Right-handed pitcher J.T. Ginn had a strong commitment to Mississippi State University, and he will honor it. It isn’t known how much the Dodgers offered him to forego college, but Jon Heyman reported a couple weeks ago they had offered him north of $2 million. The slot-recommended signing bonus for the No. 30 pick was $2,275,800.
It’s probably no coincidence that the Dodgers will reportedly give 2nd-rounder Michael Grove a signing bonus that’s roughly $300,000 over slot and they nabbed left-handed pitcher 15th-round pick Julian Smith with a $152,500 bonus ($27,500 counts against the Dodgers’ pool).