The Pittsburgh Pirates are expected to sign 2022 first round pick Termarr Johnson today. Johnson has been spotted in Pittsburgh, and is expected to take a physical today, according to Jon Heyman.
We will have more on Johnson later today, with a Prospect Roundtable entirely focused on him.
Yesterday, the Pirates signed 15th round first baseman Josiah Sightler out of South Carolina. Sightler is a college senior, and his choices as far as playing professional baseball were to either accept the offer from the Pirates, or to just not play professional baseball.
Despite the leverage working in their favor, the Pirates gave the college senior a $125,000 signing bonus, which is the maximum you can give a player after the tenth round without it counting against your pool.