ST. LOUIS (AP) " Delvin Perez, the 17-year-old Puerto Rican shortstop who fell to the 23rd pick in the draft after testing positive for performance enhancing substances, signed with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. "One of the things that the St. Louis Cardinals have always believed in is giving people a second chance," Mozeliak said. Perez was the first of three first round picks for the Cardinals and the first ever for Randy Flores, the team's new scouting director. Perez received a $2.2 million signing bonus, the slot amount for the 23rd overall pick. "I didn't have any fear, because I was sure I wasn't going to test positive," Perez said through an interpreter.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2016 22:02 UTC