Phillies sign first-rounder Dante Nori and 15 other draft picks originally appeared in NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Phillies signed first-round pick Dante Nori and 15 other picks in last week’s draft, they announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Phils signed 19-year-old Nori for $2.5 million, according to Baseball America’s Jim Callis, below his $3.23 million pick at No. 27 overall.
That allowed them to go over the cap with their second-round pick, outfielder Griffin Burkholder from Freedom HS in Virginia. Burkholder has a $2.5 million deal with the Phillies, reports Jim Salisburycompared to the $1.35 million slot value for his selection at No. 63 overall.
The Burkholder deal is not official, although the Phillies have put pen to paper with their picks in all 20 rounds except the second, third, fifth and 14th.
Nori is a 5-foot-10, 188-pound outfielder who was considered one of the best athletes and baserunners in the draft class. Burkholder is bigger at 6-2/195 with more raw power and speed is also seen as his main tool at this point.
All of the picks the Phillies made after Nori and Burkholder were college players, including Wilmington native Luke Gabrysh of St. Joe’s in the 15th round and Eli Trop of Penn in the 16th.
“They lined up on the board as the right guy to pick,” Phillies amateur scouting assistant GM Brian Barber said last week of all the college picks. “Obviously, when you get to a certain point, signage becomes a big factor for you. But it was a combination of that and some college tacos that we really liked.”
Here are the Phillies’ signed picks for the 2024 draft:
1st Round, 27th overall: OF Dante Nori – Northville HS (MI)
4th round, 130th overall: 3B Carson DeMartini – Virginia Tech
6th Round, 192nd overall: C Kodey Shojinaga – Univ. from Kansas
7th Round, 222nd overall: OF Joel Dragoo – Colégio Presbiteriano
8th Round, 252nd overall: LHP Camron Hill – Georgia Tech
9th Round, 282nd overall: RHP Marcus Morgan – Univ. from Iowa
10th round, 312th overall: 2B Brady Day – Kansas State
11th Round, 342nd overall: RHP Titan Hayes – Austin Peay State
12th Round, 372nd overall: LHP AJ Wilson – UNC Charlotte
13th Round, 402nd overall: RHP Tegan Cain – Univ. from Kansas
15th Round, 462nd overall: RHP Luke Gabrysh – Saint Joseph’s University
16th Round, 492nd overall: RHP Eli Trop-Penn
17th Round, 522nd overall: RHP Ryan Degges – UNC Charlotte
18th Round, 552nd overall: LHP Kevin Warunek – Longwood University
19th Round, 582nd overall: LHP Erik Ritchie – East Carolina
20th round, 612th overall: RHP Kyler Carmack – Univ. from Mississippi
