Cardinals Agree To Terms With 24 Players From 2018 Draft, Including 9 Of Top 10 Selections

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with 24 players from last week’s amateur draft and one non-drafted free-agent. Today’s announcement brings the total number of 2018 draftees signed and/or agreed to terms to 28 players, including nine of the team’s top 10 selections.

In addition to the players listed below in BOLD, the Cardinals reached agreement today with non-drafted free-agent right-handed pitcher Tommy Parsons (Adrian College, MI) who is the active career wins leader (40) among all NCAA Divisions, including a 23-game win streak.

2018 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT – SIGNED/AGREED TO TERMS AS OF JUNE 14

Rd., Player (overall pick) Pos. B-T Ht Wt. School Hometown

Nolan Gorman (19) 3B L-R 6-1 210 Sandra Day O’Connor (Ariz.) High School Phoenix, Ariz.

CBA. Griffin Roberts (43) RHP R-R 6-3 205 Wake Forest University Midlothian, Va.

Cmp2. Luken Baker (75) 1B R-R 6-4 225 Texas Christian University Spring, Texas

1. Mateo Gil (95) SS R-R 6-2 190 Timber Creek (Texas) High School Keller, Texas
2. Nick Dunn (153) 2B L-R 5-10 175 University of Maryland Sunbury, Pa.
3. Edgar Gonzalez (183) RHP R-R 6-1 200 Fresno State University Newark, Calif.
4. Brendan Donovan (213) 3B L-R 6-1 195 University of South Alabama Enterprise, Ala.
5. Lars Nootbaar (243) LF L-R 6-3 210 University of Southern California El Segundo, Calif.
6. Matt Duce (273) C L-R 5-11 190 Dallas Baptist University Sierra Vista, Ariz.
7. Kevin Woodall, Jr. (303) 1B R-R 6-6 240 Coastal Carolina University Georgetown, S.C.
8. Chris Holba (333) RHP R-R 6-3 210 East Carolina University O’Fallon, Ill.
9. Francisco Justo (363) RHP R-R 6-4 205 Monroe College (N.Y.) Bronx, N.Y.
10. Samuel “Evan” Sisk (483) LHP L-L 6-2 209 College of Charleston Chester, S.C.
11. Kyle Leahy (513) RHP S-R 6-5 200 Colorado Mesa University Boulder, Colo.
12. Cole Aker (543) RHP R-R 6-2 205 University of Tampa Kernersville, N.C.
13. Josh Shaw (573) 2B R-R 6-1 195 St. John’s University Wayne, N.J.
14. Kevin Vargas (663) SS R-R 6-1 175 International Baseball Academy Ceiba, Puerto Rico
15. Michael Baird (693) RHP R-R 6-5 210 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Parker, Colo.
16. Eli Kraus (723) LHP L-L 6-1 190 Kent State University Medina, Ohio
17. Troy Montemayor (753) RHP R-R 6-1 160 Baylor University San Antonio, Texas
18. Connor Coward (783) RHP R-R 6-0 200 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) Pittsburgh, Pa.
19. Perry DellaValle (813) RHP R-R 6-0 195 Seton Hill (Pa.) University North Royalton, Ohio
20. Justin Toerner (843) CF L-L 5-10 165 California State University-Northridge Temecula, Calif.

Ty Cohen (933) RHP R-R 6-1 195 Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) Woodstock, Ga.
Brandon Purcell (963) C R-R 6-1 205 Georgia College and State University Glennville, Ga.
Chris Rivera (993) RHP R-R 5-9 175 Long Beach State University Watsonville, Calif.
Christian Caudle (1,113) C R-R 6-4 230 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Klein, Texas
Andrew Warner (1,203) RF R-R 6-2 225 Columbia (Mo.) College Lee’s Summit, Mo.

NDFA Tommy Parsons RHP R-R 6-5 185 Adrian (Mich.) College New Albany, Ohio