Local MLB signings

Earlier this year, Javier Baez was playing shortstop in his senior year at Arlington Country Day - now he is 2.6 million dollars richer. The ninth overall pick in this summer's MLB draft inked the deal with the Cubs close to the signing deadline earlier this week...Patrick Leonard, who starred at Creekside High until he moved to Texas in his senior year, signed with the Royals with a $600,000 bonus.