Texas Rangers sign 17-year-old David Ortiz, Jr., son of ‘Big Papi’
DALLAS – The Texas Rangers signed the son of a baseball legend.
MLB Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, also known as Big Papi, shared an Instagram video of his son signing a deal with the World Series champions.
The $225,000 deal includes a scholarship and signing bonus, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Ortiz said his son is a criminal at the bat.
Ortiz Jr. now joins the sons of former Rangers Andrian Beltre and Vladimir Guerro as some of the team’s top prospects.
Rangers sign 16 of their draft picks, including first-rounder Malcolm Moore from Stanford
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have signed first-round pick Malcolm Moore and 15 other players they selected in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft during the All-Star festivities they hosted last week.
Moore, a catcher out of Stanford who was the 30th overall pick, took pregame batting practice with the Rangers after they announced the signings Wednesday. The bonus slot value for that pick was $2,971,300.
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Rangers sign 16 of their draft picks, including first-rounder Malcolm Moore from Stanford
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have signed first-round pick Malcolm Moore and 15 other players they selected in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft during the All-Star festivities they hosted last week.
Moore, a catcher out of Stanford who was the 30th overall pick, took pregame batting practice with the Rangers after they announced the signings Wednesday. The bonus slot value for that pick was $2,971,300. Texas signed its top eight picks, and all but one of its top 17. The Rangers also signed four undrafted free agents.
Moore is only the fourth catcher the Rangers have taken with a first-round pick and the first since 2010. Only one of the previous three made it to the majors, that being Bill Haselman, the 23rd overall pick in 1987.
A left-handed hitter, Moore batted .288 with 31 home runs and 99 RBIs in 118 games over two seasons with Stanford. He led the Cardinal as a sophomore this year with 16 homers in 54 games, and had more walks (44) than strikeouts (35).
