By adding Cuban shortstop Roberto Baldoquin with an $8 million signing bonus last offseason, the Angels forfeited the right to spend more than $300,000 on any prospect in the next two international signing periods. The Angels entered the international signing period with a bonus pool of $1,968,600, the lowest in baseball by virtue of their Major League-leading 98 wins last season.
Hoppe, 23, was drafted in the 27th round out of Minnesota State University in 2014. Through parts of two seasons at the Rangers' Class A Short Season affiliate, Hoppe has posted a 4.97 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP and a 3.