Saturday, June 23, 2012

Rio Ruiz to sign

MLB Trade Rumors and Keith Law are reporting that 3B Rio Ruiz will sign with Houston for an expected signing bonus of 1.85M. The bonus comes in at approximately 1.49M over slot value, and is the equivalent bonus of the 20th overall pick.

The Astros went approximately 2.7M over slot to sign supplemental 1st round choice Lance McCullers and Ruiz.