All-Americans sign for $70M

Photo: Ryan Weathers (Perfect Game)

All American Game : : Story

Patrick Ebert

Published: Saturday, July 7, 2018

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The deadline for signing players from the 2018 MLB Draft has come and gone, as players that were selected June 4-6 in the First Year Player Draft had until 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday to sign with their respective clubs. Of the 62 former PG All-Americans that were selected, 46 elected to begin their professional careers.

The collective total of the bonuses these former PG All-Americans signed for is quite staggering, as that total came to $70,994,398, and that doesn't include the bonus for 30th-round pick Cobi Johnson (Blue Jays), whose bonus information was not available. This includes the draft's fifth overall pick, Jonathan India, who signed with the Reds for $5,297,500. Ryan Weathers signed for the second-highest amount of the PG All-Americans, $5,226,500, and the most of any player that participated in the 2017 Classic.

Of the 62 players taken, that's an average of over $1.15 million per player. Of the 46 players that signed, that's an average of over $1.54 million per player.

Two notable PG All-Americans from the 2017 Classic were selected in the first round but did come to terms by the deadline. Carter Stewart, the eight overall pick by the Atlanta Braves, and JT Ginn, the 30th overall pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers, are both committed to play for Mississippi State, a team that participated in the 2018 College World Series.

Thirty-seven of the top 39 overall, and 42 of 46, players selected that had previously played in the Classic ended up signing. After Stewart and Ginn, the next highest selected player that did not sign was 14th-round pick Elijah Cabell (Brewers).

Since the game's inception in 2003, 206 PG All-Americans have been selected in the first round of the draft and 157 have played in the big leagues.

Here are the Perfect Game All-Americans selected in the 2018 MLB Draft and the bonuses they signed for. For the players that didn't sign their college commitment (or the school they attended in 2017 that they intend to return to for the 2018 season) is listed in parenthesis.

Rd.	Pick	Name	Team	Bonus (college)
1	5	Jonathan India	Cincinnati Reds	$5,297,500
1	6	Jarred Kelenic	New York Mets	$4,500,000
1	7	Ryan Weathers	San Diego Padres	$5,226,500
1	8	Carter Stewart	Atlanta Braves	Did not sign (Mississippi State)
1	12	Jordan Groshans	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,400,000
1	13	Connor Scott	Miami Marlins	$4,038,200
1	16	Matthew Liberatore	Tampa Bay Rays	$3,497,500
1	19	Nolan Gorman	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,231,700
1	21	Brice Turang	Milwaukee Brewers	$3,411,100
1	23	Anthony Seigler	New York Yankees	$2,815,900
1	26	Triston Casas	Boston Red Sox	$2,552,800
1	27	Mason Denaburg	Washington Nationals	$3,000,000
1	29	Noah Naylor	Cleveland Indians	$2,578,138
1	30	JT Ginn	Los Angeles Dodgers	Did not sign (Mississippi State)
1	32	Nicholas Schnell	Tampa Bay Rays	$2,297,500
1	35	Ethan Hankins	Cleveland Indians	$2,246,022
1	37	Cadyn Grenier	Baltimore Orioles	$1,800,000
1	38	Xavier Edwards	San Diego Padres	$2,600,000
1	41	Lineras Torres, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	$1,350,000
2	44	Parker Meadows	Detroit Tigers	$2,500,000
2	53	Osiris Johnson	Miami Marlins	$1,350,000
2	57	Jeremiah Jackson	Los Angeles Angels	$1,194,000
2	60	Joe Gray, Jr.	Milwaukee Brewers	$1,113,500
2	63	Alek Thomas	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,200,000
2	64	Nick Decker	Boston Red Sox	$1,250,000
2	69	Will Banfield	Miami Marlins	$1,800,000
2	75	Luken Baker	St. Louis Cardinals	$800,000
3	79	Kody Clemens	Detroit Tigers	$600,000
3	83	Carlos Cortes	New York Mets	$1,000,038
3	85	Hogan Harris	Oakland Athletics	$660,000
4	117	Nick Fortes	Miami Marlins	$425,000
6	167	Kendall Logan Simmons	Philadelphia Phillies	$750,000
7	198	Cabera Weaver	Chicago White Sox	$226,200
8	250	Elih Marrero	Boston Red Sox	$157,700
9	260	Bryce Montes de Oca	New York Mets	$152,100
11	323	Joe DeMers	Oakland Athletics	$125,000
11	339	Blaze Alexander	Arizona Diamondbacks	$500,000
11	340	Nicholas Northcut	Boston Red Sox	$565,000
14	416	John Aiello	Toronto Blue Jays	$125,000
14	425	Elijah Cabell	Milwaukee Brewers	Did not sign (Florida State)
15	459	Zack Shannon	Arizona Diamondbacks	$5,000
17	495	Avery Tuck	Detroit Tigers	$125,000
20	603	Parker Kelly	St. Louis Cardinals	$75,000
24	715	Herbert Iser	Baltimore Orioles	Did not sign (Dallas Baptist)
28	825	Daniel Reyes	Detroit Tigers	$80,000
28	829	Brandt Stallings	Cincinnati Reds	$75,000
29	875	Nander De Sedas	Milwaukee Brewers	Did not sign (Florida State)
29	879	Luke Bartnicki	Arizona Diamondbacks	Did not sign (Georgia Tech)
30	896	Cobi Johnson	Toronto Blue Jays	SIGNED
30	904	Seth Halvorsen	Minnesota Twins	Did not sign (Missouri)
32	969	Austin Bergner	Arizona Diamondbacks	Did not sign (North Carolina)
33	978	Bryce Bush	Chicago White Sox	$290,000
34	1012	Zack Hess	Atlanta Braves	Did not sign (Louisiana State)
34	1023	Benito Santiago	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,000
35	1057	Austin Wells	New York Yankees	Did not sign (Arizona)
37	1109	Austin Becker	Texas Rangers	Did not sign (Vanderbilt)
37	1121	Cole Wilcox	Washington Nationals	Did not sign (Georgia)
37	1124	Jon Littell	Los Angeles Dodgers	$5,000
38	1135	Slade Cecconi	Baltimore Orioles	Did not sign (Miami)
38	1146	Kumar Rocker	Colorado Rockies	Did not sign (Vanderbilt)
39	1162	Jack Perkins	Atlanta Braves	Did not sign (Louisville)
39	1170	Christopher Willis	Tampa Bay Rays	Did not sign (Louisiana State)