Cardinals Reach Agreements With Four More From 2018 Draft

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with four additional players from this month’s amateur draft. Agreeing to terms today were left-handed pitcher Colin Schmid (13^th round – Appalachian State University), right-handed pitcher Parker Kelly (20^th round – University of Oregon), shortstop Michael Perri (21^st round – University of San Francisco) and catcherBenito Santiago (34^th round – University of Tennessee). Today’s announcement brings the total number of 2018 draftees signed and/or agreed to terms to 32 players.

2018 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT – SIGNED/AGREED TO TERMS AS OF JUNE 17

Rd., Player (overall pick) Pos. B-T Ht Wt. School Hometown

Nolan Gorman (19) 3B L-R 6-1 210 Sandra Day O’Connor (Ariz.) High School Phoenix, Ariz.

CBA. Griffin Roberts (43) RHP R-R 6-3 205 Wake Forest University Midlothian, Va.

Cmp2. Luken Baker (75) 1B R-R 6-4 225 Texas Christian University Spring, Texas

Mateo Gil (95) SS R-R 6-2 190 Timber Creek (Texas) High School Keller, Texas
Nick Dunn (153) 2B L-R 5-10 175 University of Maryland Sunbury, Pa.
Edgar Gonzalez (183) RHP R-R 6-1 200 Fresno State University Newark, Calif.
Brendan Donovan (213) 3B L-R 6-1 195 University of South Alabama Enterprise, Ala.
Lars Nootbaar (243) LF L-R 6-3 210 University of Southern California El Segundo, Calif.
Matt Duce (273) C L-R 5-11 190 Dallas Baptist University Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Kevin Woodall, Jr. (303) 1B R-R 6-6 240 Coastal Carolina University Georgetown, S.C.
Chris Holba (333) RHP R-R 6-3 210 East Carolina University O’Fallon, Ill.
Francisco Justo (363) RHP R-R 6-4 205 Monroe College (N.Y.) Bronx, N.Y.
Colin Schmid (393) LHP L-L 6-1 195 Appalachian State University New Bern, N.C.
Samuel “Evan” Sisk (483) LHP L-L 6-2 209 College of Charleston Chester, S.C.
Kyle Leahy (513) RHP S-R 6-5 200 Colorado Mesa University Boulder, Colo.
Cole Aker (543) RHP R-R 6-2 205 University of Tampa Kernersville, N.C.
Josh Shaw (573) 2B R-R 6-1 195 St. John’s University Wayne, N.J.
Parker Kelly (603) RHP R-R 6-1 235 University of Oregon Portland, Ore.
Michael Perri ((633) SS R-R 6-3 195 University of San Francisco Alameda, Calif.
Kevin Vargas (663) SS R-R 6-1 175 International Baseball Academy Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Michael Baird (693) RHP R-R 6-5 210 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Parker, Colo.
Eli Kraus (723) LHP L-L 6-1 190 Kent State University Medina, Ohio
Troy Montemayor (753) RHP R-R 6-1 160 Baylor University San Antonio, Texas
Connor Coward (783) RHP R-R 6-0 200 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) Pittsburgh, Pa.
Perry DellaValle (813) RHP R-R 6-0 195 Seton Hill (Pa.) University North Royalton, Ohio
Justin Toerner (843) CF L-L 5-10 165 California State University-Northridge Temecula, Calif.
Ty Cohen (933) RHP R-R 6-1 195 Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) Woodstock, Ga.
Brandon Purcell (963) C R-R 6-1 205 Georgia College and State University Glennville, Ga.
Chris Rivera (993) RHP R-R 5-9 175 Long Beach State University Watsonville, Calif.
Benito Santiago (1,023) C L-R 6-0 190 University of Tennessee Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Christian Caudle (1,113) C R-R 6-4 230 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Klein, Texas
Andrew Warner (1,203) RF R-R 6-2 225 Columbia (Mo.) College Lee’s Summit, Mo.