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The 2019 signing deadline came and went, and with it came a return to normalcy. All but two players selected among the top 10 rounds agreed to deals, making the 2018 first-round signing snafus look more like outliers than concerning trends.

High school righthander Brandon Sproat (Rangers, seventh round) and Antelope Valley (Calif.) JC catcher Wyatt Hendrie (Cubs, 10th round) were the only two players selected among the top 10 rounds to

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