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Pirates First Round Pick Shane Baz Expected to Officially Sign on Thursday

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According to Mark Berman at FOX26 in Houston, Texas, right-handed pitcher Shane Baz has agreed to sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Baz was selected 12th overall last night and was reported to be a tough sign due to a commitment to TCU, but the Pirates were quick to come to an agreement with him. As further confirmation, Baz “liked” the tweet from Berman and another source from the Houston media confirmed the agreement. In case you somehow missed it, here is the article on the Pirates taking Baz from last night.

A local article on sixth round pick Cody Bolton also says that he has agreed to a deal after some negotiating with the Pirates. He too was supposedly going to be a tough sign, but it looks like that was taken care of before he was selected. He had a commitment to Michigan. You can find the article on his draft pick from earlier today here.

UPDATE 10:36 PM: Alan Saunders reports that Baz is expected to take his physical and officially sign on Thursday.

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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