With the last pick of the first day of the MLB Draft—compensation for the Angels signing Joel Pineiro in the offseason—the Cardinals took right-handed high schooler Tyrell Jenkins.
Jenkins has an excellent fastball, but the Cardinals will have some compensation in the course of actually getting him signed; a two-sport star, he’s currently committed to go to Baylor on a football scholarship. Let’s hope he prefers pitching baseballs to throwing footballs.