Tampa Tarpons second baseman Roc Riggio, the Yankees' fourth-round draft pick this year, is a ranked prospect with big talent and a bigger personality.
They’d heard that Riggio, a fourth-round pick this year as a draft-eligible sophomore, embraced being the villain and that he’d done other things that agitated opponents.
Riggio, 21, has been impressive even though he hit just .211 with no homers and seven RBI in his first 17 pro games, the first five with the rookie level Florida Complex League Yankees and then the last 12 with low-A Tampa. Riggio, who is ranked the Yankees’ 19th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline, is a fascinating guy and a great interview. The suburban Los Angeles native sure was open talking to NJ Advance Media for 20 minutes on Wednesday about his antics, family, religion and tense contract negotiations with the Yankees, who signed him to a $693,000 over-slot signing bonus the day before the July 25 deadline.Tell me about that home run trot that went viral.: That was my Jack Sparrow. I was intimating .
At one point, the Yankees sent out a release announcing they’d signed 17 of their 18 draft picks. You were the exception. You didn’t sign until right before you had to decide whether you were turning pro or going back to college for your junior year.I signed about 14 hours before the deadline. I was considering going back to Oklahoma State because I love what college is all about. But I also knew that it was time for me to start my pro career. It was time for me to live out my dream.
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