The physical went just fine.
The Rangers on Tuesday made the signing of first-round selection right-hander Kumar Rocker official. He passed a physical, which had been the hangup last year when the New York Mets selected him 10th overall. It led to Rocker refusing the Mets trimmed-back offer, undergoing surgery and re-entering the draft. As a result, the Rangers picked him third overall. He will receive a $5.2 million bonus, three people with knowledge of negotiations told The Dallas Morning News. It is well-below the $7.587 million slot value for the pick.
The Rangers are expected to use the savings to sign fourth-round selection right-hander Brock Porter, the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The News the bonus would be $3.7 million, more than $3 million above the slot value for the pick. The announcement of that signing was still pending finalization of a physical.
