Red Sox sign first 2 draft picks, Mikey Romero and Cutter Coffey, who met at 12 years old

BOSTON — The highest two picks within the Crimson Sox’ 2022 draft class are formally members of the group.

Boston has signed first-round choose Mikey Romero (twenty fourth total choose) and second-rounder (forty first) Cutter Coffey. As first reported by The Athletic’s Chad Jennings, the Sox gave Romero a $2.3 million signing bonus and Coffey a bonus value $1.8475 million.

Romero’s bonus is considerably beneath the beneficial slot worth for choose No. 24, which is $2,976,400. Coffey’s is a bit lower than the $1,906,500 worth at choose No. 41. A lot of the financial savings from these two picks will go to the No. 79 total choose, Roman Anthony, who will reportedly signal considerably over slot at $2.5 million. The beneficial slot at that choose is $820,400. Boston is predicted to signal some mid-round picks to under-slot offers to save lots of up for Anthony and ninth-rounder Brooks Brannon, a gifted highschool catcher from North Carolina.

Romero and Coffey ware the primary Sox picks from this yr’s draft class to signal their offers. Each gamers took batting follow at Fenway Park and met with reporters earlier than Monday’s recreation. Romero, a left-handed hitter, mentioned he put a pair balls over the bullpen throughout BP. Coffey took intention on the Inexperienced Monster.

“It type of seems to be intimidating simply because it’s actually massive however if you begin hitting main league baseballs, it doesn’t actually appear that far,” Coffey mentioned.

Romero and Coffey, who’re each high-school shortstops from California, are mates who first met at 12 years previous whereas enjoying for Crew USA. They later performed collectively within the Space Code Video games and have stayed in contact. Coffey grew up a Crimson Sox fan as a result of he preferred the brand and enjoying with the crew on the MLB: The Present online game. Romero was a Dodgers fan however incessantly was assigned to the Crimson Sox as a Little Leaguer.

“Once we had been 12, I simply thought we had been each ballers,” Romero mentioned. “It’s cool to enter the identical group as him and hopefully transfer by means of the ranks collectively.”

Each gamers will fly to Fort Myers on Tuesday and start their skilled careers in prolonged spring coaching. It’s unclear in the event that they’ll get into video games with the Florida Advanced League Crimson Sox this season. Monday was all about welcoming them to the group.

“Coming from the west coast, particularly California, you solely see Fenway on TV and if you’re enjoying video video games, so to be right here and to know all the nice gamers who’ve performed right here at Fenway, it’s superior to be right here,” Romero mentioned. “To have the ability to probably play right here in the future is simply actually a terrific alternative.”

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