The Brewers have signed first-round pick Ethan Small, the team announced. Smith inked a deal worth $1.8MM, below the $2,493,900 slot value of his selection, Jim Callis of MLB.com tweets.
The 22-year-old Small’s a former Mississippi State University left-hander who, according to pundits, didn’t rank as highly as the Brewers viewed him entering the draft. Baseball America rated Small 45th in the 2019 class, while ESPN’s Keith Law (No. 50), MLB.com (No. 56) and FanGraphs (No. 58) placed him lower. Small’s a former Tommy John surgery patient whose velocity hasn’t returned since the procedure, per Law, though he notes the hurler “has improved substantially as a pitcher.”
With Small under wraps, the Brewers have now agreed to deals with each of their first three draft picks. They previously inked second-round pitcher Antoine Kelly ($1.03MM) and fourth-round catcher Nick Kahle ($325K). The club entered the draft with the second-lowest pool available at $5,148,200.
Ully
Small signing.
bjaygrr1977
Grow up Jerk!
thomps07
I laughed.
jeffweissbuch
Why is the Brewers draft signing pool so small
Chris Koch
Brewers w/l record last year, Moose signing, and Grandal signing. Plus traded away their lottery? Pick. Not sure the exact lingo atm.
firstbleed
Grandal signing and record/draft position. And I believe they didn’t get a supplemental pick.
Chris Koch
My comment above. Supplemental pick is what I was referring to for Lottery pick. Used for Alex Claudio I believe.
bjaygrr1977
Same with you idiot!
Tiger_diesel92
You’re killing me smalls
stubby66
Good to see this is done. Now can we please send Shaw and dfa Aguilar then bring up Huira and Dubon. Then trade for Boyd and Will Smith. I think they do that and give Barker, Oslzack, Griep and Devin Williams a chance.
lizardking
But will Will Smith get jiggy with it?
Tim Newport
Exactly who will the Brewers trade for Boyd, let alone Smith? I think you just called up or cut all the potential trade chips…
Chris Koch
Why Dubon? To play backup for Arcia? Hiura is an easy call up. I dont really know where you find trading capitol for a Boyd or Will Smith.
stubby66
We have Erceg, Ray, Taylor,Brown, Diplan,Supak, Gatewood, Stokes Henry, and Nottingham that could be used in combinations of the trades also Lutz or Bello too
tim815
To get Smith or Boyd, you start with Hiura, or start with three guys as good or better than Turang.
JobuKnows
Thanks for the laugh
brewcrewbernie
For 3 months of Will Smith? Yeah right, ridiculous comment.
JobuKnows
start with Hiura and end w/ Yeli for Will Smith, Mr & Mrs Smith, and the Fresh Prince- Will Smith, whaddya say tim
lizardking
Any relation to Biggie Smalls?
tharrie0820
I believe you mean patient Bob, not patience
Jsantia79
Small or Smith?
Android Dawesome
His nickname jersey is going to be “Small Market”