The Dodgers signed sixth-round draft pick Edwin Rios, a first baseman from Florida International University, before today’s deadline for teams to sign their 2015 draft picks.

Rios bears the distinction of being the highest position player from a four-year college the Dodgers drafted this year.

“He’s obviously a guy that we spent a single-digit round pick on him,” Zaidi said. “A college position player, performer. We went really pitching-heavy, so being able to get a college bat with some polish and hopefully the ability to hit in the middle of the lineup — I think he hit like 19 homers [actually 18] this year — is exciting and it took a little bit of time to hammer out the deal. The loss of development time is unfortunate but we’re obviously excited to have him now. He’ll start in Arizona and hopefully move out to one of the other clubs shortly thereafter.”