First-Year Player Draft Update: Cubs Sign Fourth Round Pick RHP Tyson Miller

With the deadline to sign 2016 draft picks still a couple of weeks away, the Cubs have signed five of the team’s first eight picks in last month’s draft.

According to Jim Callis, the Cubs signed RHP Tyson Miller, the fourth round pick out of Cal-Baptist. The Cubs signed Miller for $500,000, slightly above the fourth round slot allotment of $429,700.

Miller’s bonus is the first reported over-slot signing for the Cubs of this draft class.

Tyson Miller went 9-3 with a 2.27 ERA (27 earned runs in 107 innings), two complete games, one shutout and one save in 16 games (15 starts) for Cal Baptist this season. Miller pitched for Brewster in the Cape Cod League in 2015, in which he recorded a 1.44 ERA…