{"id":412053,"date":"2026-07-25T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412053\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:27:07","slug":"san-diegans-sign-with-mlb-clubs-after-draft-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412053\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diegans sign with MLB clubs after draft selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All 10 of the local players taken in this year\u2019s MLB draft have signed professional contracts.<\/p>\n<p>UC San Diego right-hander Steel Murdock, a fifth-round pick of the Minnesota Twins, signed for $536,900. Cathedral Catholic High School and Santa Clara product Max Bayles, a right-handed pitcher,\u00a0 signed with the Twins for $319,600. He was a seventh-round pick by Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>University of San Diego catcher Jayden Lobliner, a ninth-round pick of the Cardinals, signed for $25,000. UCSD shortstop Anthony Potestio, an 1th-round selection of the Yankees, got $15,000 to sign. Catcher\/Outfielder Gabe Camacho, who starred at La Costa Canyon High School and UCSD, got $150,000 to sign with the Cardinals after being taken in the18th round. San Diego State catcher Anthony Marnell, a 20th-round selection of the A\u2019s, got $200,000 to sign.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Lane, a shortstop who played at Eastlake Highi School, Oklahoma, USD and Hope International, signed with the Twins as a 13th-round pick. So did Angels 20th-round draft pick Jake Jackson, a San Diego State and Madison High School product; right-hander Diego Gutierrez, a USD product taken in the 17th round by the Orioles; and SDSU right-hander Rohan Lettow, a 12th-round pick of the Pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Four other San Diegans signed as undrafted free agents: Outfielder Alex Fernandes (San Marcos High School\/San Jose State) signed with the A\u2019s; right-hander Jack Giordano (Patrick Henry High School\/Oregon State) signed with the Dodgers; infielder Tyce Peterson (San Diego State) signed with the Yankees; and right-hander Devon King (Mar Vista High School\/UCSD) signed with the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 10 of the local players taken in this year\u2019s MLB draft have signed professional contracts. UC San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1327,2044,181,74,76,75,127],"class_list":["post-412053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-college-sports","tag-high-school-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}