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Pirates Sign Sixth Round Pick Adam Frazier, 37th Round Pick Dennis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to terms with two more draft picks today. They signed sixth round draft pick Adam Frazier, a shortstop out of Mississippi State. Frazier received the exact slot amount of $240,600 to sign. They have also signed 37th round draft pick Andrew Dennis, a catcher from Wallace State Community College. No terms of his deal has been announced yet. 2013 draft

The Pirates have now signed 26 players, including their top seven picks. Only 7th round pick Buddy Borden, a right-handed pitcher out of UNLV remains unsigned among players selected in the top ten rounds.

Update 3:54 pm: Here are details on each player.

Adam Frazier just finished up the College World Series run he had with Mississippi State, so he was late to the signing party. This season, the 5’11” junior, hit .344, with an .844 OPS. He doesn’t have any standout tools, but he is a player that can likely stick at shortstop and be a strong utility type player in the majors. He glove and arm, plus natural instincts are good enough for anywhere on the infield. He doesn’t have much speed or any power at all, but he puts the ball in play and is a smart player in all aspects of the game.

Andrew Dennis is a catcher who spent two years at the Community College level. He planned to transfer to UAB in 2014, so he figured to be a tough sign in the late round. He has a strong arm and moves well behind the plate. He put up impressive power numbers in High School, though they didn’t show up his first year in college.

Update 5:18 pm: Jim Callis tweets that Frazier signed for slot.

The draft pick signing tracker has been updated with Frazier’s bonus.

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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