds.

Jameson is relatively undersized at 6’0″ and 165 pounds, and he also has what Fangraphs’ scouting report describes as “high-maintenance delivery” that “may make it hard for him to start.”  Some scouts believe Jameson could ultimately end up in the bullpen, though his overall stuff certainly merits a look as a starter.  MLB.com and Baseball America rank Jameson 49th in the draft class and Fangraphs has him 50th, all citing his plus fastball that can hit 97-98mph and regularly sits in the 93-96mph range.

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  1. Jbigz12

    6 years ago

    It’ll be interesting to see what the Dbacks got from this draft in a few years. Hopefully much more than the Rays did in 2011 with all their top 60 picks.

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    • dbacksrs

      6 years ago

      Pretty sure that they got a decent pitcher named Blake something or another.

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      • gray

        6 years ago

        They also got Brandon Martin.

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  2. Ironman_4life

    6 years ago

    Bring em to Visalia !!! What a team they got in A ball right now.

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