The signing deadline for 2019 draft picks was Friday, July 12 and the Cubs announced that 30 of their 40 draft picks have signed a professional contract with the team.
The bad news is that the Cubs were one of only two teams not to sign all of their picks in the top ten rounds. Tenth-round pick Wyatt Hendrie, a catcher from Antelope Valley Junior College in California, chose not to sign. It was the first time since 2011, which predates the current Theo Epstein administration and the current bonus pool system, that the Cubs have not signed all of their picks in the top 10 rounds.