The Dodgers signed first-round draft pick Gavin Lux, a shortstop from Indian Trail Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Lux receives a $2.317 million signing bonus, slightly above the $2.316 million value MLB assigned to the 20th overall pick.
The Dodgers have a total pool of $9,336,500 to spend from.
Among the Dodgers’ first seven draft picks, only 32nd overall pick Will Smith and 36th overall pick Jordan Sheffield remain unsigned.
Earlier Thursday, 18th-round pick Cole Freeman announced he was returning to Louisiana State University:
Couldn't pass up another opportunity to play with this team and be apart of this great program! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/q0rc2cNdpU
— Cole Freeman (@ColeDrank) June 16, 2016
Lux, who turns 19 in November, is only the second Wisconsin-born player ever selected in the first round of the MLB draft.
Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis, who lives in Wisconsin in the off-season, said he took batting practice with Lux twice.
“I remember seeing him as a freshman at the hitting facility,” Ellis said. “I was told he was one of the top freshmen in the country. The size wasn’t there but the mechanics were. If he can grow into his body, the motions are already there.”
The Dodgers haven’t formally announced any of their signed draft picks yet.
