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Pirates Sign 11th Round Pick Max Kranick to Over-Slot Deal

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed 11th round pick Max Kranick. No word on the details of the deal. You can view his player page here. He was rated 84th by Baseball America, 88th by Keith Law and 179th by MLB.com in this draft class. The 18-year-old, 6’3″, 200 pound right-hander can touch 95 with his fastball and shows a lot of promise with both his changeup and curve. He is from Valley View HS, in Archbald, Pa.

UPDATE: Tuesday, 2:30 PM: Jim Callis has the the bonus information and it looks like the Pirates got a steal with Kranick, who signed for $300,000. The draft tracker has been updated. The Pirates still have $178,525 left for over-slot deals before going 5% over their bonus pool, which if it happened (it won’t) would include the loss of a draft pick. Nick Lodolo, the 41st overall pick, remains unsigned, so that bonus money could possibly go towards signing him, or be put towards someone else after the 11th round.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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