Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – The Toronto Blue Jays signed their two first-round draft picks Wednesday, inking pitcher Jeff Hoffman and catcher Max Pentecost.<\/p>\n
Terms of the deals were not released.<\/p>\n
Hoffman was in the mix to be the No. 1 overall selection, but underwent Tommy John surgery this spring. The right-hander was 3-3 with a 2.94 ERA in 10 starts for East Carolina this season, including double-digit strikeout totals against Western Kentucky (14) and a season-high 16 punch-outs against Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Pentecost, from Kennesaw State, came into the 2014 season as a member of the Johnny Bench Award watch list and having won MVP in the Cape Cod League.<\/p>\n
This season with the Owls, he hit .422 with nine homers and 61 RBI, and was named the A-Sun Player of the Year, the first to win the award in the history of Kennesaw State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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