The New York Mets made first-round selection Pete Crow-Armstrong official, signing the high school prospect for full slot value, according to Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. The 19th overall selection will receive just over $3.3 million as compensation for his draft slot.
Crow-Armstrong was named the Los Angeles Times’s Player of the Year during his junior year, but had his final season cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. The California native only struck out seven times during his 2019 season, and was already batting an absurd .514 in 2020 before COVID-19 shut down his season.