The Cincinnati Reds signed first-round choose Chase Burns, a right-handed beginning pitcher, on Thursday, making him the primary prospect from the 2024 class to signal.
It was additionally reportedly a record-breaking deal for the No. 2 general choose.
In keeping with ESPN, Burns‘ contract features a $9.25 million signing bonus that breaks the earlier signing-bonus report that was set by Pittsburgh Pirates beginning pitcher Paul Skenes one 12 months in the past. Skenes, the No. 1 general choose within the 2023 Main League Baseball draft, signed for a then-record $9.2 million bonus.
Skenes has quickly grow to be among the best beginning pitchers in baseball serving because the beginning pitcher for the Nationwide League in Tuesday’s All-Star Sport.
Expectations for Burns usually are not going to be fairly as excessive, however he was the highest pitcher accessible on this 12 months’s class and has top-of-the-rotation potential because of his 96-to-100 mph fastball. He struck out 191 batters in 100 innings this previous season at Wake Forest. He began his school profession at Tennessee earlier than transferring.
It’s completely attainable that Burns‘ signing-bonus report will get damaged within the coming weeks because the No. 1 general choose (Cleveland Guardians‘ Travis Bazzana) and No. 3 general choose (Colorado Rockies‘ Charlie Condon) may each set a brand new mark.
