Baseball Draft Signings Moving Fast This Year: #5 Signed

This draft has seen a lot of quick signings in the first round, it seemed to me. Up to this weekend, 8 of the 32 first round picks have signed already:#4: Boston College C Tony Sanchez, $2.5M (Pirates) vs. slot of $2.75M in 2008#10: Stanford RHP Drew Storen, $1.6M (Nationals) vs. slot of $2.07M in 2008#17: Notre Dame OF A.J. Pollock, $1.4M (D-backs) vs. slot of $1.63M in 2008#21: High School SS Jiovanni Mier, $1.358M (Astros) vs. slot of $1.48M in 2008#24: High School OF Randal Grichuk, $1.242M (Angels) vs. slot of $1.38M in 2008#26: High School RHP Eric Arnett, $1.197M (Brewers) vs. slot of $1.33M in 2008#31: U. C. Berkeley OF Brett Jackson, $0.972M (Cubs) vs. slot of $1.08M in 2008#32: Sacramento State OF Tim Wheeler, $0.9M (D-Rox) vs. slot of $1.06M in 2008That is one quarter of the prospects drafted in the first round, though two of them usually would not be in the first round, #31 and #32, there were two picks that moved from last season to this season.According to reports, Sel...