Thursday night, the Kansas City Royals announced they signed the 2012 #5 overall draft pick, RHP Kyle Zimmer from the University of San Francisco, giving Zimmer a $3 million signing bonus.
It took only three days for the Royals and Zimmer to come to an agreement – a benefit of the new “slotting” structure and the moved up signing deadline in 2012. Zimmer’s $3M is $500K less than the slotting allotment for the fifth pick. The money saved on Zimmer will allow the Royals to spend the money elsewhere in signing 2012 draft picks.
Originaly written by Travis and published on CrownCrazed.com
