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Mariners sign 2nd-round pick Joe Rizzo

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If there were any concerns about Joe Rizzo's signability lurking in the back of your head, you are now free to relax:

.@Mariners have signed second round pick Joe Rizzo for $1.75 mil. Pick 50 value=$1,252,100. HS 3b can really hit. @MLBDraft

— Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) June 17, 2016

It took some above-slot money to break Rizzo of his commitment to the University of South Carolina, but with first-round pick Kyle Lewis signing for slot-value and a plethora of cheap college seniors filling the draft board, there appeared to be plenty of money to spare.