The 13th-round selection received a contract close to the slot bonus of the No. 89 pick.
According to a report from Baseball America’s Carlos Collazo, Plano Prestonwood Christian left-handed pitcher Xavier Mitchell signed with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday for $872,500, a contract for the No. 379 overall pick that surpassed the slot value of the No. 90 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft.
The Angels were able to offer Mitchell $722,500 out of the organization’s bonus pool for the draft because first-round selection Tyler Bremner, a right-hander from UC Santa Barbara who was selected No. 2 overall, signed for $2.6 million under slot.
Mitchell’s decision was foreshadowed by the draft-day call from general manager Perry Minisian, a Metroplex product who went to Arlington Lamar and UT-Arlington, who told the 6’3, 165-pounder, “We really want you and we’re gonna give you everything we’ve got,” according to the Dallas Morning-News.
“I just had to get the offer and get the opportunity, so I’m very thankful,” Mitchell said.
Ranked as the No. 168 prospect in the draft by MLB.com, Mitchell dropped due to signability concerns with the Texas Longhorns hoping to get him to campus, but in the end, the offer from the Angels was too good to pass up.