Illinois high school star receives a slightly-below-slot signing bonus of $2.8 million, according to reports
A little more than a week after drafting him, the Padres have agreed to a contract with first-round pick Dillon Head.
The signing was fast. So is Head, an outfielder who used his top-of-the-scale speed to go 31-for-31 in stolen bases during his senior season at Homewood-Flossmoor High School south of Chicago. Padres President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller called Head “if not one of the fastest, maybe the fastest player in the draft.”“It’s a real, explosive athletic burst and a guy that can impact the game with his legs defensively,” Preller said last week. “That’s one of the things over the last few years, what some of the players have in common, what some of those guys that are doing well in the minor leagues or gotten to the big leagues, Dillon has a lot of similar traits to them.
The Padres took him No. 25 overall, tearing him away from a commitment to Clemson. Head receives a signing bonus of $2.8 million, according to Jim Callis of MLB.com. The pick came with a recommended bonus of $3.17 million. Head is the first Padres draftee to agree to terms. The club has $2.616 million to spread among its remaining 17 picks.
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