There was a feeling of déjà vu in Stillwater when a high-level MLB Draft pick didn’t immediately sign his pro contract, but after a few weeks, Roc Riggio has joined the Yankees organization.
Riggio, Oklahoma State’s star second baseman, announced via Twitter that he has, in fact, signed with the Yankees after the organization took him with the 129th pick in this month’s MLB Draft. Riggio signed for $693,000, according to MLB.com’s Jim Callis.
Riggio was the last of the Yankees’ draft picks to sign, which led to some wondering if another Nolan McLean situation was going to happen after the Baltimore Orioles took McLean in the third round of last year’s MLB Draft just for McLean to return to play another season at Oklahoma State.