They left little time to spare but the Cardinals and first round draft pick Zack Cox reached an agreement on a Major League contract late Monday night.
Third baseman Zack Cox and reliever Jordan Swagerty are the newest members of the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
With Monday's deadline to sign draft picks getting closer by the minute, the Cardinals struck a deal with their first-round pick that not only beat the clock but accelerated the clock for the young third baseman.
The Cardinals held serve, and that's not a bad thing at all.
St. Louis completed deals with its two top Draft picks in advance of Monday's 11 p.m. CT deadline, signing infielder Zack Cox and pitcher Jordan Swagerty, but could not complete an agreement with 12th-round pick (but perceived first-round talent) Austin Wilson. The end result was that the club signed every player it drafted in the first 11 rounds, bolstering a farm system that was in dire need of an infusion of depth.
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