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MILWAUKEE – The ink was still drying on the first professional contract for Brewers first-round Draft pick Brock Wilken, but it was already looking good.
Wilken arrived at American Family Field wearing custom Nikes in the colors of the Brewers. Don’t tell his teacher, but he won them in a raffle during a biolab in Wake Forest about four months ago. long before the Brewers selected him 18th overall during Star Week. On Monday, Wilken signed a $3.15 million bonus, according to MLB.com’s Jim Callis, as one of Milwaukee’s top two picks to sign. The team also made it official with the 33rd overall pick, setup pitcher Josh Knothfor $2 million.
“I’m a big shoe guy,” Wilken said. “I probably have 50 pairs of shoes or more. … When I heard I was going to become a brewer, I was like, ‘Well, I’ve got these colors.’ I’m going to rock them as much as I can. It’s a great way to show that I’m a brewer.”
The duo, a power hitter (Wilken out of college) and a power pitcher (Knoth of Patchogue Medford High School in Long Island, NY) will likely head to the Brewers’ training facility in Phoenix to try out for First time in the minor leagues. Knoth will probably spend the rest of the summer there, because he’s had a significant layoff since high school baseball season. Wilken said he hopes to be assigned to High-A Wisconsin after getting his feet wet in Arizona.
Both deals left room for the Brewers to cross the line. for some of his remaining selections. The slot value for first-rounder Wilken at No. 18 overall was $4,021,400 and for Knoth at No. 33 overall in the competitive balance round was $2,543,800.
Wilken is coming off his junior season at Wake Forest, where he set a school-record 31 home runs to tie the ACC career high with 71. He led the conference in home runs, walks (69), runs (90), slugging percentage (.807) and total bases (192) and ranked second in RBIs (82) and third in on-base percentage (.506).
Now comes a new test: the minor league baseball grind.
“It’s a different atmosphere,” Wilken said. “It is part of the growth process. … I’m looking forward to playing with a bunch of new guys. That is also part of the whole process. You get to meet some of your best lifelong friends along this journey, so getting to do it will be a lot of fun.”
Knoth is just 17 years old (he’ll turn 18 on Aug. 10) and had a 19-strikeout perfect game this spring for the same high school that produced Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman. He is regarded for a high-spin curveball and his ability to fill the strike zone with a 98 mph fastball.
“This is my first offseason with a pitching coach,” he said. “That definitely helped, getting into my legs a little bit more and lifting up my arm slot. And just the routine. Doing it every day, it gets a little better each time. … I can’t even put it into words [what it meant to sign a pro contract]. I worked my whole life for this and now it’s here? She just hit. As soon as I pulled up to the ballpark, I was like, ‘wow, this is really happening.
Knoth, pronounced “moth,” said he was eager to begin working with a Brewers player development department with recent success developing pitchers, most notably last year’s fourth-rounder Jacob Misiorowski, who ignited the radar gun at the All-Star Futures Game. one day before the Draft.
Knoth knows churn rates, but his relationship with analytics is refreshingly old-school.
Asked if he likes numbers, he said: “I want to be, but my brain hurts a little bit.”
And when asked how he developed his trademark high-spin curve, he said: “I just grab it and rip it and just play it.”
Wilken and Knoth are the Brewers’ second and third Draft picks known to have signed. The club announced Sunday that it had signed Ryan Birchard, a fifth-round right-hander from Niagara County Community College. Brewers director of scouting Tod Johnson said he remains optimistic the Brewers will sign two other notable high school picks with college commitments: third-round shortstop Eric Bitonti from California and sixth-round shortstop Cooper Pratt. Mississippi round.
Teams have until July 25 to sign draft picks, but that requires a flexible deadline several days beforehand to complete medicals, Johnson said.
