The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with four additional players with two from this month’s amateur draft.
Agreeing to terms today were third baseman from the University of Pittsburgh, Liam Sabino (35th round); third baseman from the University of California-Irvine, Cole Kreuter (36th round) and two non-drafted free agents, right-handed pitcher Jacob Sylvester out of Mid-America Nazarene and catcher Joe Freiday, Jr., from Virginia Tech.
Today’s announcement brings the total number of 2018 draftees signed and/or agreed to terms to 36 players. Six of the 41 draft picks remained unsiged, with three of the players still participating in the NCAA Division 1 College World Series, Texas Tech’s Steven Gingery (4th round) and North Carolina’s Brandon Riley (14th round) andZack Gahagan (39th round).
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- LOUIS CARDINALS 2018 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT (BOLD = SIGNED) – THROUGH JUNE 20, 2018
      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
- Steven Gingery (123)                    LHP       R-L     6-2     190   Texas Tech University                                                               Huntington Beach, Calif.
-   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.                                          Â
- Colin Schmid (393)                        LHP       L-L     6-1     195   Appalachian State University                                                               New Bern, N.C.
- Brandon Riley (423)                        CF        L-R     6-0     170   University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill          Burlington, N.C.
- Mike Brettell (453)                        RHP      R-R     6-3     195   Central Michigan University                                                               Fonthill, Ontario (Canada)
- 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.        Â
- 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 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)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â RHPÂ Â Â Â Â Â R-RÂ Â Â Â Â 6-0Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â 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.
- Alerick Soularie (873)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â RFÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R-RÂ Â Â Â Â 6-0Â Â Â Â Â 175Â Â Â San Jacinto-North (Texas) JCÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Humble, Texas
- Kendrick Calilao (903)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â OFÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R-RÂ Â Â Â Â 6-1Â Â Â Â Â 200Â Â Â The First Academy (FL)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kissimmee, Fla.
- Ty Cohen (933)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â RHPÂ Â Â Â Â Â R-RÂ Â Â Â Â 6-1Â Â Â Â Â 195Â Â Â 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.
- Liam Sabino (1,053)                       3B        R-R     6-0     191   University of Pittsburgh                                                              New York City, N.Y.
- Cole Kreuter (1,083)                      3B        R-R     6-0     190   University of California-Irvine     Rancho Mirage, Calif.
- Christian Caudle (1,113)               C         R-R     6-4     230   Texas A&M University-Kingsville                                                                   Klein, Texas
- Jaden Hill (1,143)                           RHP      R-R     6-3     210   Ashdown Senior (Ark.) High School   Ashdown, Ark.
- Zack Gahagan (1,173)                    3B        R-R     6-1     195   University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill          Fletcher, N.C.
- Andrew Warner (1,203)               RF        R-R     6-2     225   Columbia (Mo.) College                                                 Lee’s Summit, Mo.
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  NDFA  Tommy Parsons                             RHP      R-R     6-5     185   Adrian (MI) College                                                  New Albany, Ohio
  NDFA  Jacob Sylvester                              RHP      R-R     6-7     235   MidAmerica Nazarene University                                                                 Lenexa, Kan.
  NDFA  Joe Freiday, Jr.                                  C         R-R     6-4     240   Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)     Lakeville, Mass.