
Shortstop Dansby Swanson, the first overall pick in baseball's amateur draft last month, agreed Friday to a $6.5 million signing bonus with the Arizona Diamondbacks just before the deadline for him to reach a deal. ''It was pretty close, like probably the last 10, 15 minutes,'' said De Jon Watson, the Diamondbacks' senior vice president of baseball operations. Swanson's deal was well below the $8,616,900 slotted for the first overall pick under the rules adopted by Major League Baseball and the players' association.
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